About me

Tess (Thais Lloyd)

MSc; Advanced Dip Counselling; MBACP

Tel: 07493 591515

I am a fully qualified counsellor, with 15 years' experience of working with different client groups in various settings.

Professional Experience

Private counsellor in Exeter and Ashburton and surrounding areas.

Counsellor at Age UK Exeter from 2015 until 2020.

Enabler and Community Development Worker for Time for Life (Teignbridge Council) for 5 years, aiming at reducing social isolation and improving quality of life.

Volunteer in the local Memory Café for people with dementia and their carers for 8 years.

Drug and alcohol counsellor for 11 years, using CBT methods, motivational interviewing and relapse prevention.

Training & qualifications

Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling (Dartmoor Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
MSc degree in Drug and Alcohol Addiction (King's College London, 2001)
Psychology degree (1993)

I am committed to my professional development, and I attend regular supervision, courses, lectures, and study groups.

Recent training

Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self-Harm (Carolyn Spring, online course)
Workshop on Relational Depth (Mick Cooper; Iron Mill, Exeter)
Workshop on Existential Therapy (Mick Cooper; Iron Mill, Exeter)
Workshop on Compassion Focussed Therapy (Mary Welford, Seale-Hayne)
Workshop “Supporting clients with anxiety” (Kate Day Training, Seale-Hayne)
Talks at Westcountry Association for Counselling, Exeter: Couples Counselling; EFT for Trauma; Families and Grief; Art Therapy; Gestalt Therapy and Depression.
Talks at Ways with Words, Dartington: Mindfulness; Hoarding; Dementia; Family Secrets.
Limbus Lectures talks, Dartington: The Relational Brain; Embodied Attunement; Dreams.

I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and I abide by its code of ethics. I have enhanced CRB/DBS clearance and I am fully insured.

You can find me in the BACP register and in the UK Counselling Directory.

Researcher in drug and alcohol treatment in Brazil and in the UK (St George's Hospital, London)

Counsellor in Brazil for 6 years, working with adults and children, in a primary health care centre.