3rd Floor, Queer Therapy Hub, North Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1YD, UK
Gender Identity | Gender Exploration | Gender Dysphoria
Freedom to explore who you are, without judgement
I’ve been supporting therapeutic clients navigating gender identity and engaging in gender exploration for over 10 years, both in the UK and internationally.
I work with clients across the entire spectrum of gender, including those who identify as no gender, helping them with their gender exploration and self-understanding. Wherever you find yourself within your gender expression, you are welcome.
The burden of gender normativity on trans+ and gender non-conforming individuals can directly impact one’s sense of self. ‘Conditions of worth’ (Rogers, 1959) can emerge (i.e. conditional love, such as being assigned a sex at birth that dictates your gender, thus leading you to believe that you won’t be loved otherwise).
This can affect the person by creating an external locus of evaluation (Rogers, 1959), meaning that assessments and decisions regarding your needs and gender expressions become external to you. In attempting to meet the expectations and demands placed on you, you may seek love and acceptance, which can lead to feelings of anxiety and/or depression. Conditions of worth can exist within individuals, societies, cultures, and communities, whether they are conscious or unconscious.
The effects of these conditions can lead to internalized oppression, resulting in self-policing that may cause distress and disempowerment. To speak plainly, sometimes individuals make decisions based on perceived needs of others instead of their own, out of fear that love, care, and/or support may be withdrawn.
As a trans therapist, I have supported numerous clients dealing with gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. Additionally, clients often experience the misuse of pronouns, dead naming, and their existence being debated by media, friends, and family, while being harassed into hypothetical third spaces, which can feel exceptionally unsafe. The duality of feeling both seen and unseen can be alienating, distressing, and traumatic.
Within the therapeutic alliance (the relationship between me as a trans therapist and you, the client), I strive to create a safe space for clients to explore and develop their own internal locus of evaluation (Rogers, 1959), supporting their process of ‘self-actualisation’ (Rogers, 1951). This approach helps expand and nurture the client’s personal power and autonomy.
I bring my lived experience of walking my own path of self-discovery related to my gender. Clients do not have to educate me, which often alleviates a burden in the therapy room. Trust can develop as clients feel understood and accepted by me.
Being part of a community can serve as an anchor in turbulent times. Well, that’s me—I am community. Please get in touch if you’d like to talk.
I’ve been supporting clients with gender identity and gender exploration for the past 10+ years, UK and internationally.
The burden of gender normativity on trans+ and gender non conforming folx can have a direct impact on ones sense of self. ‘Conditions of worth’ (Rogers, 1959) can form (i.e. conditional love, e.g. being assigned sex (insert here) at birth, therefore your gender is (insert here) or you won’t be loved).
This can impact on the person, in creating an external locus of evaluation (Rogers, 1959) (i.e. assessments and decisions about your needs and ways of being, gender expressions inclusive, become external to you, instead trying to meet the exceptions/demands being made on the person, in an attempt to receive the love). This can cause feelings of anxiety and/or depression. Conditions of worth can exist within individuals, societies, cultures and communities. They can be conscious or unconscious.
The effects of conditions of worth can create internalised oppression, where self policing can occur, potentially causing distress and disempowerment. Speaking plainly - sometimes people can make decisions based on the perceived needs of others instead of their own, in case love, care and/or support is withdrawn.
I have supported an abundance of clients experiencing gender dysphoria (also named gender incongruence). Added to this clients having the wrong pronoun’s used by others, dead named, having ones existence ‘debated’ by media, friends and family whilst being harassed into imaginary third spaces can feel and be unsafe. At times feeling both seen and unseen, can feel alienating, othering, distressing and traumatic.
Within the therapeutic alliance (i.e. the therapeutic relationship between me as therapist and you as client) I’m working to create a safe space so clients can discover and work towards, or with their own internal locus of evaluation (Rogers, 1959) (i.e their own judgement and assessment of ones own needs in self), supporting the clients process of ‘self-actualisation’ (Rogers, 1951), thus creating an opportunity to expand and develop clients personal power and autonomy..
As a trans therapist, I have a lived experience, walking my own path of self discovery within my own gender. Clients do not have to educate me, which all too often can be a burden in the therapy room. Trust can form as clients can feel understood and accepted by me.
Being in community can create an anchor in choppy waters. Well, thats me, I am community. Please get in touch if you’d like to talk.
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