Tamsyn Spear , BACP

She has worked for many years across the UK mental health sector, including roles as a counsellor, therapy supervisor and a child and adolescent mental health worker within the voluntary sector and the NHS. Prior to this she spent additional time working therapeutically through the local council, supporting adults, families, children and young people with a wide range of needs and life experiences.

Her counselling practice focuses on creating a respectful and inclusive space where people can begin to share what they need support with and consider realistic steps toward change. She collaborates with clients to identify the changes that matter to them and supports them in working toward those goals. She has experience supporting individuals of all ages as well as parents and carers facing challenges related to parenting and caring for children.

She has helped people manage stress and anxiety, low mood and depression, relationship and family conflicts, and the process of moving forward from difficult life experiences. Work with her can include building motivation, self-esteem and confidence, and addressing themes such as attachment, communication problems, codependency and parenting challenges. Her practice aims to be open and nonjudgmental so that thoughts and feelings can be explored without fear of criticism.

She practises as an integrative counsellor, drawing primarily on Person-Centred counselling alongside Transactional Analysis and Gestalt, and also using mindfulness, systemic family practice, attachment theory, creative approaches and brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as appropriate. She is a member of BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a professional body for counsellors in the UK.