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

I see clients in person in Sheffield and online over video call. I have in person space on Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning and some limited online availability. ​

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

I provide a safe, accepting and affirming relationship in which you can be your full self. I’m all too aware that if you’re trans and living in the UK things are far from easy at the moment. I can help you explore the impact of living in a world that can be unwelcoming and sometimes 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 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 within 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 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 Society (NCS)

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 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