About Tracy
Tracy Thompson brings 16 years of clinical work in the United Kingdom to her counselling practice. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she has worked across the NHS, charities and independent practice. Tracy meets people where they are and focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety and life changes.
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them identify strengths they can use.
How Tracy works
Sessions often include talk, practical tools and gentle reflection to help clients move forward from difficult moments. Tracy has supported people dealing with depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also helps with relationship tensions, intimacy-related concerns, sexuality and gender matters.
Parenting and career questions are also within her practice, as are issues such as burnout and compassion fatigue. Her work draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-based ideas, plus mindfulness and client-centred listening. These methods are used to build clarity, manage difficult thoughts and improve emotional regulation in day-to-day life.
Tracy works with a wide range of challenges including ADHD, bipolar, chronic illness, body image and communication problems. She also supports people exploring aspects of kink and alternative sexual cultures, abandonment issues, blended family dynamics and caregiving stress. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to therapist availability.
Tracy lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Tracy works with
The areas below are the ones Tracy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and build small actions that match those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety and coping with major life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviours. It is often used for depression, anxiety and managing symptoms day to day.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current connections. This can help with intimacy issues, communication problems and attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, personal preferences and what feels most useful. Plans can be adjusted as therapy progresses so methods match changing needs.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need more frequent, brief contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on progress and practical strategies.
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