About me
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or quietly struggling beneath the surface, you may be used to coping on your own even when it’s exhausting.
Perhaps you overthink, feel anxious or low, question yourself, or find relationships more difficult than they should be. Or maybe there’s a sense that something isn’t quite right, even if you can’t fully explain it.
I’m Tuba (Taz), a qualified therapist and life coach of 10> years, working both in the public and private sector. I offer a calm, thoughtful, and non judgemental space where you can slow down and begin to understand yourself more clearly.
Many clients come to therapy feeling emotionally drained, disconnected, or unsure of who they are beneath the roles they hold. Others are working through anxiety, trauma, loss, or significant life changes. Whatever brings you here, we will work at your pace, focusing on what feels most important to you.
My approach is warm, person-centred, relational, and collaborative. I won’t tell you what to do, but I will help you explore what’s going on beneath the surface so you can begin to make sense of your thoughts, feelings, and patterns with more clarity and self trust.
I work integratively, meaning I tailor therapy to you as an individual rather than using a one size fits all approach. Over time, this often leads to a deeper sense of steadiness, confidence, and connection within yourself and in your relationships.
I support adults with anxiety, depression, low mood, PTSD, OCD, self esteem and confidence difficulties, attachment and relationship issues, trauma, grief, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm. I also work with clients exploring identity, sense of self, and a deeper understanding of who they are, including experiences related to gender identity, sexuality, and LGBTQ plus lived experience. Many of the people I work with are used to coping alone, find it difficult to prioritise themselves, or feel disconnected from their needs, emotions, or direction in life. I also support clients navigating neurodivergence including ADHD and autism, and the impact this can have on daily life, relationships, and self understanding.
If you’re considering therapy, you’re very welcome to get in touch. We can arrange an initial session to see whether working together feels like the right fit for you.
You don’t have to carry this on your own.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional experience:
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationships
- ADHD
- Autism
- Trauma
- Abuse
- Self-esteem
- Motivation
- Depression.
- Neurodivergence
- PTSD
- Eating Disorders
- LGBTQ+
- Identity issues
Clinical approaches: Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Relationship Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Additional areas of focus:
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, Kink
- Alternative Sex Culture
- Blended Family Issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain illness and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment Issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic Violence
- Eating and Food-Related Issues
- Emptiness
- Expats
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- Fertility Issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration Issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Military and Veterans Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural Concerns
- Phobias
- Polyamory / Non-monogamous Relationships
- Postpartum Depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking/Vaping Cessation
- Visually Impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young Adult Issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £60.00
Additional information
I offer a short free introductory session, giving us the opportunity to connect, explore what you’re looking for, and see whether working together feels like the right fit.
When I work
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