About Alexandra
Alexandra Grimes is a counsellor with five years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers calm, respectful support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain or changes in life. Alexandra is approachable and warm, and she focuses on what each person brings to sessions.
Her way of working centres on the person in front of her. Sessions start by listening closely to what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
From there she and the client shape a way forward that fits their situation and goals. Alexandra uses a mix of talking approaches. She draws on client-centred listening to understand experience, cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and solution-focused techniques to build practical steps.
She also brings psychodynamic ideas to notice recurring themes from the past when they matter to current struggles. People contact her about a wide range of concerns including phobias, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem or issues around intimacy and identity. She also helps with practical problems such as sleep, eating, parenting stress and career changes.
Sessions are available online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Alexandra aims to be non-judgemental and supportive while helping people make changes at a manageable pace.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Alexandra commonly uses client-centred counselling to begin. That means she listens without judgement, follows what the client brings and helps people clarify what they want to change. It suits people who need a gentle, supportive space to make sense of feelings. She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and develops small, practical changes. CBT can help with anxiety, phobias, sleep problems and low mood by giving tools to test and shift patterns. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alexandra will help clients decide which methods fit their needs and goals, and she adapts the plan as therapy progresses. The process is collaborative - the client sets priorities and Alexandra offers options to try. Online therapy offers practical benefits for fitting counselling into life. Video calls are recommended for building a strong working relationship and seeing facial expression. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or want greater flexibility around timing. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and schedules while keeping therapy focused on the issues the client wants to address.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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