Welcome to Online Counselling, I am a MBACP Integrative Counsellor and FHT Therapeutic Body Psychotherapist.
With over 14 years experience in helping clients with stress, depression, anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, dissociation disorders, PTSD, long term illness, MS, fibromyalgia, learning disabilities, and forms of autism spectrum disorders.
Online Counselling provides an opportunity to explore a personal difficulty in a confidential and supportive environment. This may include expressing feelings that are painful, and which many of us experience at times in certain periods in our lives. When this happens it can be difficult to stay positive and cope with everyday life. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
As a Therapeutic Body Psychotherapist we can explore at your own pace, choice and time. Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness, Breathing and Relaxation techniques can help you with this process and helps you alongside your self-discovery of your mind, body and soul healing journey.
I look forward to supporting you on your Journey.
" You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf" (Jon Kabet-Zinn)
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Grief, Anger management, Depression, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, 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, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family problems, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, 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, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #375353
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Pennie Sheppard. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Really positive experience
Written on Dec 09, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
I was only on the app for 4 weeks, within that time I managed to sound out and gain clarity on the root cause that was holding me back. Pennie helped me with the clarity by listening, pin pointing things I say and to explore which helped me see things clearly and move on. Thank you
Written on Nov 01, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Pennie helps me find my confidence and untangle the mental webs in my head. She is a great listener and holds space that I feel safe and comfortable in, while also being real with me in a gentle and compassionate way. Thanks Pennie.
Written on Jul 06, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 1 year and 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coaching, and adhd
An amazing and supportive therapist. She can really understand the situation and detangle the actual cause of the distress from all the incidents that fuel it. Pennie is a lighthouse a beacon of guidance through the stresses, upsets and worries on life situations.
Written on Jun 09, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 2 years and 3 months
Pennie is a wonderful therapist! She is very reliable and kind. I found her to be really supportive, encouraging and cares about the situation you are going through! She is also very knowledgeable about different therapy techniques which I found helpful ?
Written on Apr 04, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 5 months on issues concerning addictions, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and anger management
Pennie is highly skilled, knowledgeable but above all supportive, she understands me and how to get me in the right mindset to succeed and start to address my issues
Written on Apr 01, 2025 after therapy with Pennie for 3 months on issues concerning depression, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd