'When I accept myself as I am, then I can change'- Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person

I am Jen (they/them), a person-centred therapist working with LGBTQIA+ and other minoritised clients. I say more about my LGBTQIA+ work here.

I provide a safe, accepting and affirming relationship in which you can be your full self. I’m particularly aware that if you’re trans or a gender minority and living in the UK things are increasingly difficult at the moment. I can help you explore the impact of living in a world that can be unwelcoming and dangerous for those who don’t fit gender norms. I also create space to celebrate and sit with trans joy, which can be overlooked by those around us.

Working with minoritised clients is where my heart is, and I feel my experience of being othered allows me to relate to and empathise with a range of marginalised experiences.

My approach

I give you space to explore what is important to you, and from there we can both be curious about your experience and how you can understand yourself better. Through offering a deeply empathetic relationship, I counterbalance difficult experiences such as discrimination and lack of validation in the world.

We can be our own harshest critic. Therapy can enable you to treat yourself more kindly. In sessions together we can explore whatever is getting in the way of you thriving and living in a way that has meaning for you.

My training and experience

Qualifications and training

• Postgraduate diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Professional Practice (2012, York St John University)
• Accredited Professional Registrant with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

Continued professional development (CPD) including:

• Class and Social Position in Therapy (2025, The Anti-Discrimination Focus)
• Living and Working in the same communities (2025, Pink Therapy)
• Unity in Diversity- Exploring Neurodiversity (2024, Pink Therapy)
• Working with Transgender, Non-Binary and Gender-Questioning Clients (2021, Nscience)
• GSRD Relationships (2020, Pink Therapy)
• Queering Psychotherapy (2019, Confer)
• Trauma and the Body (2019, Nscience)

Experience

• 15 years experience providing counselling in different settings
• background in mental health support, charity sector
• worked in LGBTQ+ charities
• offer ongoing mentoring to trainee LGBTQIA+ therapists

Additional information

• fully insured
• registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
• my practice is anti-oppressive