Emma Tait, BACP

Emma Tait is a UK-based psychotherapist with over 13 years of clinical practice and a nine-year span of formal training that includes two postgraduate diplomas and a Master of Arts in psychotherapy. She combines extensive academic preparation with long-term hands-on experience to offer thoughtful, skilled support to individuals and families.

Working as an integrative psychotherapist, Emma blends psychodynamic, person-centred, cognitive behavioural, and family systemic approaches so that therapy is tailored to each person’s needs. She completed systemic training at the Tavistock Centre in London and also has knowledge of Transactional Analysis, solution-focused methods, and coaching styles. Emma is eligible for ICF ACC accreditation, reflecting additional coach-training pathways she has pursued.

Her clinical experience covers a broad range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems, abuse, and intergenerational patterns of family trauma. Emma applies systemic family approaches when addressing relationship dynamics and has supported people facing workplace bullying and related forms of abuse.

Emma’s background also includes leadership and NHS roles. She served as the mental health lead for a cross-county counselling service in the UK supporting families and parents managing mental health challenges, and she has worked as a staff counsellor within the NHS and in a secondary mental health hospital.

She approaches each person as unique, offering attentive, non-judgmental listening and working in accordance with the ethical standards of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Emma is committed to ongoing personal and professional development and aims to provide compassionate, sensitive support. She welcomes questions and is available to discuss any aspects of her practice with prospective clients.