Tammy Payne, BACP

Tammy Payne helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She draws on seven years of professional experience and aims to create a calm space where people can begin to feel safer with themselves. Tammy keeps things compassionate and practical, and she works at a pace that suits each person.

She trained in the United Kingdom and also spent two years working with charities, including Mind and Kinergy, where she specialised in supporting survivors of sexual abuse. That background informs her work with trauma and abuse, and helps her recognise the impact of those experiences on everyday life and relationships.

Tammy uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections shape present relationships. She also practises client-centred work, which focuses on the person's own goals and pace. Existential ideas help her address questions about meaning, choice and values when people feel stuck.

In sessions she aims to be patient about trust and opening up, while offering gentle challenge when helpful. The emphasis is on building self-compassion so people can try different ways of thinking and behaving. Practical coping strategies are combined with space to understand feelings and patterns.

People can expect straightforward conversation, careful listening and a steady focus on what they want to change. Tammy supports steps toward greater wellbeing and clearer choices, helping people find a way forward they feel more comfortable with.

How Tammy's approaches fit with online therapy

Tammy uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections and patterns. This approach can help people understand trust, closeness and distance in their relationships and recognise how past bonds shape present choices.

She also draws on client-centred principles, which put the person's own goals and pace at the centre of sessions. This approach is useful when someone needs a non-judgemental space to make sense of feelings and decide what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Tammy collaborates with each person to choose what fits best. She will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then adapt methods as the work progresses so it suits the individual's situation.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter, more frequent check-ins or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health needs and to keep continuity of care when in-person sessions are not possible.