(Taz) Tuba Altintas-Gemmell, BACP

She is a UK-licensed counsellor and therapist who brings a practical and compassionate approach to supporting people through depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and family concerns, workplace conflict, trauma, abuse, grief, and loss. As a qualified life coach she also works with clients to set achievable goals and build sustainable plans for change. She combines several therapeutic methods including cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally focused work, and draws on attachment-based and client-centred principles to tailor an approach that fits each person’s needs.

Her background includes additional training in approaches such as transactional analysis, play-based and expressive methods, and work with self-harm and substance misuse, which informs flexible treatment planning for complex presentations. She is bilingual, offering therapy in both English and Turkish, and she is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which signals adherence to professional standards in the UK.

Colleagues and those who have encountered her work describe her as warm, empathic, and deeply caring about mental health and wellbeing. She emphasises respect, sensitivity, and kindness in practice and adopts a person-centred stance, shaping dialogue and interventions around each client’s unique circumstances. Taking the first step can be difficult, and she aims to walk alongside clients as they begin that process.