Transgender Counselling in Didcot

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Kit Winter
Counsellor, MBACP
Didcot OX11
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently. I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
Conflicts often follow a familiar, repetitive pattern even though the content may change. In relationship therapy, we can identify the strategies that you're using in conflict, the needs you hope those strategies will meet, the ways in which those strategies might be counterproductive, and how you can do things differently. I offer Internal Family Systems informed therapy for partners and other pairs including siblings, friends, and family members. I welcome people in non-normative relationships such as queerplatonic relationships.
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Frankie Jones
Counsellor, MBACP
Didcot OX11
Hello, and a warm welcome to my profile. My name is Frankie, and I am a queer, neurodivergent counsellor working in Oxfordshire. There are many reasons why somebody may consider counselling – including (but certainly not limited to) a sense of general unease, burnout, anxiety, the stressors and pressures of modern society, life transitions, or navigating complex relationships. My aim is to provide a kind, informed, genuine and trauma-informed space to take things step by step, making sense of what's been happening and working towards something that feels more like you.
Hello, and a warm welcome to my profile. My name is Frankie, and I am a queer, neurodivergent counsellor working in Oxfordshire. There are many reasons why somebody may consider counselling – including (but certainly not limited to) a sense of general unease, burnout, anxiety, the stressors and pressures of modern society, life transitions, or navigating complex relationships. My aim is to provide a kind, informed, genuine and trauma-informed space to take things step by step, making sense of what's been happening and working towards something that feels more like you.
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John Bristow
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
People come when something isn’t sitting right. Anxiety, overthinking, feeling on edge. Relationships can feel stuck or go round in the same loops. If you’re neurodivergent, everyday things can take more effort than expected. I work with individuals and couples. With individuals, we slow things down and look at what’s actually happening day to day. With couples, I use the Gottman Method, focusing on communication and conflict. I’m a BACP accredited integrative counsellor, trained to Level 6 in supervision and Level 4 in counselling, and I also work as a counselling tutor.
People come when something isn’t sitting right. Anxiety, overthinking, feeling on edge. Relationships can feel stuck or go round in the same loops. If you’re neurodivergent, everyday things can take more effort than expected. I work with individuals and couples. With individuals, we slow things down and look at what’s actually happening day to day. With couples, I use the Gottman Method, focusing on communication and conflict. I’m a BACP accredited integrative counsellor, trained to Level 6 in supervision and Level 4 in counselling, and I also work as a counselling tutor.
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Laura Tams
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Serves Area
Are you ready to feel different? Maybe you've had some big changes in your life that have left you feeling unsettled or maybe you're fed up with things staying the same and you're ready to make some changes. During therapy you will begin to explore and understand your thoughts, feelings and experiences providing you with valuable insight and leaving you empowered and ready to make positive changes in your life.
Are you ready to feel different? Maybe you've had some big changes in your life that have left you feeling unsettled or maybe you're fed up with things staying the same and you're ready to make some changes. During therapy you will begin to explore and understand your thoughts, feelings and experiences providing you with valuable insight and leaving you empowered and ready to make positive changes in your life.
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Carole Carter
Psychologist, MRes, GMBPsS
The people I work with face a number of the following: being burntout, feeling like they’re buried by the demands of life and lost the spark for life, struggling with stress, unsure about their identity, feeling like they don’t know themselves, wrestling with self critical thoughts and a lack of self acceptance, dealing with gender dysphoria, unsure about coming out to people, facing some tough reactions from others, wanting some support in adopting a new relationship structure or philosophy towards relationships, struggling with insecurities, experiencing difficult emotions like jealousy, anger and resentment.
I offer an accepting space for LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, ethically non-monogamous (ENM) and kinky people that's grounded in knowledge of these different communities and the unique experiences they face. This is from a combination of lived experience and learning from other people. You set the destination and I will guide/support you on the journey.
The people I work with face a number of the following: being burntout, feeling like they’re buried by the demands of life and lost the spark for life, struggling with stress, unsure about their identity, feeling like they don’t know themselves, wrestling with self critical thoughts and a lack of self acceptance, dealing with gender dysphoria, unsure about coming out to people, facing some tough reactions from others, wanting some support in adopting a new relationship structure or philosophy towards relationships, struggling with insecurities, experiencing difficult emotions like jealousy, anger and resentment.
I offer an accepting space for LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, ethically non-monogamous (ENM) and kinky people that's grounded in knowledge of these different communities and the unique experiences they face. This is from a combination of lived experience and learning from other people. You set the destination and I will guide/support you on the journey.
