After a long career in the corporate recruitment and training industry at Director level, Tanya began her counselling and psychotherapy training in 2002.

Since then, Tanya has gone on to achieve accredited status with the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy, is a certified AXA Healthcare psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor.

Tanya is a BBC, Netflix and NBC Approved Mental Health Practitioner providing psychological support within welfare for reality TV and documentary series.

Tanya is trained as a British Psychological Society Approved Group Therapist and has since led many therapeutic groups including sessions for leading mental health charity, Mind.

Teaching and training work includes delivering a wide range of psychoeducational courses and events covering topics such as anxiety, stress, performance, listening & counselling skills, therapeutic writing and Mindfulness both privately, for TV production companies including All3Media, ITV and ScreenSkills, corporate clients and for leading mental health charity. Since 2010, Tanya has been teaching meditation to reduce stress and anxiety.

All media work carried out as an associate of Victoria Plant Ltd Chartered Psychologist.

All media enquiries: tanya@victoriaplant.org

Therapeutic support and mental health body of work includes:

• RightMind Therapy & Training – Head of Practice
• Studio Lambert/BBC – ‘Celebrity Traitors’ series 1 (in production) Production Psychotherapist. On location support and production team Mental Health Awareness training
• Studio Lambert/Netflix – ‘Squid Game The Challenge’ series 2 (in production). On location support for global cast and production team mental health training
• Dancing Ledge Productions/BBC – 1 hour documentary (in production).
• BBC Current Affairs – Supporting contributors of  award winning documentary ‘Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods’
• Studio Lambert/BBC – ‘The Traitors’ series 3. On location support for UK cast and crew. Production team Mental Health Training. Cast aftercare support.
• Studio Lambert/NBC Universal – ‘The Traitors’ series 3. On location support for U.S cast and crew and cast aftercare support
• Studio Lambert/Netflix – Mental Health Practitioner for BAFTA winning ‘Squid Game The Challenge’ series 1 reality TV production with global cast. On location and cast aftercare support
• BBC Sounds – Contributor support on true crime podcast ‘Stalked’.
• Studio Lambert/BBC Remote cast aftercare support for BAFTA winning reality TV show ‘The Traitors’ series 1
• Dragonfly TV/BBC ‘Ambulance’ Production team training and ongoing support
• The Garden/Channel 4 – ’24 Hours in A&E’ Production team training and support
• Blast! Films/Netflix – Contributor support for Rachel Nickell murder documentary and drama series ‘The Witness’ (in production)
• South Shore/Channel 4 – ‘Don’t Look Down’ Production Team Support
• BBC Sounds – Contributor support for factual Podcast ‘Believe in Magic’
• Kailash Films/BBC – ‘Helmand – Tour of Duty’  Contributor support
• Khalid Productions/Netflix – Documentary cast support
• The Home Office – Research team support for Domestic Abuse project
• Family Matters charity – Counselling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and rape
• Surrey Counselling Centre – Psychotherapy support
• Sevenoaks Council – On the district board for youth mental health post-pandemic (11-18 year olds)
• Mind – Community Development and group psychotherapy
• Sidley Austin LLP – Legal sector employee counselling support
• AXA Healthcare – Accredited Psychotherapist
• AXA Healthcare – Head office employee training & stress management support sessions
• Corporate, legal and professional services firms in London and the South East
• Dame Kelly Holmes – Mental Health consultancy
• Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD – Women’s wellbeing events
• ’Running Life’ Telegraph Health Book of the Year 2019 (Contributing writer)

You can contact Tanya by calling 07940 571207

All media enquiries to tanya@victoriaplant.org