Mandy Parnell
Experienced relationship-focused counsellor
About Mandy
Mandy Parnell helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports those dealing with trauma, issues around identity, low self-esteem and life changes. Mandy mentions specific concerns such as sleep and eating problems, anger, parenting strains and work-related stress.
Mandy has practised as a counsellor for 16 years. She holds a BSc honours degree in integrative counselling psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and follows their ethical guidelines.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and relationship-focused. Mandy prioritises getting to know the person sitting across from her. She listens first and then helps people find practical ways to make changes that matter to them.
In sessions Mandy draws on approaches such as client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy, along with attachment-based and narrative ideas. That means conversations can explore how thoughts influence feelings, how early relationships shape current patterns, and how a person’s story can be reshaped for better outcomes.
She works with a broad range of concerns including bipolar difficulties, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, phobias, and the impact of prejudice or discrimination. Additional focuses include HIV and AIDS, hoarding, polyamory and sexual assault and abuse. Mandy describes therapy as a personal journey.
She aims to help people identify their goals, try out new ways of coping and move towards a life they choose for themselves.
What Mandy works with
How Mandy works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that shape online work and how they help
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and feelings, and it can be useful for people struggling with trust, intimacy or repeated relationship problems. Client-centred therapy focuses on a respectful, non-judgemental relationship where the counsellor listens and reflects to help the person discover their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, examines how thoughts influence feelings and behaviour and offers clear strategies to reduce anxiety, improve mood and shift unhelpful habits. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mandy will discuss the methods above and other ideas with each person and together they will choose what feels most helpful. The plan can change as work progresses, and the therapist aims to match techniques to your goals and preferences. Online therapy offers practical flexibility across several formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit around busy days or when lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions and to continue work through life changes, travel or relocation, while keeping therapy focused on progress and problem solving.| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
