About Emma
Emma Tait uses a blend of client-centred and psychodynamic approaches alongside cognitive behavioural techniques. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, depression and relationship struggles. Emma has practiced in the United Kingdom for 13 years and brings that experience into each session.
She trained over nine years and holds postgraduate diplomas and a Masters in psychotherapy. Her background includes systemic training at the Tavistock Centre and work within NHS settings and a cross-county counselling service.
How Emma works
These roles helped her gain practical experience with parenting concerns and workplace bullying. Emma draws on trauma-focused and solution-focused tools when needed. She looks at patterns that repeat across relationships and family history to help people understand current problems.
She also uses practical techniques to manage anxiety and low mood. Her approach is straightforward and warm. She listens carefully and aims to be non-judgemental.
Sessions are collaborative, with a focus on what feels useful for the person sitting in front of her. Emma works with a broad range of concerns including grief, intimacy-related issues, addictions, ADHD and career difficulties. She also has experience with adoption and foster care, chronic illness and body image concerns.
Her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, guides her practice. People can expect clear, paced conversations and an openness to combining different methods. Emma is willing to answer questions about how she works and what to expect in counselling.
Emma lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Emma works with
The areas below are the ones Emma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Emma's approaches work online
Emma uses client-centred therapy to put the person and their priorities at the heart of each session. This means she listens closely and follows what you bring, helping you make sense of your experience and decide the next steps.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which uses simple practical strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems because it gives tools to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Emma will talk through goals, try different ways of working and adapt methods to suit what feels most helpful. That means therapy can change over time as needs and circumstances evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need a quicker check-in. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caring responsibilities or travel.
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