Therapists and Counsellors Network
Rae Yates
- Location: Worthing, West Sussex, BN12
- Offers online appointments: Yes
- Gender: Queer /Non-binary
- Ethnicity: British - white
- Sexuality: Queer
- False Under Sixteen
- False Sixteen to Eighteen
- True Over Eighteen
- False Families
Practice description
I am an LGBTQ+/Queer Person-Centred Counsellor and Supervisor, accredited and registered with the National Counselling Society. I offer long or short term, individual counselling online and in person in East London and Worthing, West Sussex. I am Queer Non Binary and use They/Them pronouns.
I am an experienced Counsellor and Supervisor in the LGBTQ+ / Gender Sexuality and Relationship Diversity and Queer community. I work in Private Practice and at London Friend. I work with people with all kinds of issues and concerns and in differing levels of distress. I work with individual adults (18+) who are gay, bisexual, straight, asexual, queer, trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, cis, agender, intersex, or in some way questioning and trying to understand issues around their sexuality or gender. I am committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming, safe and confidential space.
I work from a non-pathologising understanding of mental health issues and emotional distress. I also work with people who may find it more difficult to access counselling and therapy including people who:
- experience neurodiversity such as ASD or ADHD
- hear voices
- have beliefs and experiences that others find unusual
- in emotional or psychological crisis
- in consensual non-monogamous or poly relationships
- people labelled with PTSD, schizophrenia or a personality disorder.
Therapy qualifications
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling – Person-Centred Pathway, City Lit London
Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Supervision with an Intersectional Lens, TA East Institute
Other therapy skills
Mental Health trainer , Person-Centred Encounter Group facilitator
General skills
20+ years mental health/ homelessness work, experience in trauma, abuse and peer-support, unusual beliefs group facilitator