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Chryso Johnstone
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Aylesbury HP20
Hi, I'm Chris, I'm a bit of a nerd who is into books, gaming, movies and TV shows. Being a therapist isn't just my job, it's something I genuinely love doing because I am hugely curious about people. I realised I had a true interest in people while I traveled and met people from different walks of life, cultures and spiritualities. I spend a lot of my time trying to learn and understand things, whether it's a new game, philosophical concept or how something works. In my role as a therapist I'm getting to know and understand you so that we can figure out how best to support you through what it is you are experiencing.
Hi, I'm Chris, I'm a bit of a nerd who is into books, gaming, movies and TV shows. Being a therapist isn't just my job, it's something I genuinely love doing because I am hugely curious about people. I realised I had a true interest in people while I traveled and met people from different walks of life, cultures and spiritualities. I spend a lot of my time trying to learn and understand things, whether it's a new game, philosophical concept or how something works. In my role as a therapist I'm getting to know and understand you so that we can figure out how best to support you through what it is you are experiencing.
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Mark Anderson
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist (BACP) and psychodynamic counsellor (BPC), qualified to Master of Science level (Birkbeck, University of London). Having worked in a London-based GP practice on a pro bono basis for several years, I have helped patients from many backgrounds, nationalities, ethnicities, religions, genders, and sexual orientations with the internal, and often, unconscious conflicts that have negatively impacted their emotional and mental well-being and that prevented them from living their everyday life to the fullest.
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist (BACP) and psychodynamic counsellor (BPC), qualified to Master of Science level (Birkbeck, University of London). Having worked in a London-based GP practice on a pro bono basis for several years, I have helped patients from many backgrounds, nationalities, ethnicities, religions, genders, and sexual orientations with the internal, and often, unconscious conflicts that have negatively impacted their emotional and mental well-being and that prevented them from living their everyday life to the fullest.
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Jack Wilkin
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Oxford OX3
Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to experience mental health difficulties, yet often find themselves feeling misunderstood by professionals. Drawing on my personal and professional background, I offer affirming and inclusive therapy both online and face-to-face in Headington and Summertown. I work primarily with autistic and ADHD clients experiencing a wide range of issues, including trauma, relationship difficulties, anxiety, low mood, procrastination, perfectionism, disordered eating, and difficulties regulating emotions. I also support those who may be at the early stages of exploring their identity.
Neurodivergent individuals are more likely to experience mental health difficulties, yet often find themselves feeling misunderstood by professionals. Drawing on my personal and professional background, I offer affirming and inclusive therapy both online and face-to-face in Headington and Summertown. I work primarily with autistic and ADHD clients experiencing a wide range of issues, including trauma, relationship difficulties, anxiety, low mood, procrastination, perfectionism, disordered eating, and difficulties regulating emotions. I also support those who may be at the early stages of exploring their identity.
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Kit Winter
Counsellor, MBACP
Oxford OX1
Are you feeling trapped in patterns of behaviour that made sense in the past but hold you back now? Perhaps you're constantly reliving traumatic experiences in your mind or body, or feeling shame, self-criticism, anger or anxiety that you can't seem to change. Together we'll notice the feelings, beliefs, sensations and memories that show up for you in each moment, and find ways you can respond to these feelings that leave you feeling calm, self-compassionate and more resolved. If talking hasn't changed the difficulties you're experiencing, or your body feels stuck in past experiences, this way of working might be a good fit for you.
Are you feeling trapped in patterns of behaviour that made sense in the past but hold you back now? Perhaps you're constantly reliving traumatic experiences in your mind or body, or feeling shame, self-criticism, anger or anxiety that you can't seem to change. Together we'll notice the feelings, beliefs, sensations and memories that show up for you in each moment, and find ways you can respond to these feelings that leave you feeling calm, self-compassionate and more resolved. If talking hasn't changed the difficulties you're experiencing, or your body feels stuck in past experiences, this way of working might be a good fit for you.
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Archibald Psychotherapy
Psychotherapist, BPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
You may be carrying something that feels too heavy or too confusing to put into words, grief that won't lift, anxiety that shadows everything, or a sense that old patterns keep repeating no matter how hard you try. Perhaps you've experienced trauma, loss, or a pain that others haven't fully understood. My clients are adults across the UK who are ready to look deeper, not for quick answers, but for real understanding. Many come with depression, trauma, complex grief, infant loss, or relationship difficulties. Some come from diverse cultural backgrounds navigating identity, belonging, and emotional pain. What they share is courage.
You may be carrying something that feels too heavy or too confusing to put into words, grief that won't lift, anxiety that shadows everything, or a sense that old patterns keep repeating no matter how hard you try. Perhaps you've experienced trauma, loss, or a pain that others haven't fully understood. My clients are adults across the UK who are ready to look deeper, not for quick answers, but for real understanding. Many come with depression, trauma, complex grief, infant loss, or relationship difficulties. Some come from diverse cultural backgrounds navigating identity, belonging, and emotional pain. What they share is courage.
