Hi, I am Joey. I am a neurodivergent, queer and gender-diverse person, with a wealth of experience working as a psychotherapist in a variety of settings.  I currently work online. I am an integrative psychotherapist specialising in psychodynamic and person-centred approaches. I am trauma-informed and I work experientially while also bringing in somatic practices and/or artistic methods as wanted. Recognising the uniqueness of everyone, I tailor therapy to meet the specific needs and preferences of every client. My therapeutic style is characterised by creativity and attunement, ensuring a personalised therapeutic experience.

I am a queer psychotherapist specialising in gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity. I work with adults and older adolescents who are LGBTQIA+/gender non-conforming, or questioning their identities. I also specialise in trauma recovery, and treating healthcare professionals. I work from multiple affirming perspectives, including Health at Every Size, neurodivergence affirming, disability affirming, and fat-positive perspectives. My therapeutic approach is trauma-sensitive, empowering, attentive to culture, informed by historically marginalised communities, and includes evidence-based approaches. I am trained in and provide Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for treating trauma, including childhood, sexual, relationship, and discrimination based traumas.

As a Chartered Psychologist and HCPC Registered Counselling Psychologist (PYL18238), I specialise in talking therapies, the therapeutic relationship and understanding psychological distress in non-pathologising ways, taking into account the social and cultural contexts of each person. We can meet online or in person, in Leith, Edinburgh or Dalkeith.