Counselling can feel scary for many LGBTQ+ clients. So many people tell me they choose to see a counsellor who identifies as LGBTQ+. Why?

A round up of what I have been up to in 2021. Learn more about my work to help counsellors actively include and attract LGBTQ+ clients.

Happy Birthday - Sussex Rainbow Counselling is 5 years old! A celebration of the first 5 years and how this service has grown.

You’ve just come out, and you are gutted as it hasn’t gone well. What do you do now? Here are 5 tips on how to cope.

Have you seen she/her, he/him or they/them on email signatures or social media bios recently? Maybe you've spotted mine?

- Why pronouns matter in the counselling room - Pronoun privilege - Pronouns and gender diversity - Why we shouldn't guess client's pronouns

Why LGBTQ+ people need inclusive and healthcare and what's going wrong in UK mainstream services for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people.

Labels give us the vocabulary to discuss oppression, they help us to discuss power structures which is what enables inequality to exist.

Everyday society typically assumes she/her pronouns for folks who look and sound female, and he/him pronouns for folks who look ...

As a counsellor and trainer, I’m so committed to helping fellow counsellors build confidence and knowledge working with LGBTQ clients so we

So my bisexuality was kept completely secret for years. I had seen many friends come out and be referred to as promiscuous, greedy, indecisi

As a counsellor working in the LGBTQ community, it’s so important we think about LGBTQ history. The timeline shows a very brief whistle

I don’t remember ever feeling safe to be openly gay. There were no out gay teachers in any of the 3 schools I taught in. Being in Brighton I

Gay shame is a central theme in the Channel 4’s It’s a Sin. Shame seriously affected the lives of the characters in this drama which was set

LGBTQ people are, sadly, statistically at higher risk of suicide. Did you know? 46% of trans people had suicidal thoughts in the last year

When I first started running LGBTQ awareness workshops for counsellors a few years ago it was very common for almost the whole room full of

Bisexuality and pansexuality are two identities that I repeatedly see counsellors getting confused about when I meet groups of...

LGBTQ clients, particularly those who are transgender are quite rightly very wary of professionals. It is quite likely your clients will

Asexuality Awareness Week is the last full week of October. So I put together some great resources to help more counsellors and the wider

When working with clients who are thinking about disclosing who they are, I find that many find the concept of “inviting in” very helpful in