About Briony
Briony Pereira is a counsellor registered with NCPS who brings four years of professional experience to her practice. She works with people feeling stuck by stress and anxiety. She also helps those facing low mood, trouble sleeping, or difficulty with self‑esteem and motivation.
Briony aims to make the first step easier. She creates a calm space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters to each person.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes practical strategies and talking work. Briony uses methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness to slow racing thoughts. She also draws on psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that can keep people feeling stuck.
Briony often supports people dealing with family tensions and communication problems. She works with clients who feel isolated or who struggle with social anxiety and phobia. She also helps people rethink life purpose and develop greater self‑love.
Sessions are practical and paced to each person. Briony helps clients try new ways of coping, test small changes between sessions, and notice what improves. Her style is warm, down‑to‑earth and goal‑oriented, aimed at steady, manageable progress.
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Briony uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new, more useful behaviours. CBT is practical and often includes simple tasks to try between sessions. Dialectical behaviour therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving day‑to‑day coping, with clear techniques to reduce overwhelm and improve emotional balance. Mindfulness therapy helps people slow down racing thoughts through simple attention exercises and gentle awareness practices, which can ease anxiety and improve sleep.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Briony will talk with each client about their goals, symptoms and what feels most comfortable. She will suggest options and adapt techniques so the plan suits the person rather than forcing a single method. This is a collaborative process that can change as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face‑to‑face discussion and shared worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check‑in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief reflections, notes between sessions, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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