About Tineke
Tineke Zwinkels offers calm, straightforward support for people struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and major life changes. She writes in clear terms and keeps sessions focused on practical steps you can use between meetings. Tineke aims to make talking about painful experiences easier so people feel steadier and more able to cope.
Tineke has four years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
How Tineke works
She helps people make sense of how events shape thoughts, feelings and behaviour. That work often involves gently looking at past experiences and current patterns together. In sessions she concentrates on building understanding and on small changes that add up.
Clients commonly cover grief and loss, trauma and abuse, panic and phobias, and problems with self-esteem and motivation. She also supports people dealing with workplace stress, addictions, anger and relationship concerns. Tineke pays attention to attachment, codependency and control issues when these are relevant to a person’s story.
She also addresses guilt, shame, isolation and questions about life purpose. The aim is to increase self-understanding and to help people find more security and self-worth. Her style is compassionate and non-judgemental.
Tineke works collaboratively to explore choices and to develop coping strategies that fit each person’s life. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she offers steady support through that process.
What Tineke works with
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Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on understanding how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. One common approach looks at patterns that keep a person stuck and gently experiments with small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach helps people process painful memories and learn coping skills for trauma, panic and phobias so those experiences feel less overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their concerns, goals and preferences and then try methods that seem likely to help. This exploration is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see one another and use visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunchtime break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, writing things out, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy going amid busy lives and different schedules.
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