Are you LGBTQ or wondering if you might be?  Maybe you’re bi but in a straight relationship and not sure how to be your full self.  Or you think you might be trans or non-binary and need space to work things out for yourself and how to navigate the world and your relationships.   Or you’re fine being LGBTQ, and want a therapist who understands your context as you explore whatever is causing you distress in your life.  

If this sounds like you, then I’ll work with you to increase your awareness of who you are underneath the ways you've been trying to fit in.  Together we listen to the clues inside you; from your emotions, body and thoughts so that you can be more you.  Therapy with me can help you to feel calmer and more accepting of yourself and your choices. 

As well as being an accredited Gestalt counsellor, I have additional training in working with issues of sex and different types of relationships.  You are welcome if you are feeling fearful or shy around sex, or worried about being a virgin – straight, LGBTQ or not sure; and all of that is ok.  You can feel less anxious and more comfortable with whatever you find is inside yourself.

I have been a member of the LGBTQ community for 40 years now, including being a parent.  As time has gone by, I have become even more open-minded about the many different ways we all have of living and loving; and that includes working with straight people in a queer way too.

I have come through my own life challenges and am not fazed by life falling apart.  If this is your situation, I will be alongside you as difficult feelings such as fear, panic, pain, anger, despair, depression may move in and out of you; as the old life you had ends.  I will be with you as you start to find flashes of excitement, touches of hope and a move towards a life that was not imaginable from where you were.  A life that feels more alive and true for you.