Briony Pereira

Briony Pereira is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with NCPS accreditation and four years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or low mood. She supports clients facing family tensions, low self-esteem, sleep difficulties and times of life change.

In sessions she aims to make space for honest conversation without judgment. Briony encourages people to name what they are feeling and to try small changes that can make daily life easier. She frames therapy as a joint process where the person sets the pace and priorities.

Her work draws on a blend of approaches, including cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and mindfulness to build calm and focus. She also uses elements from psychodynamic thinking to look at how past experiences shape current feelings. Hypnotherapy and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy may be used when they suit a person’s goals.

Briony often helps people who struggle with social anxiety or isolation by practising communication skills and gradual steps back into contact with others. When sleep is a problem she will work on routines and thoughts that keep people awake. Practical tools and simple experiments are common in her sessions.

Taking the first step can be hard. Briony offers a steady, down-to-earth approach and will work with each person to find what feels helpful and realistic for their life.

Approaches that suit online counselling

Briony uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments to change how they feel. CBT is often useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems because it breaks issues into clear, manageable steps.

She also draws on mindfulness techniques to build present‑moment focus and reduce rumination. Mindfulness involves short exercises to notice breath, body sensations or thoughts and can help with stress and ongoing worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Briony will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person’s needs. Choices are reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan can change if something is not helpful.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check‑ins when needed. It can also help people practise skills between meetings and bring real‑life challenges into conversation without moving appointments around.