Acknowledging diversity & difference in therapy
Every person is a unique individual with a complex history and experience that has shaped who they are. Whilst issues around race, gender, ethnicity, class, disability and sexuality may not be your primary reason for attending therapy, we will work together to pay attention to the differences and similarities to help us learn about you in the context of your own lived experience. My own exploration of my identity as a queer, multiracial person (who uses she/her pronouns) has formed an important part of my continued development as a therapist, and I seek to use that experience to approach every person’s experience with compassion and curiosity.
LGBTQ+ Affirmative therapy
LGBTQ+ people deserve to have therapeutic spaces where they can feel safe in the knowledge that their therapist is not pathologising them because of who they are.
I practise LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy, meaning that I do not treat being gay, bi, queer, trans, or any other form of GSRD (gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity), as a mental disorder that needs to be “fixed”. They are simply a few of the many varied ways in which humanity appears in the world.
I am a member of Therapists against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia.
If you are interested in exploring who you are in a safe, inclusive environment, please contact me.