I’m an integrative counsellor, working Monday afternoons and some weekday evenings, offering counselling at a competitive rate. I’ve been working for an LGBT+ charity, offering counselling to a range of LGBTQIA+ individuals for over two years, particularly with gay men and women, as well as trans, non-binary and gender-non-conforming clients.

As a therapist working in the NHS and in private practice, I specialise in addiction, LGBTQIA+ , in particular, gay and bisexual issues and straight partners, male mental health and relationship issues. I believe that therapy should be designed specially for your individual needs and provide a relaxed, safe space where you can feel free to share your issues confidentially and without judgement. The most important part of therapy is the relationship between us and I like to work in a collaborative way, helping you learn more about yourself, your issues and developing strategies to manage them. It can feel

I offer Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy – As a fully qualified and accredited Integrative Therapist, I am here for you. I believe therapy can help people live fulfilling and meaningful lives; to make sense of themselves and the world around them. We are all unique, and as an Integrative Therapist, I draw on different approaches to work with my clients in a bespoke way.

I’m Paula – a femme presenting queer therapist working online and in-person in East London – Dalston and Bethnal Green.    

As an Integrative Relational Psychotherapist my work is grounded is the feminist principles of equality, empowerment, intersectionality and social justice.  During the last 13 years I have worked in women only and LGBTQIA+ spaces providing individual counselling to people who have experienced domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse, emotional neglect and trauma.  I have extensive experience working with bereavement and loss having worked as a Counsellor in a Bereavement service for many years.   I tailor my theoretical knowledge, clinical experience and therapeutic skills to find a collaborative way of working with you in order to identify the heart of the

I have extensive experience working with LQBTQIA+ individuals and couples as Head of Psychotherapy at London Lighthouse, Senior Clinical Supervisor at Terence Higgins Trust and Assessment Psychotherapist at Kairos in Soho. I have been working with a wide range of issues including Chemsex support, substance dependency, Kink/BDSM, polyamory, panic attacks and anxiety, bereavement, addictions, relationship difficulties, sexuality and depression for over 30 years. I have worked extensively as Head of Psychotherapy and Senior Clinical Consultant for national charitable foundations and the corporate sector. I am a Registered Practitioner with the General Psychotherapy Council (GPsyC), fully qualified UKCP registered psychotherapist and

I am a cisgender gay man. As a gay man, I have had lived experiences of feeling loved and accepted for who I am, and the opposite: feeling isolated, alienated, alone and not accepted. I am passionate about diversity and inclusivity and have first-hand knowledge of how living a non-heteronormative life can impact mental health, relationships and quality of life. I am a qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor.

I believe that a warm, genuine and non-judgmental relationship is the most important element of any therapy and at the very heart of the way I approach working with my clients and this can be especially important for those who may have faced rejection, misunderstanding, hostility or isolation in other parts of their lives.  What you bring to therapy may not relate directly to your gender or sexuality, but being able to talk in a space where you are understood and accepted for who you are, makes it easier to explore the issues that matter to you.