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Shaheen Walker
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Hi - are you feeling stuck? Repeating the same patterns of behaviour again and again in your life or relationship and going around in circles? Do you feel a lack of love/respect from your partner or someone close to you? Is sex/intimacy or compulsive sexual behaviour an issue? Perhaps trauma, life changes, neurodiversity (adhd/asc) or difficult times have led to anxiety/depression, the trust has gone, or you're feeling sad, angry, lonely, numb, or not sure what you feel anymore? I provide a safe, non-judgmental space supporting individuals, couples, neurodiverse and enm relationships gain confidence to change and improve wellbeing.
Hi - are you feeling stuck? Repeating the same patterns of behaviour again and again in your life or relationship and going around in circles? Do you feel a lack of love/respect from your partner or someone close to you? Is sex/intimacy or compulsive sexual behaviour an issue? Perhaps trauma, life changes, neurodiversity (adhd/asc) or difficult times have led to anxiety/depression, the trust has gone, or you're feeling sad, angry, lonely, numb, or not sure what you feel anymore? I provide a safe, non-judgmental space supporting individuals, couples, neurodiverse and enm relationships gain confidence to change and improve wellbeing.
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Dr Donna Bella Gurney
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
I work with adolescents and adults struggling with eating disorders, emetophobia (fear of vomiting), and trauma, often feeling stuck in anxiety, avoidance, or cycles that haven’t shifted despite previous therapy. Many come to me overwhelmed by food, fear, or the impact of past experiences and want more than short-term coping. With 20 years’ experience in mental health and specialist post-qualification training, I provide tailored, evidence-based therapy (CBT, ACT, ERP, EMDR) to target underlying patterns and help you move forward with greater confidence, flexibility, and lasting change.
I work with adolescents and adults struggling with eating disorders, emetophobia (fear of vomiting), and trauma, often feeling stuck in anxiety, avoidance, or cycles that haven’t shifted despite previous therapy. Many come to me overwhelmed by food, fear, or the impact of past experiences and want more than short-term coping. With 20 years’ experience in mental health and specialist post-qualification training, I provide tailored, evidence-based therapy (CBT, ACT, ERP, EMDR) to target underlying patterns and help you move forward with greater confidence, flexibility, and lasting change.
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Anja Josefsberg
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Tring HP23
Hi, my name is Anja. Welcome to my page! It takes courage to take the first steps into therapy. My clients often come to me feeling anxious and overwhelmed, being unsure how to move forward. Only feeling that they need help and something needs to change. In these difficult moments, therapy can be immensely helpful. I am a qualified counsellor offering my sessions in English and German. My practice is holistic, trauma-informed and neuro-affirmative, because I believe in supporting the whole person.
Hi, my name is Anja. Welcome to my page! It takes courage to take the first steps into therapy. My clients often come to me feeling anxious and overwhelmed, being unsure how to move forward. Only feeling that they need help and something needs to change. In these difficult moments, therapy can be immensely helpful. I am a qualified counsellor offering my sessions in English and German. My practice is holistic, trauma-informed and neuro-affirmative, because I believe in supporting the whole person.
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Diana Wood
Psychotherapist, MA, BPC
Serves Area
Are you looking for a child or adolescent pychotherapist? With 20+ years of experience I have worked with a broad range of difficulties. My aim is to help all children & young people to develop resilience & self awareness so they can flourish and grow into their full potential. I also work with adults, offer parent work, & supervise therapists working in this field. I am particularly interested in childhood trauma and neurodiversity. As a psychodynamic psychotherapist I believe that understanding our unique histories and life experiences can help build our capacity to embrace life fully & manage its inevitable stressors & losses.
Are you looking for a child or adolescent pychotherapist? With 20+ years of experience I have worked with a broad range of difficulties. My aim is to help all children & young people to develop resilience & self awareness so they can flourish and grow into their full potential. I also work with adults, offer parent work, & supervise therapists working in this field. I am particularly interested in childhood trauma and neurodiversity. As a psychodynamic psychotherapist I believe that understanding our unique histories and life experiences can help build our capacity to embrace life fully & manage its inevitable stressors & losses.
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Helen Susan Edwards
Counsellor, BACP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Is life not quite what you expected? Are you having difficulty with relationships, work or family troubles? Perhaps addictions or eating difficulties are how you are coping? From time to time we all run into obstacles or feel dissatisfied with life.
Is life not quite what you expected? Are you having difficulty with relationships, work or family troubles? Perhaps addictions or eating difficulties are how you are coping? From time to time we all run into obstacles or feel dissatisfied with life.
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Kathryn Coulston
Counsellor, MBACP
Tring HP23
Considering counselling can seem daunting and I appreciate your courage shown to reach my page. I believe if we are seen and heard and can express ourselves, we are well placed to enjoy good mental health, but this does not always come easily. I have experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, panic and confusion and when stressful life events impact our ability to cope. I can also support you if you have problems in relationships, loss of any kind, or coping with illness or pain. By working together we can explore your needs, deepen your self-awareness and ultimately progress towards healing and recovery.
