Maya Price

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I'm a trans woman and neurodivergent therapist with over 20 years of experience working within LGBTQ+ communities, alongside professional experience in community support, safeguarding, advocacy, and therapeutic work.

Alongside formal training, I bring lived understanding of identity, transition, burnout, grief, masking, and rebuilding a life after long periods of survival and responsibility.

Clients often describe my approach as warm, grounded, affirming, and gently challenging where needed.

Many of the people I work with are used to:

over-functioning
masking
self-criticism
people-pleasing
emotional overwhelm
feeling disconnected from themselves
surviving for so long that rest, safety, and self-trust feel unfamiliar

Therapy can become a space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and understand your experiences more deeply and compassionately.

Areas I Commonly Work With:

Trauma and complex trauma
Identity and transition
Anxiety, OCD and intrusive thoughts
Burnout and nervous system exhaustion
Shame and self-worth
Relationships and attachment
Boundaries and people-pleasing
Grief and life transitions
Neurodivergence and masking
Sex work-related experiences
Inner child work and self-compassion

Finding the right therapist matters. I offer an initial conversation to see whether we feel like a good fit and whether the way I work feels supportive for you.

If you're looking for therapy that is relational, affirming, trauma-informed, and grounded in compassion and real-life understanding, you're very welcome to get in touch.

Sexual identity:

Heterosexual
Other
Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: Not as assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Trans: Yes

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: She / Her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Counselling Practice

Level 3 Counselling Skills

I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Experience and approach:

I work in a compassionate, relational, and trauma-informed way, integrating:

Somatic awareness and nervous system-informed therapy
Parts work / inner child work
Relational therapy
Transactional analysis
Person-centred therapy

I believe meaningful therapy happens within a safe and consistent therapeutic relationship. My role is not to analyse or pathologise you, but to work alongside you with curiosity, steadiness, and care.

I'm proud to have extensive experience working in LGBTQIA+ spaces - both as a therapist and as an activist. In 2011, I co-founded Proud2Be, a community-led LGBTQIA+ organisation, with my twin sibling, Max. Since then, we've supported hundreds of LGBTQIA+ individuals each year, addressing issues ranging from community building to systemic challenges like austerity, the pandemic, and social injustice.

I hold an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from Devon Counselling College (2019) and have completed ongoing professional development in areas such as safeguarding, mental health, sexual health, anti-racist practice, and LGBTQIA+ awareness. Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you - it’s about finding the space to be your authentic self, however that looks today.

As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I adhere to its ethical framework to ensure that our work together is always safe, respectful, and accountable.

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