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 for reality TV productions and factual 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 Mental Health Awareness, Anxiety, Stress Management, 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

Psychological support and mental health body of work includes:

• RightMind Therapy & Training – Head of Practice.
• Studio Lambert/BBC – ‘Celebrity Traitors’ series 1. 
• Studio Lambert/BBC – ‘The Traitors’ series 4 (in production).
• Studio Lambert/NBC Universal – ‘The Traitors (US)‘ series 4 (in production).
• Studio Lambert/Netflix – ‘Squid Game The Challenge’ series 2.
• Boldprint/Amazon Prime ‘Would You Rather: Decide to Survive’ (in production).
• Dancing Ledge Productions/BBC – Factual documentary ‘Prisoner 951: The Hostages’ Story’. 
• BBC Current Affairs –  Factual documentary ‘Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods’.
• Studio Lambert/BBC – ‘The Traitors’ series 3. 
• Studio Lambert/NBC Universal – Multi Emmy award winning ‘The Traitors’ series 3. 
• Studio Lambert/Netflix – BAFTA winning ‘Squid Game The Challenge’ series 1.
• BBC Sounds –  True crime podcast ‘Stalked’.
• Studio Lambert/BBC BAFTA winning ‘The Traitors’ series 1.
• Dragonfly TV/BBC Documentary series ‘Ambulance’. 
• The Garden/Channel 4 – Documentary series ’24 Hours in A&E’. 
• Blast! Films/Netflix – Rachel Nickell murder documentary and drama series ‘The Witness’ (in production).
• South Shore/Channel 4 – Stand Up to Cancer series ‘Don’t Look Down’.
• BBC Sounds – Factual Podcast ‘Believe in Magic’.
• Kailash Films/BBC – Factual documentary ‘Helmand – Tour of Duty’.  
• 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