Tracey Simeonova, BACP

Tracey Simeonova is a counsellor who works online and uses a person-centred approach to help people who feel stuck by their thoughts, feelings or behaviours. She draws on a range of therapeutic methods to offer a warm, empathetic space where people can talk openly about what is troubling them.

She has 15 years of therapeutic experience in charities, the NHS, international schools in Asia and the Middle East, and in private practice. She has also taught trainee counsellors on an integrative counselling degree programme. These roles have shaped how she supports people through change and loss.

Tracey focuses on relationship difficulties, whether that means the way someone relates to themselves or to others. She helps with low self-worth, shame, identity questions and body image concerns. She also works with grief, transitions and the sense of losing who you are as life shifts.

Her practice includes supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression and addiction-related issues. Tracey also offers help for parenting strains, communication problems, attachment concerns and emotions such as anger and emptiness. Midlife crisis is listed among her areas of focus for people facing major life changes.

In sessions she combines person-centred listening with tools from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This means time is spent both on understanding what you are feeling and on finding practical ways to make everyday life more manageable.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Tracey commonly combines person-centred practice with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based ideas. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that match what matters to you. It can help when worry or unhelpful thoughts keep you stuck. Attachment-Based work looks at early and current relationship patterns and how they shape feelings and reactions, which can be useful for intimacy and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will use collaborative conversations to identify what fits your needs and goals. That might mean open listening at first, then trying specific exercises from ACT or practical steps from cognitive approaches as you go.

Because Tracey practises online, sessions can be easier to fit around work, family and travel. Online working can make it simpler to have shorter check-ins, avoid travel time and arrange appointments across time zones. Confirm the exact session options before booking so you know how sessions will be held and can plan them into your routine.