Tamsyn Spear , BACP

Tamsyn Spear is an integrative counsellor with 11 years of experience working across the United Kingdom, including roles in the voluntary sector and the NHS. She has also provided therapeutic support to adults, families, children and adolescents through local council services. Tamsyn combines practical experience with a collaborative, person-focused approach to help people make meaningful changes in their lives.

Her practice emphasises a respectful and inclusive environment where individuals and families can explore their concerns without judgment. She works with people of all ages and offers support to parents and carers facing the everyday challenges of parenting and caring for children. Her areas of focus include stress and anxiety, low mood and depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief and trauma, self-esteem and motivation, addiction issues, anger, compassion fatigue and transitions such as separation and midlife change.

Tamsyn works in partnership with clients to identify goals and to shape the therapeutic work around those priorities. She draws on an integrative framework with a basis in Person-Centred counselling - which emphasises empathy and the therapeutic relationship - along with Transactional Analysis and Gestalt. She also uses mindfulness techniques, systemic family practice, attachment theory, creative therapies and brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, selecting approaches that best meet each person’s needs.

She is a member of the BACP, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK, and applies her training and experience to support clients in exploring change and developing the skills and confidence to move forward.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Tamsyn commonly uses Person-Centred work, which focuses on creating an empathic, non-judgemental relationship so clients can explore their feelings and clarify what change looks like for them. This approach supports self-awareness, confidence and personal growth and is helpful for issues like low self-esteem, life transitions and relationship concerns.

She also draws on brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a practical, goal-oriented method that helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Brief CBT is often effective for managing symptoms of anxiety, stress and low mood by teaching coping strategies and small experiments to try in daily life.

In addition, systemic family practice is used to understand patterns within families and relationships and to support change across household dynamics, parenting challenges and blended family issues. Tamsyn works collaboratively with clients to choose and adapt approaches that fit their needs, goals and preferences rather than relying on a single method.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options allow clients to engage in therapy from different locations and at times that suit their schedules, making it easier to maintain continuity of care and to try approaches that work best for each individual.