I am an experienced counsellor, therapist and clinical supervisor, working within the LGBTQIA+ / Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD), and Queer communities for more than 10 years. I want to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people can access individual counselling and therapy knowing that they will be safe, accepted and understood and not have to explain their gender, sexuality or relationships. I also work with people exploring and questioning their sexuality and / or gender, and all the other issues that come with being human.
I offer a non-pathologising approach to mental health. I have 20+ years’ experience working in the mental health and homelessness sector in London managing trauma informed services for people with experiences of psychological crisis and distress, trauma and abuse, sex-working, and using alcohol and drugs to cope. I am an experienced Hearing Voices group facilitator and mental health trainer.
I have personal experience of living with neuro-divergence, disability and a long-term health condition.
I worked for 2 years at East London Out Project (ELOP), specialist LGBTQ+ counselling service. I now work as a Clinical Group Supervisor at London Friend.
Professional Memberships
Accredited Professional Member of National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (PNCPS Accred.) Membership number: NCS18-07417. I follow their Code of Ethics.
I am a member of the Professional Standards Authority accredited register.
I am an Advanced Accredited ‘Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities’ Therapist (Pink Therapy)
Other Memberships
Gendered Intelligence Counsellors and Therapists Network
TACTT – Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia
World Association for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling
The Person Centred Association
Training & Qualifications
Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy (GSRDT) – Pink Therapy, 2025
Extended Certificate in Online and Telephone Supervision Course – Counselling Tutor, 2023
Diploma in Clinical Supervision with an Intersectional Lens – TA East London Institute, 2022
Certificate in Clinical Supervision with an Intersectional Lens – TA East London Institute, 2021
Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling – Counselling Tutor, 2020
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling – Person-Centred Pathway, City Lit Institute, London
Short courses, conferences and interests
Pink Therapy Conference. 2025
The Tribes of Person-Centred Therapy: Celebration of Diversity & Difference – Mick Cooper.
PCCS CPD Day with Art Bohart & Sheila Haugh.
Guilt and Single Session Therapy – Windy Dryden.
Existential Therapies. Exploring the Rich tapestry of Practices – Mick Cooper.
Kink on Pink – Pink Therapy webinar series for therapists.
Working with Shame, Carolyn Spring.
(Re)Thinking Trans Healthcare: Bridging the Gap Between Policy, Practitioner and Patient – trans healthcare conference, University of Bristol.
Working alongside trans, gender diverse and questioning people. Gendered Intelligence.
Pink Therapy Conference – From the Bottom to the Top – emerging trends in therapy & BDSM.
Working with Suicide and Self-Harm. Clare Shaw.
Deconstructing Personality Disorder. MIND.
PCE World Conference for Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counselling. WAPCEPC
Trauma Informed Mental Health Services. University of East London.
Making sense of voices, Maastricht Interview Technique. Peter Bullimore, Hearing Voices HVN
Trauma, Abuse and Dissociation. Jacqui Dillon and Eleanor Longdon.