Finder

Specialises in

• Counselling

• Psychotherapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

*Please note: my therapy services are currently offered online only*

LGBTQ+ affirmative, trauma-informed therapy for people who have always felt different in some way. The world can be a hard place for people who feel a lot. You might have been told you're too sensitive or too much. There's space for you to put down who you've been told you 'should' be and come as you are.

You might be struggling with anxiety, relationships or an over-active inner critic. Perhaps you often find it hard to trust your decisions and feel anxious that you're doing everything wrong. Or you find yourself replaying conversations in your head, cringing and wondering why you can't be �normal�. You might have had panic attacks or experienced trauma in the past and thought you'd worked through it, but now find you're starting to feel overwhelmed by things you used to handle easily. You may be looking for help to deal with difficult family dynamics, or to navigate the decision to go no or low contact.

My own journey has brought me understanding of how anxiety and low self-esteem can sometimes make you feel like you're broken, and given me proof that change is always possible. Together, we'll work to overcome the things that have been holding you back so you can start to feel better.

Working with me can help you:

- Learn to manage anxiety and panic attacks so they don't prevent you from living

- Stop letting your inner critic hold you back. Increase your confidence, trust in your decisions and start to feel better about yourself.

- Improve your relationships and your communication. Don't let your attachment style stop you from creating and keeping healthy relationships.

I have over 5 years' experience as a therapist, including working for an LGBTQ+ charity, in private practice, and supporting staff and students at an FE college. I'm a BACP accredited therapist (which means I've met the organisation's higher standard as a competent, ethical and independent practitioner). My previous work in University and Arts settings and participation in activist/queer/feminist communities means I know first-hand the joys and challenges these spaces can bring.

I therefore have particular experience and interest in supporting clients facing workplace burnout and stress, navigating high pressure environments and work life balance, helping them to be their authentic selves.

My lived experience brings understanding of how anxiety and low self-esteem can make you feel like you're broken, and my own journey has brought me proof that change is always possible.

Working with me will give you a relaxed and non-judgemental space to be heard. I use my knowledge of attachment, how trauma impacts our nervous system, and insights and hope from my lived experience, to help you work out what to do to feel better. I strive to make my practice as anti-oppressive as possible, providing therapy that is queer affirmative, trauma informed and neuro-affirming.

We might be a good fit if you've had therapy before but didn't see lasting change, or you've previously felt misunderstood in therapy that wasn't queer-affirming. You might not be coming to therapy to talk about your gender or sexuality, but you don't want to spend your session time educating your therapist or worrying you're being judged.

Areas of interest

lgbt therapy; LGBTQIA; queer affirming; anxiety; self-esteem; low mood; trauma informed; confidence; communication; relationships; adults; childhood emotional neglect; panic attacks; attachment informed; relational therapy; integrative