Alexandra Grimes, NCPS

Alexandra Grimes is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and other life challenges. She works with clients who are dealing with depression, addictions, changes at work, parenting pressures and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Alexandra has five years of professional experience and uses a warm, empathic style to help people feel heard.

She describes her practice as person-centred, which means the client’s experience guides each session. Alexandra listens without judgement and helps people decide what to focus on. She adapts the pace and direction to fit each person’s needs.

Alongside a person-centred approach, she also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical ways of changing them. She may use psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat in relationships and life choices.

Sessions aim to clarify what is most important, offer tools for coping, and work through painful events such as bereavement or trauma. Alexandra encourages clients to set manageable goals and checks in about progress as therapy continues.

She holds the NCPS credential and practices in the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English, and she accepts international clients. People are invited to begin by completing the online steps to match with her and schedule an initial session.

How Alexandra blends approaches in online counselling

Alexandra uses a person-centred style that keeps the client’s concerns in focus and follows their lead about what to talk about. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of strong emotions, work through grief, or decide what to prioritise in life.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. CBT can be useful for tackling anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and practical coping strategies. Psychodynamic ideas may be used to spot repeating patterns in relationships and understand where those patterns began, which can help with long‑standing difficulties such as attachment or abandonment worries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alexandra will discuss what feels most helpful, try different ways of working, and check in about what is or isn’t working. Goals and methods are agreed together so the work remains relevant to each person’s life.

The therapist recommends video calls to build rapport and to see who you are speaking with, but her profile also mentions phone calls and messaging as possible alternatives. Confirm the specific session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can focus on the work itself.