Tammy Payne, BACP

Tammy Payne trained in the United Kingdom and brings seven years of professional experience to her therapeutic practice, alongside two years of training with organisations such as Mind and Kinergy, where she specialised in work with survivors of sexual abuse. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and related concerns, tailoring her approach to the issues each person brings to sessions.

Tammy anchors her practice in compassion and places particular emphasis on cultivating self-compassion as a foundation for change. She pays careful attention to a client’s capacity to trust and disclose, offering patience while remaining ready to offer gentle challenge when it will support growth. Her work is collaborative, aiming to empower clients to explore how they think and behave with themselves and others and to take courageous steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Tammy is a BACP-registered practitioner - BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and she draws on approaches that attend to attachment patterns, the person at the centre of the relationship, and existential concerns about meaning and choice. She offers flexible session formats to suit different needs and life circumstances, and focuses on helping clients build practical, sustainable coping and relational skills.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Tammy commonly works from attachment-based and client-centered perspectives. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of connecting and coping, and can be helpful for people struggling with attachment issues, trust, codependency or relationship difficulties. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic therapeutic relationship that validates the person’s experience and supports exploration of self-worth, motivation and emotional healing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Tammy approaches this collaboratively. She will work with each person to explore their needs, goals and preferences and adapt methods over time so the work remains relevant, respectful of capacity to engage, and geared toward practical progress.

Online therapy with Tammy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different lifestyles and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care when travel or mobility is a challenge, and choose a communication style that feels most supportive for the individual.