About Penelope
Penelope “Penny” Williamson is a counsellor with three years' experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She trained in person-centred humanistic counselling and now offers an integrative approach. Penny aims to make sessions approachable and straightforward for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety.
Penny works in a warm, relaxed way and often uses creativity and lightness when it suits the person. She blends talking therapy with practical coaching when clients want short-term goals or help with next steps.
Background and approach
That means some sessions focus on problem solving and planning, while others focus on feelings and past experiences. Her background includes work in the NHS, where she supported a wide range of people from different backgrounds and identities. She has particular experience with anxiety, depression, relationship and attachment concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and issues related to identity and sexuality.
Penny also supports people managing ADHD, addictions, grief, and major life changes. In sessions she follows the client's lead and keeps a non-judgemental stance. She offers reading suggestions, podcasts, worksheets and other resources when useful.
Therapy is presented as a collaborative process where the client and counsellor set goals together. Penny helps people explore feelings, develop practical coping ideas, and build more self-awareness. She aims to help clients move toward greater self-acceptance and to find clearer next steps for everyday life.
How Penny's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps that matter to them. It can help with anxiety, avoidance and living according to personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying practical experiments to change patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can help with relationship difficulties and attachment issues.Penny treats finding the right approach as a joint process. She will discuss your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you go. This collaborative stance helps make sure sessions feel relevant and useful rather than prescriptive.
Online therapy with Penny is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you work face to face when needed. Phone calls can fit a short check-in or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging can suit brief updates, reflection between sessions or when typing helps you think things through. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while keeping therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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