About Tineke
Tineke Zwinkels offers calm, straightforward support for people facing anxiety, stress, grief and other difficult life moments. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and to help clients find clearer ways to cope. Tineke uses simple conversation and reflective listening to help people talk through what feels overwhelming right now.
In sessions she helps clients notice how events shape feelings, thoughts and behaviour. That helps people make practical changes and try new ways of reacting to stress, panic or fears.
Background and approach
She focuses on building self-understanding, confidence and a stronger sense of self-worth. Tineke has four years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation. She practises from the United Kingdom and works with English-speaking clients, including those based abroad.
Her background includes supporting people after trauma and loss as well as those dealing with workplace pressures and addictive behaviours. Therapy with Tineke is collaborative and paced to each person. She encourages small, achievable steps and uses conversation to explore attachment, codependency, guilt and shame where these are relevant.
Panic attacks, phobias and feelings of isolation are addressed with practical coping strategies alongside emotional processing. Clients can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space to explore difficult topics. Tineke aims to help people find more stable ways of coping and to strengthen their sense of purpose and self-love as part of longer-term change.
Approaches that help with fear, panic and life changes
Many clients find benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on thoughts, behaviours and gradual exposure to feared situations. Cognitive approaches look at unhelpful thinking patterns and teach ways to respond differently to worry and panic. Behavioural techniques often include gradual, planned steps to reduce avoidance and build confidence when facing specific fears or phobias.Trauma-informed approaches help people make sense of difficult past events and how those experiences affect current reactions. These methods combine gentle exploration of memories with skills to manage intense feelings and to reduce reactivity in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals, try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative approach means treatment can shift as needs and priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a shorter break at work, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or family schedules while keeping the focus on progress and coping skills.
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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