About Päivi
Päivi Griffiths welcomes people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, low mood or difficulties in their relationships. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping clients name what is troubling them and take small, manageable steps forward. Päivi works in English, Finnish and Swedish and draws on six years of professional practice in the United Kingdom.
She uses a client-centred approach that puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions.
How Päivi works
That means meetings are guided by what the client brings, not a fixed script, and the pace is set by the client. Päivi emphasises respect, openness and steady support while people talk through painful memories or current pressures. Päivi has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem and anxiety.
She also helps with concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, codependency and social anxiety. Conversations often cover communication problems, commitment worries and the fallout of separation. In sessions she encourages practical steps alongside honest reflection.
That might mean trying different ways to manage stress, practising new ways of talking about needs, or working on self-compassion and clearer boundaries. The work is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage. Her straightforward style aims to make therapy less daunting.
Päivi respects cultural differences and will attend to multicultural concerns while helping people explore life purpose, loneliness, guilt and shame. She supports those wanting to build more confidence and self-love over time.
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What Päivi works with
The areas below are the ones Päivi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Finnish, Swedish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred work online and how it helps
Client-Centred Therapy is grounded in listening and respect. The therapist offers an open, non-judgemental space where the person decides what to focus on. This approach helps when someone needs to feel understood, regain confidence and make decisions about relationships or life direction.In practice the counsellor will follow the client’s lead and reflect back what they hear. That creates room to notice patterns such as attachment worries, codependency or avoidance. Over time this can help a person try different ways of relating, set clearer boundaries and build more self-compassion.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with the client and adjust how sessions run as needs change. This collaborative stance means the method can shift if someone prefers more practical tasks, quieter reflection or a mix of both.
Online formats make the work easier to fit into everyday life. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler for a quick check-in, while live chat and text messaging allow short, flexible exchanges between longer sessions. These options give choice and continuity so people can keep their progress going even when schedules change.
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