About Tess
Tess Lambourne is a person-centred counsellor with three years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She uses a warm, accepting approach to create a space where people can be themselves. Tess also has training as a yoga teacher and brings a calm, embodied focus to her sessions.
Tess helps people tackle stress and anxiety and supports those coping with life changes. She also works with people affected by trauma and abuse and with clients exploring issues around self-esteem.
How Tess works
Her practice includes supporting people from LGBT communities and those dealing with feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication and commitment issues, and struggles with control or impulsivity. Tess is also experienced in talking through complex aspects of sexuality such as BDSM, kink and alternative sex culture.
Clients may bring concerns around guilt, shame, jealousy, dissociation or a search for life purpose. In sessions Tess aims to help people feel more present and grounded. Conversations are guided by the person-centred method, which emphasises being listened to without judgement.
She combines this with practical breathing and grounding skills drawn from her yoga teaching. People usually start by describing what feels most urgent. Tess then works alongside them to build small, manageable steps towards change.
The overall focus is on increasing self-awareness, emotional resilience and a clearer sense of direction.
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What Tess works with
The areas below are the ones Tess selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Person-centred care online and practical approaches
Tess works from a person-centred perspective, which means sessions focus on listening, empathy and helping people find their own answers. This approach is helpful for anxiety, low self-worth and life transitions because it prioritises the person's experience and pace.She also brings techniques from her yoga teaching into conversations, such as breathing and grounding exercises to help reduce overwhelm and bring attention back to the body. These practices can support people who experience dissociation, stress or difficulty settling into the present moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tess will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful, combining person-centred listening with practical exercises when needed. The therapeutic plan is shaped by the client's goals, preferences and what proves helpful in early sessions.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video helps maintain face-to-face connection, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and shorter check-ins fit well as messages or live chat. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and let people choose the format that best suits their day-to-day life.
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