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Penelope 'Penny' Davis, BACP, NCPS
- Credentials
- BACP, NCPS
- Experience
- 11 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem
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Penelope 'Penny' Davis helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She offers calm, practical support for low mood, grief, relationship strain and struggles with self-worth. Penny writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person.
She works from a belief that people already have strengths inside them. Life's problems can hide those strengths. Penny helps people notice what they truly want and reconnect with values and small workable steps toward change.
Background and approach
Penny uses a mix of client-centred listening, psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness exercises to shape sessions. That might mean reflective conversation, gentle exploration of past patterns, or breathing and grounding practices to reduce tension in the moment. Her background includes 11 years of professional experience and she holds BACP and NCPS credentials.
She draws on that experience to personalise each session and to explain options in plain language rather than jargon. Sessions are offered in English and take place with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. International clients are not currently accepted.
The subscription model is used for fees and can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to therapist availability. Penny aims to make the first steps straightforward and supportive so people can focus on the issues that brought them in.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Many of Penny's sessions draw on client-centred therapy, which means she listens closely and follows each person's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and brings focus to goals that matter to them.She also uses mindfulness practices to help with anxiety and stress. These are simple exercises for noticing breath, calming the body and learning to respond more slowly to strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Penny will talk with clients about what feels useful and shape sessions around their goals and preferences. That way the style of therapy can change as needs evolve and people try different ways of working.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people meet face to face, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quicker check-ins and text-based messaging works for shorter, ongoing support. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and other commitments and make it simpler to keep up with regular sessions.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
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