About Mandy
Mandy Parnell is a BACP counsellor with 16 years' experience helping people who are anxious or under stress. She provides calm, straightforward support for worries about anxiety, depression, relationships, self-esteem and life changes. Mandy aims to make therapy feel practical and respectful so people can talk about what matters most to them.
Mandy trained with a Bachelor of Science honours in integrative counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton.
Background and approach
She uses a blend of person-centred ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice their patterns and try different ways of thinking and acting. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and simple tools that can be used between meetings. Her style is warm and focused on the relationship.
Mandy listens closely and offers gentle direction when helpful. She believes most people can make changes and find ways to live more happily with greater control over mood and behaviour. Mandy also works with a wide range of concerns including trauma, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, bipolar mood difficulties, parenting strain, OCD and issues related to identity, discrimination and sexual abuse.
She is experienced addressing additional challenges such as hoarding, jealousy and HIV/AIDS related concerns. Mandy sees people aged 18 and above and offers sessions in English. She accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally via online formats.
Getting started is a short matching process followed by scheduling the first session.
Online approaches that suit busy lives
Mandy commonly draws on client-centred work and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people through online therapy. Client-centred therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and following the person's lead, which helps when someone needs space to talk and be heard. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Mandy will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most and what the person wants to achieve.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people see each other and work more like an in-person session. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions around work, family and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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