About Tanya
Tanya Ellis is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing anxiety, stress and relationship difficulties. She supports people dealing with grief, depression, addictions and major life changes. Tanya has seven years of practice and holds BACP and NCPS credentials.
Tanya keeps things simple and direct in sessions. She listens with warmth and aims to build trust quickly. Conversations focus on practical steps as well as understanding patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on a mix of methods. Tanya uses client-centred work to follow what matters to the person. She pairs this with cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new responses.
Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at close relationships and repeated patterns. Emotionally-focused principles help when people need to understand strong feelings and repair connection. Tanya has worked in an agency, in a hospice setting and in independent practice.
That variety has shaped how she supports people through loss, caregiver stress and end-of-life concerns. She also pays attention to cultural background and multicultural issues when they affect someone’s life. Sessions are collaborative.
Tanya helps people choose strategies that fit their goals and life. She invites straightforward conversation about what is working and what needs to change.
Approach and access in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions instead of fighting feelings. ACT can be useful for anxiety, avoidance and for finding a clearer sense of purpose. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical steps to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for panic, obsessive thinking and mood difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and can help when trust, connection or repeated arguments are an issue.Tanya treats finding the right approach as a joint process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then tailor methods from ACT, CBT or attachment work to fit those aims. Sessions are collaborative and she checks in regularly about what helps and what to change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone can work when bandwidth is low, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and let people choose what feels most practical for them.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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