Tina Cooney , BACP

Tina Cooney is a UK-based therapist with five years of professional experience supporting adults, children, and teenagers. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and anger, drawing on a broad range of clinical interests that include attachment difficulties, abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, codependency, communication and control struggles, dissociation, and the impacts of domestic violence and separation.

As a trauma-informed practitioner, Tina holds a certificate in trauma rewind therapy and a diploma in mindfulness. She is credentialed with the BACP - a UK professional counselling association - and practices in an integrative way, combining techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with mindfulness exercises and creative interventions such as guided meditation. Her approach is client-centered, aiming to tailor methods to each person’s needs rather than applying a single model to every situation.

Tina strives to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored safely. She recognises that building trust takes time and that seeking help requires courage, and she focuses on supporting and empowering individuals and families as they work toward more fulfilling, resilient lives. Her preferred contact methods are online video calls or phone sessions, and she also offers message-based work within set session times with camera and sound off while typing.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then clarify personal values and take committed steps toward a more meaningful life - it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns of avoidance. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed early in life and how they shape current relationships, offering tools to repair connection and manage attachment-related distress in family and caregiving contexts. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can support coping with trauma symptoms, stress, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Tina works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and combines approaches when that best supports progress.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility for people balancing work, family, and caregiving responsibilities. Tina provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make it easier to access therapy from different locations and schedules, while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship and structure that supports steady progress.