Penny Sofroniou-Izzard

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

Professionally accredited and experienced, with a passion for working with clients who identify within the gender, sexuality and relationship diversity community. I spent 7 years as a Counsellor at the Enfield LGBT Network, as well as other charity organisations and several schools. Overall my work has been with a mixture of GSRD and Non-GSRD individuals, but I am keen to work more with the GSRD community.

Sexual identity:

Bi- | Pansexual

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: She/her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB) NCS Profile: https://nationalcounsellingsociety.org/counsellors/ncs18-07377 website - pensivecounselling.com

Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working (pending)

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling	CPCAB	2015
Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working	Counselling Tutor	2025

Experience and approach:

There are all sorts of reasons why people seek out counselling. Sometimes people are struggling with something specific, like difficult relationships with family/friends/partners, or something more general, like feeling stuck in a rut, unable to move forward with living your own life. Sometimes it's just wanting to talk about stuff in a non-judgmental and confidential space.

It's important to remember that seeing an GSRD counsellor doesn't necessarily mean your sessions have to be focused on those topics. Apart from GSRD related topics/issues, I most commonly work with those suffering with depression and anxiety. I also have experience in helping people with the following issues:

Abuse, Anger, Bereavement & loss, Bipolar disorder, Chronic pain, Family dysfunction, OCD, Isolation & Loneliness, Low self-esteem, Low self-confidence, Neurodivergent struggles, Phobias, Relationship problems, Suicidal thoughts & ideation, Trauma, Work-related stress.

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