Tracey Gardener, BACP

Tracey Gardener is an integrative counsellor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people cope. She uses a down-to-earth style to help people who are feeling anxious, stressed, low, or stuck in repeating relationship patterns. Tracey aims to create a steady, non-judgemental space where someone can talk things through at a pace that feels manageable.

Tracey draws strongly on attachment-based thinking to help people understand how early relationships affect current habits. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. Mindfulness practices are offered to build attention and reduce reactivity in daily life.

Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Integrative Counselling, a Foundation Degree in Counselling, and a Diploma in Mindful Mental Health. She has completed additional continuing professional development workshops on eating disorders, sex addiction, attachment theory and couples relationships, sandtray and creative therapy, and an eight-week mindfulness training course.

Across 12 years of practice she has worked with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also provides support around attachment issues, abandonment, codependency, blended family difficulties and substance-related problems.

Tracey works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How attachment and CBT work in online counselling

Tracey combines attachment-based thinking with cognitive behavioural ideas to help people change everyday habits and thoughts. Attachment-based approaches look at patterns formed early in relationships and how they influence current reactions and expectations. This can help when someone wants to understand repeated relationship cycles or feelings of abandonment.

Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes to improve daily coping. These methods often suit people dealing with anxiety, low mood, anger or stress who want practical steps to shift routines and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and agree together which methods to try. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what feels useful and manageable.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, for example by reducing travel time, allowing quicker check-ins, or helping someone attend from a quieter location. Registered or accredited professionals on the platform can discuss how sessions might fit into daily routines and help plan an approach that works practically and emotionally.