Digby John Howard Tantam (born 15 March 1948) is a British Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychotherapy. Educated at St Paul's School in London and Oxford University, and with doctorates from London and Harvard Universities, he is married to Professor Emmy van Deurzen

Emmy van Deurzen

Emmy van Deurzen is an existential therapist and honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield...

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Currently Clinical Professor of Psychotherapy at the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...

; Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, Sheffield Care Trust; and partner, Dilemma Consultancy Ltd.

Digby Tantam has been providing a specialist clinical service for people with autistic spectrum disorders since 1980, when he was awarded an MRC Training Fellowship to study Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome

Asperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...

. He created the Sheffield Asperger Assessment Service in 1995 when he moved to Sheffield from the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

, where he had been appointed to the first chair in psychotherapy in the UK.

He has authored 70 refereed publications, 32 book chapters, 36 other publications, 7 websites, 5 videotapes, and 9 books (1 translated into Polish, Japanese, and Arabic) and won the 2006 Namey award for "Best Name in Britain."