(Taz) Tuba Altintas-Gemmell

(Taz) Tuba Altintas-Gemmell is a counsellor with eight years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She speaks English and Turkish and describes her practice as warm and empathic. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and anger, and she can also work with issues such as addiction, self-esteem and sleep problems.

Tuba also offers life coaching to help people set realistic goals and make steady progress. Her background includes a range of therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy, emotionally-focused work and attachment-based methods. She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her credential.

In sessions she follows a person-centred attitude, meeting people where they are and adapting conversation to individual needs. She aims to listen carefully, offer practical ways to cope, and help clients try different strategies between meetings. Tuba frames her work as a shared process rather than a one-size-fits-all programme.

She has worked with trauma and abuse, workplace conflict, bereavement, and some neurodiversity-related concerns such as autism and ADHD. Other areas she commonly addresses include intimacy and sexual health topics, body-image issues, caregiver stress, and career difficulties.

Tuba asks people to see therapy as a gradual step-by-step process. New clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to the therapist's schedule. International clients may be accepted, and sessions are offered in English and Turkish.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on understanding how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships and practise different responses in day-to-day life.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and tests small changes to see what helps. In remote sessions CBT can be used to set practical tasks and review progress between meetings.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name difficult emotions and then work on responding to them differently. This approach can be useful for processing grief, trauma-related material, or strong emotions such as anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, needs and preferences and then suggest ways of working that suit the person. Decisions about methods are collaborative and reviewed as therapy progresses.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that better suits a day. Registered and accredited professionals can offer these benefits while tailoring sessions to each person's goals and routines.