LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychotherapy (Fitzrovia, Central London, W1 and Online)

My professional experience includes working in private clinics, leading specialist treatment centres for addiction recovery and eating disorders, and within Priory Group. This background supports me to work confidently with complexity, risk awareness, and the realities of change in a compassionate, non-shaming way.

My work is trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, and anti-oppressive.

If you're:

• Stuck in painful cycles, using food, substances, or other compulsive behaviours to cope?
• Trying to hold it together, but masking and exhausted, or feeling close to falling apart?
• Carrying shame, guilt, or harsh self-criticism, and longing for acceptance and understanding?
• Living in survival mode, on edge, shut down, or feeling unsafe in your body?
• Feeling unseen or misunderstood, navigating identity in systems that were not built for you?

Therapy can offer you space to understand your patterns, process the impact of the past, develop self-compassion, and build healthier ways of coping, so you feel more grounded, connected, authentic, and free to live the life you want.

How I can support you

I support clients to:

1. Build emotional regulation and stability by developing coping strategies that are supportive rather than harmful
2. Process trauma and shame, loosening what keeps you stuck and reducing the weight of the past
3. Develop self-understanding, acceptance, and belonging, so you can feel more at ease in your own skin, set boundaries, and integrate your identity and differences into everyday life

This work can help shift you from survival into steadier balance and freedom, while fostering authenticity, congruence, and a more nourishing connection with yourself and others.

How we will work together

• Therapeutic relationship first: I work relationally, because the quality of the therapeutic bond is closely linked with outcomes.
• Exploring patterns: We will look at how past experiences shape thoughts, feelings, and behaviours today.
• Whole-person focus: We will consider different areas of your life to support sustainable wellbeing.
• Tailored to you: I integrate a range of approaches to meet your needs. This may include relational and humanistic therapy, DBT skills, parts work, psychodynamic and developmental approaches, attachment-based work, and inner child work.
• Skills-based and creative: Where helpful, I encourage self-expression and growth through skills teaching and creative outlets.

Anti-oppressive, inclusive practice

I am committed to anti-oppressive, intersectional practice. I recognise that identity, culture, and systemic power can shape mental health, safety, and belonging, and that discrimination and marginalisation can leave real psychological and relational impacts.

In practice, this means:

• Cultural awareness: We consider identity, culture, and social context as part of your story.
• Power and collaboration: Your lived experience is centred, and we work transparently and respectfully.
• Trauma-informed care: We explore how trauma and oppression can shape emotions, relationships, and coping strategies.
• Support navigating systems: We make space for the realities of the world you are living in, alongside your personal healing.

Therapy should be a space where all aspects of your identity are acknowledged and validated. I aim to offer a space where you feel heard, respected, and supported to explore your experiences without fear of judgement or prejudice.