My wife and I are raising our daughter together. Being gay is part of my life, but it doesn’t mean I know what yours is like. I’ll ask, listen and make room for the things that are difficult to say, including the things we might experience differently.

Perhaps you find yourself weighing up when to mention your partner, wondering how your family will respond, or questioning expectations you’ve lived with for years. Or perhaps your sexuality or gender has very little to do with why you want therapy. There’s room for that too. We can focus on what is troubling you without making your identity the explanation for everything.

You might want to talk about:

• Coming out, staying private, or deciding who you want to tell
• Relationships, intimacy and patterns you want to understand
• Family reactions, rejection and the wish to belong
• Experiences of prejudice, bullying or exclusion
• Shame, self-criticism and other people’s expectations
• Questions about gender and how you want to express yourself
• Sexuality, uncertainty and finding words that fit
• Being trans or non-binary in your everyday relationships

You don’t need a settled label or a clear explanation before we start. I offer individual therapy, and we’ll work together to understand what’s happening and what you would like to change. I’ll ask how the work feels to you and adjust it with your feedback. If you’d like to see whether we could work together, get in touch for a free 15-minute introductory call.