Tara Hale, BACP

Tara Hale is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing relationship difficulties, grief, stress and anxiety. She also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and intimacy-related issues such as jealousy and infidelity. Tara uses straightforward language and aims to make each session feel calm and manageable.

With seven years of practice experience, Tara combines several therapeutic styles to suit the person in front of her. She often draws on client-centred ways of working to make people feel heard. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past and solution-focused techniques when clients prefer clear, practical goals.

Tara pays attention to how the body and mind interact. She notices when stress shows up as poor sleep, aches or changes in behaviour. That helps her shape conversations around what is happening day to day as well as what led to it.

Sessions may be short-term or longer-term depending on what someone wants. Short courses are offered in blocks of 4, 6, 8 or 12 sessions, and longer work is available when needed. Start times begin at 9am with some later appointments up to 7pm or 8pm.

She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and works within their code of ethics. To begin a course of sessions, readers are asked to use the continue button on this profile and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Tara uses client-centred and solution-focused approaches that work well in online settings. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience, which helps when someone needs space to be heard about relationship and grief issues. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps and quick changes that a person can try between sessions to reduce stress and improve coping.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Tara will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods as therapy progresses. That collaborative process helps shape whether sessions stay exploratory or shift toward short-term goals.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins during a lunch break or after work. They can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need a shorter, focused session for a specific issue.