Tanya Perrin, BACP

Tanya Perrin is a counsellor who uses an integrative, client-centred approach. She combines practical strategies with listening and reflection to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and anger. Tanya works in the United Kingdom and brings ten years of professional experience to sessions.

She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are offered for managing strong emotions and building coping tools. Mindfulness and existential methods are used to help people find meaning and stay present when life feels overwhelming.

Tanya has worked with people affected by cancer and provided bereavement and palliative care support. Her background also includes work in community and school settings, where she supported young people and families through loss and life transitions. She describes her practice as sensitive and respectful, and tailors conversations to each person’s needs.

Sessions often focus on practical steps such as grounding techniques, sleep patterns, and managing daily routines alongside deeper discussion about attachment, abandonment and intimacy-related concerns. Tanya has also supported people dealing with chronic pain, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of major life events.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and combines several approaches to match what each person wants to work on. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Tanya’s approaches translate to online work

Tanya uses client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small experiments, which can be reviewed together in sessions to reduce anxiety and improve sleep.

She also offers elements of dialectical behaviour therapy, which teaches skills for managing overwhelming emotions and improving day-to-day coping. Mindfulness work is used to build attention to the present moment and reduce rumination, useful for stress, grief and chronic health worries.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Tanya works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as things change. This means the work can include skills practice one week and deeper discussion the next.

The original biography does not list which online formats are used, so please confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives - for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins at a lunchtime, or using phone rather than video when bandwidth or a quieter space is needed. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can support the same kinds of therapeutic aims online as in face-to-face work, while adapting tools and homework to suit each person’s circumstances.