Pennie Sheppard
Warm practical counselling for stress and trauma
About Pennie
Pennie Sheppard offers practical, down-to-earth counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief or major life changes. She aims to help clients find small, manageable ways to cope and feel steadier. Pennie meets people where they are and uses clear techniques rather than jargon.
She works online with people in the United Kingdom and internationally, in English. Pennie has 15 years of experience working with issues such as depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, anger and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain and the challenges linked to neurodiversity. Her practice attends to complex concerns including dissociation, attachment difficulties and patterns like codependency and avoidance. Her approach blends evidence-informed methods with a person-centred attitude.
Client-Centred Therapy provides a supportive base, while Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offer tools to change unhelpful thinking and build valued action. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) ideas are used when emotional regulation or relationship patterns need attention. Pennie explains techniques plainly and tailors them to each person.
Sessions may include mindfulness, breathing and relaxation practices alongside talking work. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where goals are set together and progress is reviewed regularly. Pennie is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Her practice uses subscription sessions that can be cancelled at any time, and formats include video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
What Pennie works with
How Pennie works
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Sessions & fees
How Pennie uses therapy approaches online
Pennie draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT often uses short exercises and practical homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction despite difficult thoughts or feelings. ACT introduces mindfulness and values-based actions to build steadier routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pennie will talk with each person about their goals and try different techniques to see what fits. The choice of methods is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit short check-ins or days when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and health needs while continuing the same therapeutic planning and skill practice.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