Considering counselling can seem daunting and I appreciate your courage shown to reach my page. I believe if we are seen and heard and can express ourselves, we are well placed to enjoy good mental health, but this does not always come easily. I have experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, panic and confusion and when stressful life events impact our ability to cope. I can also support you if you have problems in relationships, loss of any kind, or coping with illness or pain. By working together we can explore your needs, deepen your self-awareness and ultimately progress towards healing and recovery.
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Dr Lee Martin
Psychotherapist, MA, MBACP Snr. Accred
Online Only
Hello and Welcome, Life can indeed be difficult at times. Many are struggling with mental health in ways that are no longer manageable. Our past and present hurts, our unprocessed feelings can rise to the surface. We find ourselves thinking, feeling and acting in ways that do not reflect who we want to be. Some of us have Grief, Trauma or Addiction that we just can’t seem to work through. As a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist with a PHD(Hon), Master Degree and EMDR(Accredited), I've seen thousands come through my door, with various presenting issues and undergo genuine transformation, healing and leave with hope for the future.
Hello and Welcome, Life can indeed be difficult at times. Many are struggling with mental health in ways that are no longer manageable. Our past and present hurts, our unprocessed feelings can rise to the surface. We find ourselves thinking, feeling and acting in ways that do not reflect who we want to be. Some of us have Grief, Trauma or Addiction that we just can’t seem to work through. As a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist with a PHD(Hon), Master Degree and EMDR(Accredited), I've seen thousands come through my door, with various presenting issues and undergo genuine transformation, healing and leave with hope for the future.
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Rosalind Simpson
Psychotherapist, COSRT Accred
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Couples Therapy in Dalston, Hackney (N16) & Online Worldwide. City Dynamic Therapy offers couples counselling, marriage therapy, relationship counselling, and individual psychotherapy to help partners move beyond conflict, disconnection, and mistrust. Based in Dalston, Hackney, London, I am an experienced accredited counsellor, psychotherapist, and supervisor offering face-to-face therapy in London and secure online therapy worldwide for relationship issues, anxiety, stress, ADHD, trauma, and emotional wellbeing.
Couples Therapy in Dalston, Hackney (N16) & Online Worldwide. City Dynamic Therapy offers couples counselling, marriage therapy, relationship counselling, and individual psychotherapy to help partners move beyond conflict, disconnection, and mistrust. Based in Dalston, Hackney, London, I am an experienced accredited counsellor, psychotherapist, and supervisor offering face-to-face therapy in London and secure online therapy worldwide for relationship issues, anxiety, stress, ADHD, trauma, and emotional wellbeing.
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Henrietta Ray
Counsellor, MBACP
Oxford OX2
Do you feel like you’ve spent years adapting yourself to environments that never quite fit you? I work with neurodivergent adults, including those who are ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, or questioning. Many of the people I support are capable and outwardly functioning, yet privately overwhelmed, exhausted, and struggling with a deeply distressing relationship with food. You may have learned to mask or overachieve to feel safe, and often that chaos plays out on your plate. I support individuals navigating the complex intersection of neurodivergence and eating distress, where food has become the primary tool for emotional regulation.
Do you feel like you’ve spent years adapting yourself to environments that never quite fit you? I work with neurodivergent adults, including those who are ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, or questioning. Many of the people I support are capable and outwardly functioning, yet privately overwhelmed, exhausted, and struggling with a deeply distressing relationship with food. You may have learned to mask or overachieve to feel safe, and often that chaos plays out on your plate. I support individuals navigating the complex intersection of neurodivergence and eating distress, where food has become the primary tool for emotional regulation.
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Linda Kathryn Berkeley
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBABCP
Lambourn RG17
You are the expert on yourself an only you can decide what might work for you. We will form a plan together, perhaps over the course of two to three sessions, of how we can proceed, and what we collaboratively believe is going on for you. You will find my practice is based on a humanistic, integrative, pluralistic blending of possibilities from several frameworks, including CBT, Gestalt, Compassion Focused Therapy, ideas from psychodynamic practice, with a person-centred, humanistic core.
You are the expert on yourself an only you can decide what might work for you. We will form a plan together, perhaps over the course of two to three sessions, of how we can proceed, and what we collaboratively believe is going on for you. You will find my practice is based on a humanistic, integrative, pluralistic blending of possibilities from several frameworks, including CBT, Gestalt, Compassion Focused Therapy, ideas from psychodynamic practice, with a person-centred, humanistic core.
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Transgender Counsellors
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.

What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.

How can I recognise a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognise a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.

How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.