Jay McCarthy

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I offer 50-minute online counselling sessions using Zoom. You can choose between having a live chat, voice or video call, whichever feels most comfortable. We can vary this week by week if that will help you.

Sessions can be weekly or fortnightly and we don’t have to meet on the same day or time every week - I will do my best to fit in with your schedule. Alternatively, if having a set time and day works best for you, I can also accommodate this.

I work primarily with individuals who are neurodivergent (including those with BPD, ADHD & autism) and/or LGBTQ+. I am trained and experienced in supporting survivors of sexual abuse and those struggling with disordered eating.

Sexual identity:

Ace | Asexual
Bi- | Pansexual
Kink - BDSM
Queer

Gender identity: Non-binary

Gender history: Not as assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Trans: Yes

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: they/them

Qualifications - Links to websites:

MA Person-Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice - University of Nottingham - 2023

Accredited Member of the NCPS: https://ncps.com/counsellors/ncs23-05344

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

I have been working as a counsellor since 2017. I gained an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice from the University of Nottingham in 2023.

I have previously worked as a counsellor for various organisations, including RoSA (a charity working with survivors of rape and sexual abuse), the Human Flourishing Project, and Trentside Medical Group.

Being person-centred means I work in a way that values you deeply exactly as you are and doesn't pathologise any part of your identity or experience. I am here to help you flourish as your authentic self (while holding a deep understanding of just how difficult and even dangerous authenticity can be for some of our communities). I believe that unconditional care is contagious... through others accepting us we can start to love ourselves more deeply too. And when someone takes the time to really get to know us, we gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

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