Penelope 'Penny' Grigg

Penelope 'Penny' Grigg uses a client-focused, integrative approach to counselling. She combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural ideas and existential thinking to help people manage stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. Penny is a BACP member, and she presents herself as a calm, steady presence for people facing difficult life shifts.

She has nine years' experience working with addiction, trauma and abuse, and with people who have autism. Her practice pays attention to how past experiences shape present feelings. Sessions look at patterns in thinking and behaviour and aim to build clearer choices day to day.

Penny often helps with grief, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues as well as sleep and eating difficulties. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and career-related strain. She uses practical exercises from cognitive behavioural therapy alongside reflective, person-centred conversations.

The work is collaborative. Penny listens first, then offers strategies and ways of seeing things differently. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test new approaches and track what changes.

People seeking help for anger, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, or addiction will find a practice that attends to both emotional experience and concrete coping skills. Penny aims to create a clear, honest space where people can talk through painful experiences and build steady routines.

Her background includes using narrative and mindfulness approaches to help clients notice stories they tell about themselves. That work supports change by shifting perspective and increasing awareness of present moment responses.

How Penny's approaches work online

Penelope uses client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural and existential ideas. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions; it suits those wanting a warm, accepting space to talk through concerns. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques for anxiety, mood and habit change. Existential therapy helps people face big life questions and make meaning when coping with loss or major change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Penny will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's goals, preferences and current difficulties. She typically combines listening with practical tools, and adapts the mix as priorities shift during the course of therapy.

Please confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and health demands, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find that remote sessions support steady practice of mindfulness and CBT exercises between meetings.