- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment work
- CBT and ACT
About Tamzin
Tamzin Brain is a counsellor registered with the NCPS and has 14 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She works with adults on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression and grief, along with issues around self-esteem, sleep and coping with life changes.
She uses several conversational approaches and tailors sessions to each person’s concerns. Sessions aim to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck and to practise different ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings. Tamzin also works with trauma, abuse and anger, and supports people facing career and parenting pressures.
Her practice references attachment-based ideas alongside therapies that focus on thoughts, feelings and behaviour. That can mean noticing how early relationship patterns shape current reactions, and then trying out new ways of relating to self and others. Cognitive approaches are used to identify unhelpful thinking and to build practical coping steps.
Tamzin describes a person-centred stance in session. Conversations are led by the client’s experience and priorities. Work can include skills for distress tolerance, grounding for sleep problems, and strategies for day-to-day stress management.
She also attends to specific concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues, Asperger syndrome and body-image matters. Practical support is offered for caregiver stress, chronic illness, fertility and fatherhood issues, and relationship communication problems.
Sessions are carried out in English and Tamzin does not take international clients. People interested in starting can follow the platform prompts to match and book an initial appointment.
How Tamzin uses approaches in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without trying to fight them and then choose actions that fit their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they influence current responses to closeness and trust, which can be helpful for abandonment and relationship problems.Finding the right approach is done together. Tamzin will talk through what feels most useful, try things out and adapt based on how the work progresses. The process is collaborative and focused on practical steps you can try between sessions as well as what comes up in conversation.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and keeping therapy within your regular routine. If you need shorter check-ins around study or work breaks, that can be discussed during booking. Confirm the exact session formats available before you book so you know whether video, audio or another option is supported for your appointments.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and self-esteem, plus parenting and career pressures. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image and chronic illness.
What is her style in sessions?
She uses a person-centred, conversational approach and draws on CBT, ACT and attachment-based ideas. Sessions focus on understanding patterns and practising practical coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working in counselling and related therapies in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and country is she registered in?
She is registered with the NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact pricing is provided through the platform based on your region.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the booking flow.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.