Therapists and Counsellors Network

Are you the partner / parent / child of someone who is exploring being trans or non-binary? You may want to be supportive, but their journey is likely to bring up issues for you that you may not yet be comfortable exploring directly with your loved one.

You may worry about their safety and comfort in the world, in your communities and how this may impact you and any children. You may worry about their fertility future, and grieve the loss of a future that you had imagined. As their partner you may have difficult feelings about changing sexual attraction towards them and not know how to navigate this.

Counselling with me can help you to deepen your relationship with the trans/non-binary person in your life. I work by welcoming you as you are, and that includes your more ‘unacceptable’ thoughts and feelings. Squashing things down doesn’t make them go away. You can learn how to talk about your concerns, listen more fully to their experience and navigate a new more real relationship, wherever that takes you. You may even find that this process sparks off a journey for you to explore parts of yourself you have ignored over the years, to be more yourself.

I don’t just work with families and partners; trans and non-binary people are very welcome. I am a queer cis woman, and have been a member of the LGBTQ community for 40 years, working with community groups for 30 years, and have been a a counsellor specialising in LGBTA people since 2018, As the years go by I find I become even more open-minded about the many different ways we all have of living and loving; and that includes working with straight cis people in a queer way!