Tess Lambourne
Experienced Person-Centred counsellor focused on grounding
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About Tess
Tess Lambourne is a Person-Centred counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She uses a warm, accepting style to help people feel heard and understood. Tess aims to make sessions calm and grounded so people can talk openly about what matters most to them.
She has three years of professional experience and holds the NCPS credential. Tess creates space for people from a range of backgrounds and identities to be themselves.
Background and approach
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, and issues connected to identity and trauma. Sessions typically focus on helping people feel more present and connected to themselves. Tess listens closely and reflects what she hears so people can find their own answers.
She also brings attention to the body, drawing on her background as a trained yoga teacher to support grounding and embodiment when appropriate. People may come with concerns such as low self-esteem, coping with life changes, or struggles with shame and guilt. Tess also works with topics like abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication difficulties, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture.
Conversations are paced to suit each person’s needs. Her approach is collaborative and patient. Tess helps people explore values, identify small changes, and build practical ways to manage difficult moments.
To start, clients follow a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS23-02811
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Tess's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Tess works with
Everything Tess lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Tess lists
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How Tess works online
Tess also draws on practices from her yoga teaching to encourage grounding and embodiment. That can mean simple breathing or body awareness exercises to help when someone feels overwhelmed or disconnected. These methods are used gently and at a pace the person is comfortable with.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Tess will talk through what feels useful, test things out, and adjust based on goals and preferences. She works with each person to choose ways of working that fit their needs rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all method.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around busy days, remove travel time, and allow people to keep contact from wherever they usually are. It can also make shorter check-ins practical and let the counsellor and client try grounding exercises between sessions when helpful.
Questions and answers
What issues does Tess commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. There is also focus on concerns such as abandonment, attachment, shame, and loneliness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Tess uses a Person-Centred approach that emphasises listening and acceptance. Sessions are paced to each person and aim to build self-awareness and calm.
What is Tess's professional background?
She has three years of clinical experience and also trained as a yoga teacher. Those strands inform her emphasis on grounding and embodiment work.
Where is Tess based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as listed in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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