Ceri Parry

Ceri Parry is a counsellor who draws on person-centred and cognitive approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety and life changes. She works in a direct, down-to-earth way and aims to make sessions feel easy to follow. Ceri holds BACP accreditation, and her background includes many years in nursing alongside therapy practice.

Clients often come with day-to-day pressures, burnout, or difficulties with mood and relationships. Ceri uses clear, practical conversation to help people identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping. She also supports those dealing with grief, addiction concerns, body image and low self-esteem.

Her nursing career spans more than 15 years in the NHS and community settings, including adult mental health and work in addiction services. That clinical experience influences her pragmatic approach to therapy and to supporting people with long-term health conditions and chronic pain.

Ceri trained to Masters level in psychology and has completed over 1,000 hours of one-to-one therapy practice. She lists experience with therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment-based work, emotionally focused and dialectical behaviour approaches, along with motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies.

She notes a particular interest in autism and neurodiversity, attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, and challenges linked to ageing and caregiving. Ceri also includes coaching-style sessions for people who want structured goal work alongside therapy.

Sessions are designed to move at a pace that suits the individual. People can expect straightforward language, practical tools and a non-judgemental space to talk things through.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional responses; it can help with attachment issues, abandonment worries and relationship patterns. Client-centred therapy puts the person and their experience at the heart of sessions, offering a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk through problems and find personal solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives clear exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression and habit change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest ways of working together. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adapted as needs change.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please check the available session types before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, studies or care duties and can reduce travel time. It also allows focused, shorter check-ins when needed and makes it possible to combine coaching-style goal work with therapeutic sessions. Registered or accredited professionals can work with people across regions, and practical arrangements are agreed at the start of therapy to suit each person's routine.