Miriam Berry, BACP

Miriam Berry is a psychotherapist and counsellor who supports people through stress, anxiety, depression and midlife concerns. She helps with relationship and intimacy issues, grief and loss, self-esteem struggles, and challenges related to LGBT identity. Miriam also works with people facing eating concerns, family-of-origin issues and the strain of life changes.

She aims to make the first step into therapy less daunting. Miriam listens with warmth and asks about immediate needs in an initial session so you can decide if the approach feels right. She emphasises the importance of the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for meaningful change.

Her practice draws on psychodynamic therapy. That means Miriam and a client look at current patterns in relationships and behaviour, and how early experiences may have shaped them. Becoming aware of those patterns helps people choose whether to keep them or try new ways of relating.

Miriam has four years' experience and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP. She describes herself as insured and qualified in her work as a psychotherapist and counsellor.

She has particular interest in LGBT issues, neurodiversity including autism and Asperger syndrome, and parent–adult child relationships. Miriam welcomes conversations about concerns like chronic illness, fertility, isolation and life purpose.

If you want to explore whether she is a good match, the first session is an opportunity to share what matters and see how to proceed together.

Psychodynamic work and online therapy

Miriam practises using psychodynamic therapy, which focuses on how early relationships and past experiences shape current patterns of thinking and relating. This approach helps when people want to understand repeated relationship habits, attachment concerns or long-standing emotional patterns.

In sessions she will encourage reflection on repeated behaviours and gently link those patterns to past experiences. The work often involves noticing how you respond to others and discussing what those responses mean now, which can open the way for new choices and ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. Miriam will discuss your goals, needs and preferences and agree a way of working that feels practical and helpful. That collaborative conversation helps match the approach to what you want to change.

Session formats are not detailed in the provided biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support people who live some distance from a therapist, while still enabling regular, focused conversations about the issues that matter.