About Tehira

I know what it is
to understand yourself —
and still feel stuck.

Many of my clients come to me with real self-awareness. They’ve read the books, done the reflection, and they understand their patterns. And yet something remains unchanged — in the body, in the nervous system, in the way they move through the world. That gap between knowing and feeling is exactly where my work begins. And if you’re not yet sure what your patterns are — if you’re simply aware that something isn’t working — that is just as valid a place to start. We begin wherever you are.

Tehira Taylor walking through woodland

The question that changed everything

“I know where it all comes from. I know my triggers, my patterns, my history. So why do I still feel and behave the same way?”

I’ve heard this question from almost every client I’ve worked with. And I’ve asked it of myself.

What I came to understand — through years of my own inner work, and through the integration of psychology, movement and embodied practice — is that releasing old patterns is not just a mind job. It is a full body job.

Understanding why you are the way you are is necessary. But it isn’t enough on its own. Old energy, old versions of ourselves, old scripts we inherited or absorbed — these don’t just live in memory. They live in the body. In the way we hold our shoulders. In the breath we cut short. In the tension we carry so habitually we’ve stopped noticing it.

Embracing the new — new thoughts, new ways of being, new responses — is a full body job.

I practiced yoga, exercise and breathwork for many years before I understood this fully. It was only when I brought together the psychological, the physical, and for me, the spiritual, that real change happened. That integration is the foundation of everything I bring into the therapy room.

A winding path through ancient trees

My path to this work

I didn’t arrive here
in a straight line.

I spent over 25 years working in corporate communications — a world that rewards performance, productivity and keeping things together. I was good at it. And I was also, quietly, doing my own inner work alongside it.

For 15 years I taught yoga — including with women who had experienced trauma, with refugees, and with community groups who had little access to conventional support. I saw again and again how the body holds what words cannot yet reach.

I trained as a psychotherapist because I wanted to offer something more complete. Not just a space to talk, but a space to feel, to locate, to release — and to integrate. My South Asian heritage, my experience of navigating cultural pressures and expectations, and my own ongoing journey of transformation all live in this work too.

As Bessel van der Kolk’s research shows us, the body holds what the mind hasn’t yet found words for. This is not a metaphor. It is where we begin.

“Healing happens not just in the mind, but in the body — in the breath, the tension held in your shoulders, the tightness you carry without a name. Therapy is the space where we learn to find where those feelings actually live.”

How I work

Relational, integrative,
and led by you.

I am an integrative psychotherapist, which means I don’t follow a single model or method. I draw from psychodynamic, person-centred, Gestalt and existential approaches, and I adapt our work to what you need — not the other way around.

The relationship between us is central. Not because I have the answers, but because something important happens when we feel genuinely met by another person. That experience of being truly seen — often for the first time — can itself be part of what heals.

Where it feels right, I bring in breath awareness, gentle movement and embodiment practices — not as exercises to perform, but as ways of listening more deeply to what your body is already telling you. I also draw on shadow work, ancestral and intergenerational patterns, and — where it’s welcome — spiritual and esoteric perspectives on the self.

I ask the difficult questions. With care, and without rushing you toward answers. In my experience, the deeper we go — toward the roots of things — the greater the potential for real, lasting growth.

Tree roots through moss — depth, what lies beneath

Qualifications & experience

Psychotherapy training

Level 4 Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy. Trained in the Petruska Clarkson Five Relational Model. Registered Member of BACP.

Embodiment & yoga

Qualified yoga teacher with 15 years of experience, including trauma-informed teaching with women survivors, refugees and community groups.

Reiki & energy work

Practitioner of Reiki and other embodiment practices. These inform the holistic, whole-person foundation of my therapeutic approach.

Corporate background

Over 25 years in corporate communications. I understand the pressures, the performance, and the emotional cost of modern working life.

Cultural fluency

British-born woman of South Asian (Pakistani) heritage. I bring deep cultural understanding to work involving family dynamics, identity and intergenerational patterns. Fluent in English, proficient in Urdu.

Ongoing inner work

A long-term student of my own transformation — through therapy, yoga, embodiment, astrology and conscious parenting. The journey is never finished. That’s the point.

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Ready to work together?

I offer a free 20-minute consultation — a chance to talk, ask questions, and feel whether this is the right fit for you. No commitment, no pressure.

Currently working online across the UK.