Grainne Griffith, BACP

Grainne Griffith is a counsellor with 17 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and a BACP registration. She focuses on helping people manage addiction, emotional wellbeing, and the everyday pressures that can feel overwhelming. Grainne aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk without feeling judged.

Over the last decade she has worked extensively with substance use alongside wider emotional concerns. She helps people facing anxiety, low mood, stress, sleep problems and difficulties with self-esteem. Her approach also covers ADHD, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to parenting and career strain.

Grainne adapts sessions to each person and collaborates on goals and plans. Conversations are shaped around what the individual needs and what would feel most useful. She places emphasis on listening and supporting people as they take steps towards change.

Practical support might include strategies for coping with life changes, managing cravings or regulating strong emotions. She also addresses relationship and family-related issues such as communication problems, blended family concerns and separation. Grainne encourages people to work through feelings like guilt, shame, abandonment and isolation.

The style is straightforward and humane. Sessions aim to build skills and insights people can use day to day. To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy button and follow the short matching questionnaire to arrange a session that suits them.

Approaches you might work with online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to clarify their values and take practical steps towards a life they care about, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, depression and substance use by shifting the focus onto meaningful action. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work, with the counsellor offering non-judgemental listening and empathy to help people understand themselves and their choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses straightforward techniques to change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That might mean combining elements from different approaches so the sessions feel useful and relevant.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to maintain continuity when life is unpredictable, while the therapist and client decide together how best to structure sessions to suit everyday commitments.