About Penelope
Penelope 'Penny' Grigg offers a warm, person-centred approach to therapy. She draws on client-centred principles to put the person's experience first. Penny speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable and straightforward for someone under stress.
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has practised for nine years. Penny works online using a mix of methods tailored to each individual. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person - for example reducing anxiety, coping with change, or addressing past trauma.
How Penelope works
Penny blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with narrative and mindfulness techniques. This helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, tell a clearer story about their life, and practice calmness in daily moments. She keeps things practical and collaborative, so people leave with steps they can try between sessions.
She has worked with a wide range of concerns including addiction, grief, relationship problems, self-esteem, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, chronic illness, and communication problems. Her focus is on helping individuals find clarity and relief from overwhelming feelings.
Penny aims to build a steady therapeutic relationship where people can explore past, present and future. Conversations are straightforward, with attention to feelings and thinking. The goal is to create space to breathe and to develop simple ways to cope and move forward.
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What Penelope works with
The areas below are the ones Penelope selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Penny's approaches fit into online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps people find their own answers, which works well for stress, self-esteem and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour. It helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical steps to feel and act differently, often useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with change.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices. These techniques can reduce reactivity, support sleep and help with emotion regulation in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Penny will talk through options and together the person and therapist decide what fits best with goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs shift.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations without travel. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These formats give flexibility for fitting therapy into a busy life and for choosing how to connect.
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