Grace TiriAASW

Grace Tiri is an AASW counsellor with four years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, depression and the strain of life changes. She works in English and Swahili and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and realistic.

Grace believes each person knows their own story and that those strengths are useful in finding solutions. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her, and she uses clear tools to support daily coping. The tone in sessions is respectful and practical rather than overly clinical.

Her approach blends client-centred principles with practical skills from cognitive behavioural methods. Grace also draws on dialectical behaviour ideas and mindfulness practices when they fit the person's goals. Motivational interviewing is used to help people clarify what they want and find the next steps.

People contact her for mood concerns, panic or anxiety, body image and eating-related issues, and difficulties linked to life transitions or multicultural experiences. She also supports those facing caregiver stress, feelings of abandonment, dissociation, guilt and shame, and postpartum depression.

Grace encourages small, achievable changes and focuses on building coping strategies that work in everyday life. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through their concerns and make plans they feel ready to try.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person's own goals. It helps people feel heard and decide what changes they want to make. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviours and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) teaches coping skills for intense emotions and improves moment-to-moment regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences. Together they will try out methods and adjust the focus as needed so the approach fits the person's life and aims.

Please confirm available session formats before booking as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow practising skills in real-life settings and keeping therapy consistent during transitions.