05 Apr Therapy for gender questioning adults.
My approach to working with gender questioning clients.
I work with gender questioning clients the same way I work with any client – in a space that allows me to think alongside them and to gently be curious about their presenting issue. Each session focuses on whatever you bring : my own beliefs, values and norms are kept outside the clinical room.
I work in private practice and in a secondary school setting, and the issue around gender questioning is increasingly very present, and thus I have realized that gaining an understanding about what might be going on for those affected by this discomfort is prudent to the work I do and develops me as a therapist.
I think about the individual who steps unto my therapy room – gender and sex are one of many parts to think about. I believe engaging alongside a thinking therapist is the first step to understanding parts of the self that cause distress, and truly believe that anyone experiencing this distress needs access to a therapist that will allow them to explore what might be going on for them, and allowing them to uncover their authentic and unique self, whatever that might be. I do not have an agenda – I believe therapy is a space to consider who we are.
One thing you do need to know – I get contacted by many parents asking me to engage in therapy with their young person. Once therapy starts there is zero communication between me and the parent.
Sessions are in person in Dalston or Hackney or via Zoom.
Please email me at to arrange a no obligation chat.
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