Tamzin Brain, NCPS

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for depression, anxiety and coping with life changes by focusing on what matters most rather than fighting every difficult feeling. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. It can help people understand abandonment worries, communication problems and how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers clear tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and change routines that maintain low mood or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamzin treats the choice as a collaborative process and checks in about what is helping and what is not. She adapts methods to the person’s goals and circumstances, combining techniques when that feels most useful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions for deeper work. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short reflections, quick tools between sessions and people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on progress and workable strategies.