diverse group of people holding hands If you've ever sat in a therapist's room and felt like you had to explain yourself before you could even begin — justify who you are, translate your experience, soften the edges of your identity to make it easier for someone else to hold — you'll know how exhausting that is. And how much it gets in the way of the actual work. Inclusive counselling starts from a different place. It begins with the assumption that you are the expert on your

If you are a trans person in the UK right now, you may be carrying something that is hard to put into words. A heaviness. A sense of the ground having shifted. Perhaps a feeling that a debate about who you are has been happening at full volume in spaces where your voice was barely present. That is not a small thing to live with. And it deserves to be named. What Has Happened On 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously that under the Equality Act 2010, the terms "

By an LGBTQ+‑affirming therapist In the current political climate, conversations about gender identity have become increasingly charged. Policies shift, public debates intensify, and trans people often find themselves living under heightened scrutiny. As a therapist specialising in gender, sexuality, and psychosexual wellbeing, I’m deeply aware of how this tension can ripple into daily life—affecting mental health, relationships, and the sense of safety that every person dese