Pedro Garcisa

About me and my journey

Hola and welcome! I’m Pedro (he/him), a BACP-accredited counsellor originally from Barcelona, now based in London. I offer a space where you can feel safe, heard, and fully yourself.

Before becoming a counsellor, I worked at the National Portrait Gallery, where I founded its first LGBTQIA+ network. This initiative gave voice to LGBTQIA+ experiences within the institution and created vital peer support for colleagues. That passion for visibility, community, and well-being continues to shape my therapeutic work today. 

Alongside my private practice, I support NHS clients and work with charities helping survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence. I’m also passionate about helping migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers process complex emotional journeys and build resilience.

My counselling practice is grounded in the belief that healing and growth happen when we are met with empathy, authenticity, and respect.

I offer therapy in both English and Spanish, supporting people from all walks of life, especially those navigating identity, relationships, trauma, and neurodivergence.

Struggles I commonly work with are stress, sexual problems, anxiety, depression, social stigma, relational issues, abuse, low self-esteem, panic attacks, intercultural difficulties, and LGBTQAI+ issues.

Why I believe in therapy

Therapy helped me see there was nothing wrong with me, just parts of me that needed compassion.

What first brought me to therapy was the need to feel understood, not judged, not “fixed,” but truly seen. As a client, I discovered that there was nothing wrong with me. My thoughts, feelings, and behaviours all made sense once I had space to look at them with kindness and curiosity, rather than shame.

Therapy gave me the chance to understand where my struggles came from. I could finally see how my beliefs were shaping how I responded to life, and that I didn’t have to stay stuck in old patterns. Most importantly, I realised that change doesn’t come from trying to be someone else or running away from my feelings: it starts when we accept who we are, with compassion.

That’s the kind of space I now offer to others: a place where you don’t have to have it all figured out, where we can gently explore what’s going on, and where growth happens not through pressure but through understanding.