Ceri Parry

• CBT techniques
• Attachment work
• Motivational interviewing

About Ceri

Ceri Parry helps people work through stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship difficulties using approaches she lists as Attachment-Based, Client-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years of experience as a therapist alongside a longer nursing career.

Ceri draws on practical, skills-based methods. Sessions can include goal setting, motivational interviewing and solution-focused work to change habits and manage cravings. She also uses CBT techniques for mood, anxiety and sleep concerns, and attachment-informed ideas for relationship and intimacy issues.

Her background includes a Masters in Psychology topics such as attachment, childhood trauma and attention, and a BSc (Hons) where she studied pain management, CBT and chronic illness. Before counselling she worked for more than 15 years as a nurse in hospitals and community settings, including adult mental health clinics and addiction group work at a private hospital.

Ceri lists a wide range of concerns she can support, including depression, bipolar, eating and substance misuse, grief, career stress, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and body image. She also notes work with adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties and neurodiversity related concerns.

Sessions may also focus on self-improvement topics such as overcoming perfectionism, impostor feelings, doom-scrolling and building confidence. Practical tools and short-term coaching-style work are offered alongside longer therapeutic exploration when needed.

How Ceri applies therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Attachment-Based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In practice this looks at how people relate to partners and the repeated ways they respond under stress, which can help with intimacy and attachment issues.

Client-Centred therapy centres on the person’s experience and aims to make space for their own reflections. It supports people working through low self-esteem, grief and life changes by prioritising their perspective and goals.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) targets thinking and behaviour links. Sessions can teach practical skills for anxiety, sleep, mood and habits such as binge eating or doom-scrolling.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ceri will discuss goals and preferences and agree what to try first, reviewing how the chosen methods are working as therapy progresses.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Many people choose online counselling to fit sessions into busy lives, for shorter check-ins during a work break, or to avoid travel to appointments. Online work can make it easier to use practical skills between sessions and to bring in worksheets or short coaching tasks as part of weekly work.

Topics Ceri lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Trauma and abuse
• Eating disorders
• Depression
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hearing impaired
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Traumatic brain injury
• Trichotillomania
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Ceri

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety, panic attacks and stress management are listed areas Ceri works with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Attachment-Based, Client-Centred, CBT, DBT and Emotionally-Focused approaches, plus solution-focused and coaching methods.

What experience does she have?

She has five years' experience as a counsellor and over 15 years' experience as a nurse in healthcare and mental health services.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in English if I live abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats does she offer?

Please confirm the current session formats before booking as the biography does not specify which formats are used.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.