Tracey Lynne Desjardins , NCPS

Tracey Lynne Desjardins offers practical, compassionate counselling for people facing emotional overwhelm. She helps those coping with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, addiction and many life changes. Tracey communicates plainly and focuses on small, manageable steps so clients can start feeling steadier sooner.

Tracey retrained as a Therapeutic Counsellor in 2020 and holds the NCPS credential. Before that she worked in the criminal justice sector and brings that experience into her clinical thinking. She also volunteers with Cruse Bereavement Services, which informs her grief work.

Her approach draws on client-centred work and emotionally focused methods that aim to strengthen how people understand and express feelings. She uses mindfulness techniques to help calm racing thoughts, and motivational interviewing to support change when addiction or avoidance is present.

Tracey often works with people who identify as highly sensitive and those who have experienced domestic abuse, trauma, or attachment wounding. She uses inner child work to trace how early experiences shape present behaviour and to help clients rewrite unhelpful patterns.

Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Her style is direct but warm, and she emphasises collaboration - clients set the pace and goals. Tracey is based in the United Kingdom and works with English-speaking clients, including international clients.

She brings four years of counselling experience to her practice and aims to make therapy accessible. People who choose her can expect clear explanations, practical tools, and steady emotional support.

How Tracey’s Approaches Work Online

Tracey uses client-centred therapy to prioritise the client’s experience, listening carefully and helping people find their own solutions. This approach suits anyone who wants a supportive space to be heard and decide next steps.

She also draws on emotionally focused therapy which helps people recognise patterns in how they respond to strong feelings and in relationships. EFT can be useful for repairing communication and feeling safer with emotions. Mindfulness therapy is used alongside these approaches to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce anxiety and help with sleep and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tracey will talk through your needs and preferences and together you will choose techniques that fit your goals. She takes a collaborative stance and adjusts methods as therapy progresses to match what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling flexible. Video is helpful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions suit people who need less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options help therapy fit around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping continuity between sessions.