Location
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Directions:
I am very near Hornsey overground station, and several buses stop nearby. There are also a number of tube stations within easy reach. I am happy to provide specific travel directions.
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Fees & Charges
Individuals £80. Couples - £120 per hour Some daytime concessions available for people on low incomes. Supervision fees £80 . Some concessions available for students and people on low incomes.
Access:
Car parking available, Online/Internet Counselling, Skype Video Counselling, Telephone Counselling.
My clients
Gender & Sexual Minorities Experienced:
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Cross Dresser/Transvestite
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Kink/BDSM (all gender/sexualities)
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Age ranges:
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Relationship Styles:
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Friend and Family members
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About me
I have worked with gender and sexually diverse clients for 32 years, individually and in relationships, in projects and in private practice. I feel passionately about the right of gsd clients to receive non-pathologising and creative relationship therapy. Today I work in the NHS, in the voluntary sector and in private practice as a therapist, supervisor and trainer.
I have been a lesbian parent for 30 years. I work with many lesbians and gay men contemplating new ways to parent.
I joined Pink Therapy as a Clinical Associate in 2004 and have been course tutor for two cohorts of students on the Diploma in Gender and Sexual Diversity Therapy . Together with a colleague I also devised and ran the first ever diploma in Relationship Therapy.
I work with people from a divesre range of cultural backgrounds, including individuals from queer, poly and kink communities, sex workers, and people who identify across the gender spectrum. I am interested in the impact and meaning of race, gender, sexuality and culture as well as individual family history on our senes of identity. In my own life I have always straddled a number of different communities and so the concept of intersectionality and respect for intersectign identities is something I feel passionately about.
I am conscious of the power invested in the role of counsellor/therapist and am aware of how much damage and distress has been caused in peoples' lives through misuses or abuses of power. Therefore I am attentive to how I hold my power, and respect for the rights and authority of the clinet is paramount in my work.
I am sensitive to the meaning of difference, particularly to people from minority groups, and acknowledge the social, economic and political factors that contribute to individual distress.
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Sexual & Gender Identity:
Lesbian - Female
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Experience and approach
Specific experience and training:
I have worked with gender and sexually diverse clients, individually and in relationships, for 32 years, in private practice and in voluntary projects. I worked at PACE as a volunteer counsellor, a trainer, a supervisor, a group supervisor, and as a management committee member. I joined Pink Therapy in 2004 as a clinical associate and have been course tutor on two cohorts of the Diploma in Gender and Sexual Diversity Therapy. Together with a colleague I devised and ran the first diploma in Relationship Therapy with GSDR clients (gender sexuality and relationship diverse) and continue to teach in this area. I teach and facilitate workshops a range of areas pertinent the lives GSDR clients and contribute to many conferences and trainings focused on gsrd therapy.
I work with clients across the gender spectrum including non binary and gender fluid clients, both individually and with their partner/s and with clients questioning their gender and or sexuality. I work with same and different sex couples and believe that relationships can take many different forms - I work with people in monogomous, open and polyamorous relatiosnips and with clients who are involved in the kink scene. Many of my clients are sex workers.
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Therapies Practiced:
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervision/Consultation.
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Specialisms and interests:
I specialise in working with gender and sexually diverse clients, individually and in relationships, at different stages of their lives, who may be facing many of life's challenges. I believe that there are different forms to relationships, and I feel passionately about our rights to receive counselling and psychotherapy that is non pathologising and affirmative to our lifestyle choices.
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Theoretical approach:
Couple Therapy, Feminist therapy, Person-Centred, Relational, Transpersonal.
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Ethical Framework:
BACP.
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Issues and problems I can help with:
Addictions/Compulsive behaviours, Adoption Issues, Ageing Issues , Agoraphobia, Anger Management, Anxiety/ Panic Attack, Arthritis, Attention Deficit Disorders/ ADHD, Autistic Spectrum, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, Childhood Sexual Abuse (Survivors), Chronic Physical Ilness, Civil Partnership Preparation/ Dissolution, Co-Dependency, Coming Out Issues, Compulsive Behaviours (Sex, Gambling, Spending, etc), Cross Dressing/ Transvestism, Cultural/Ethnic Issues, Dating And Relationship Skills, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug/ Alcohol Misuse, Eating Difficulties/ Anorexia/ Bulimia, Emotional Growth & Development, Fertility/ Conception, Gender Identity Concerns, HIV/ AIDS, Homophobic Bullying, Intimacy Issues, Kink/BDSM Identity Concerns, M.E./ Glandular Fever/ Tiredness, Multiple Sclerosis, Parenting Issues, Post Traumatic Stress, Rape/ Sexual Assault/ Sexual Trauma, Relationship Issues, Religious Conflicts, Self Esteem/Confidence, Shame/Guilt, Single Parenting Issues, Smoking, Stress Management, Suicidal Behaviour/Ideation, Transgender, Trauma, Weight Loss/Management/Obesity, Workplace Issues.
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