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

I am not taking on any new clients until June. Please get in touch then to discuss meeting for an initial assessment.

I see clients in person from rooms in Angel and Dalston as well as online over Zoom.

I am Jen, a person-centred therapist working with LGBTQ+ and GSRD clients. I say more about that here.

If you’re trans and living in the UK things are far from easy at the moment. I provide a safe, accepting and affirming relationship in which you can be your full self, and explore the impact of living in a world that can be unwelcoming and sometimes dangerous for those who don’t fit gender norms, or who have any kind of identity that is not considered ‘mainstream’ (cisgender, heterosexual, white).

Working with queer clients is where my heart is, and I feel my experience of being othered allows me to relate to and empathize with a range of experiences in and outside of the queer community.

My approach

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

We can be our own harshest critics. Therapy can enable you to become kinder to yourself. 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 Society (NCS, 2022)

Continued professional development (CPD) including:

• Working with Transgender, Non-Binary and Gender-Questioning Clients (2021, Nscience)
• Queering Psychotherapy (2019, Confer)
• Trauma and the Body (2019, Nscience)

Experience

• over 10 years experience providing counselling skills in different settings
• background in mental health support, charity sector
• worked in LGBTQ+ charities 
• offer ongoing mentoring to trainee LGBTQ+ therapists

Additional information

• fully insured
• registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)