Ellen Penny-Brookes , BACP

Ellen Penny-Brookes is a qualified counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with over five years of clinical experience. She earned a master's degree with distinction in Psychodynamic Counselling from Essex University and a Postgraduate Certificate in Person-Centred Counselling from the University of East Anglia. Ellen is registered and accredited with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists, and her registration number is 385502. She is qualified to work with adults, children and adolescents and maintains a private practice that includes both in-person consultations and remote sessions by video, voice call and messaging.

Ellen supports people with a broad range of presenting issues and regularly works with anxiety, burnout, low self-esteem, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma, loneliness, loss and grief, and childhood and adolescent concerns. Her practice is informed by psychodynamic thinking, which pays attention to how early emotional experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, behaviours and ways of relating. Bringing these patterns into awareness can help clients understand repeating themes in relationships and inner life.

Ellen seeks to offer respectful, sensitive and compassionate care, tailoring conversation and treatment plans to each person's needs. She frames the work as a collaborative process aimed at helping people reach deeper understanding and move toward a more satisfying and fulfilling life.

Psychodynamic and Person-Centered Support Online

Ellen draws on psychodynamic therapy, which explores how early relationships and unconscious patterns influence current feelings, choices and relationships. This approach can help people who want to understand repeating interpersonal patterns, unresolved childhood themes, and the emotional roots of present difficulty.

She also uses client-centered therapy, a person-focused method that prioritizes empathy, acceptance and the client's own pace and goals. This way of working supports self-esteem, relationship difficulties and life transitions by creating a respectful space for exploration and growth.

For those affected by distressing experiences, trauma-focused work concentrates on understanding and processing traumatic memories and their effects. It supports people to work through difficult experiences in a paced and supportive way.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Ellen will work collaboratively with each person to identify what fits best with their needs, goals and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists use assessment and conversation to tailor methods as therapy progresses.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel. These options increase flexibility and accessibility, allowing people to maintain continuity of care and choose the format that feels most comfortable.