Integrative Counselling & Therapy
I offer integrative counselling with Person-Centred therapy at its foundation, specialising in sexual trauma, LGBTQIA+ and GSRD experiences, sexuality, identity, relationships, grief and chemsex support.
My integrative approach is grounded in Person-Centred therapy, a relational way of working that creates space for you to explore your thoughts, emotions, experiences, relationships and sense of self in a supportive, compassionate and non-judgemental way.
At its foundation is the belief that people hold the capacity for growth, healing, self-understanding and change when offered the right conditions of empathy, acceptance and a genuine therapeutic relationship.
From this foundation, I draw on other therapeutic approaches where they may support your individual process, including Focusing, somatic awareness and creative therapeutic practices.
My approach is warm, grounded and relational, as well as trauma-informed, GSRD (Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity) experienced and rooted in anti-oppressive practice.
Areas I support clients with include:
Sexuality, gender and identity
Later-life coming out and identity exploration
Sexual trauma, including childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, and its impact on intimacy and relationships
Kink and fetish
Shame and self-worth
Anxiety and depression
Suicidal ideation
Chemsex, chemsex addiction and problematic sexualised drug use
Grief and loss
Relationship changes and endings
Boundaries, people-pleasing and relational patterns
Intimacy, sex and relationships
Navigating life transitions and becoming more authentically yourself
Many of my clients are LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, or navigating experiences around identity, sexuality, intimacy, grief and relational complexity.
You don't need to fit neatly into one of these categories to work with me.
How I work
Counselling sessions are held online via Zoom and last 50 minutes.
My approach is collaborative and paced around you. There is no expectation that you arrive knowing exactly what you want to talk about or having everything figured out, and there is no pressure to speak about anything before you are ready.
I aim to create a space where you can explore yourself more honestly and compassionately — particularly if you have spent much of your life adapting, suppressing parts of yourself, masking, or becoming who you felt other people needed you to be.
Therapy isn't always a tidy process. It can feel challenging, tender, frustrating, liberating, messy or transformative. We work with what emerges at a pace that respects your emotional capacity and what feels manageable for you.
While counselling sessions are primarily talking-based, I have a particular interest in Focusing-oriented therapy and creative therapeutic practices within a person-centred framework.
Focusing is a gentle approach that brings attention to the felt sense of an experience. The often difficult-to-describe sense of something that we can feel before we necessarily have words for it. It can help us slow down and become curious about emotions, meanings and experiences that might not be accessible through thinking or talking alone.
Where appropriate, I may also invite creative exploration as part of our work. These invitations are always optional and guided by your individual process and needs.
My wider therapeutic background
Alongside my counselling training, I bring six years' experience as a Somatic Sexologist working with embodiment, sexuality, gender, shame, pleasure and sexual trauma.
This experience informs the way I understand the relationship between our emotional lives, bodies, identities, sexuality, relationships and lived experiences.
My counselling and Somatic Sexology practices remain distinct. Counselling does not involve the touch or bodywork practices that may form part of Somatic Sexology sessions. Where somatic awareness or Focusing is explored within counselling, it remains within the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship and is always collaborative and optional.
Professional training & ethics
I have completed my Level 5 clinical training in Person-Centred Counselling and my qualification is currently awaiting formal ratification by the exam board. Following ratification, I will be eligible to apply for BACP registration.
My counselling practice is informed by the BACP Ethical Framework and supported through ongoing clinical supervision.
My development as a therapist continues beyond qualification through further training, supervision, reflective practice and my existing experience within somatic and sexuality-focused therapeutic work.
Finding the right therapist matters
You may be looking for somewhere you don't have to explain or defend your sexuality, gender, relationship structure, kink, sexual experiences or the complexity of how you feel about them.
You might be grieving a relationship or an old version of yourself. You may be questioning who you are, struggling with shame, recovering from trauma, trying to understand patterns that keep repeating, or simply realising that something in your life needs to change.
You don't need to know where the work will lead before you begin.
If you're looking for a grounded, affirming therapeutic relationship where there is room for complexity, curiosity and all the different parts of you, you're welcome to get in touch.