LGBTQ+ Affirming Counselling in Aberdeen
Online Individual Counselling for adults with specific training for individuals within the LGBTQIA2S+ community, struggling with substance use, and with previous justice system involvement. My therapeutic techniques are based on trauma-informed, humanistic, and feminist therapies.
Online Individual Counselling for adults with specific training for individuals within the LGBTQIA2S+ community, struggling with substance use, and with previous justice system involvement. My therapeutic techniques are based on trauma-informed, humanistic, and feminist therapies.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about your next steps? With over a decade of experience in mental health, I specialise in helping individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. Through a compassionate and collaborative approach, I assist clients in understanding their experiences and developing effective coping strategies. Offering online therapy sessions, I am accessible to clients across the UK, providing flexibility and convenience.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about your next steps? With over a decade of experience in mental health, I specialise in helping individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. Through a compassionate and collaborative approach, I assist clients in understanding their experiences and developing effective coping strategies. Offering online therapy sessions, I am accessible to clients across the UK, providing flexibility and convenience.
Do you often feel a sense of guilt or shame around food? Do thoughts of food become intrusive or overwhelming? Are you often binging or eating until you feel uncomfortable or sick? Perhaps you are fixated on 'healthy' or 'clean' eating? Maybe you 'purge' by excessively exercising, restricting, making yourself sick, using laxatives, or have a history of yo-yo dieting? Perhaps you avoid whole food groups and are often called a 'fussy' or 'picky' eater? Or a combination of any of the above? It sounds like you are struggling with an Eating Disorder!
Do you often feel a sense of guilt or shame around food? Do thoughts of food become intrusive or overwhelming? Are you often binging or eating until you feel uncomfortable or sick? Perhaps you are fixated on 'healthy' or 'clean' eating? Maybe you 'purge' by excessively exercising, restricting, making yourself sick, using laxatives, or have a history of yo-yo dieting? Perhaps you avoid whole food groups and are often called a 'fussy' or 'picky' eater? Or a combination of any of the above? It sounds like you are struggling with an Eating Disorder!
For sure, life can get complicated. Health, finances, relationships, career, family, fitness and unexpected change – more than ever before upsets in these areas can impact our ability to think clearly and move confidently through our day. Clients come to see me when they want fast, effective new outcomes for depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement and relationship re-thinks.
For sure, life can get complicated. Health, finances, relationships, career, family, fitness and unexpected change – more than ever before upsets in these areas can impact our ability to think clearly and move confidently through our day. Clients come to see me when they want fast, effective new outcomes for depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement and relationship re-thinks.
Dr. Thorn: ADHD & Autism assessment &
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I am a neurodivergent, dual-qualified Clinical Psychologist and Family & Couples Therapist with over 30 years' experience. I specialise in adult ADHD & autism and currently work as an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist, leading a Scottish neurodevelopmental service alongside private practice. Combining professional and personal experience, I provide comprehensive diagnostic assessments for ADHD & autism using validated assessment tools, clinical interviews and psychological formulation to provide diagnostic clarity, greater understanding and personalised recommendations. I also offer therapy and coaching for neurodivergent adults.
I am a neurodivergent, dual-qualified Clinical Psychologist and Family & Couples Therapist with over 30 years' experience. I specialise in adult ADHD & autism and currently work as an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist, leading a Scottish neurodevelopmental service alongside private practice. Combining professional and personal experience, I provide comprehensive diagnostic assessments for ADHD & autism using validated assessment tools, clinical interviews and psychological formulation to provide diagnostic clarity, greater understanding and personalised recommendations. I also offer therapy and coaching for neurodivergent adults.
Choosing a counsellor can feel like a big step. I offer a warm, flexible approach shaped around what works for you. As a pluralistic counsellor, I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy and also offer creative counselling for those who find talking alone isn’t always enough. I provide Animal and Equine Assisted Therapy and have a background in psychology, specialising in autism, ADHD, aphantasia, Tourette’s, and anxiety-based school refusal. I work with adults, couples, and children aged 9+, offering sessions in my home therapy room or online.
Choosing a counsellor can feel like a big step. I offer a warm, flexible approach shaped around what works for you. As a pluralistic counsellor, I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy and also offer creative counselling for those who find talking alone isn’t always enough. I provide Animal and Equine Assisted Therapy and have a background in psychology, specialising in autism, ADHD, aphantasia, Tourette’s, and anxiety-based school refusal. I work with adults, couples, and children aged 9+, offering sessions in my home therapy room or online.
What happened to us, doesn't have to define us. The narrative of our issues can be transformed in something different. A healing story that can give you empowerment and freedom. We can feel angry, anxious, frozen, stuck but we may not always know why. You may look for happiness or you feel you are lost. Or perhaps, you still don't know what's missing. Regardless, I understand it's important for you to know how to cope and what really matters to you. Finding and challenging your personal story, may give you the answers you are looking for. I can help with that!
What happened to us, doesn't have to define us. The narrative of our issues can be transformed in something different. A healing story that can give you empowerment and freedom. We can feel angry, anxious, frozen, stuck but we may not always know why. You may look for happiness or you feel you are lost. Or perhaps, you still don't know what's missing. Regardless, I understand it's important for you to know how to cope and what really matters to you. Finding and challenging your personal story, may give you the answers you are looking for. I can help with that!
All relationship and family types are welcome - I am a queer therapist and this space is safe for the trans community.
I work with individuals, relationships & all family dynamics - ‘logical and biological’ - stuck communicating safely through conflict and disconnect. We work together to find a compassionate understanding of the challenges you have, how they are impacting you, and strategies to think, feel and be different in them to feel safe and secure. Knowing how to have confident relationships with those around us is how we thrive and this often means learning new ways to talk, act and self advocate within them. Communication is the lever of connection so we will learn new, different or more ways to do this with yourself and/or others.
All relationship and family types are welcome - I am a queer therapist and this space is safe for the trans community.
I work with individuals, relationships & all family dynamics - ‘logical and biological’ - stuck communicating safely through conflict and disconnect. We work together to find a compassionate understanding of the challenges you have, how they are impacting you, and strategies to think, feel and be different in them to feel safe and secure. Knowing how to have confident relationships with those around us is how we thrive and this often means learning new ways to talk, act and self advocate within them. Communication is the lever of connection so we will learn new, different or more ways to do this with yourself and/or others.
I specialise in supporting adults who live in rural communities, who feel overwhelmed, isolated, or impacted by significant life challenges. Many of my clients are managing the emotional strain of career-ending illness or injury, trauma, divorce, grief and loss - including the often overlooked grief that can accompany the loss of animals.
I frequently work with people who are under pressure to keep going while experiencing anxiety, depression, or issues relating to diagnosis of ADHD or autism. Rural life can bring unique stresses and many people feel they must cope alone.
I specialise in supporting adults who live in rural communities, who feel overwhelmed, isolated, or impacted by significant life challenges. Many of my clients are managing the emotional strain of career-ending illness or injury, trauma, divorce, grief and loss - including the often overlooked grief that can accompany the loss of animals.
I frequently work with people who are under pressure to keep going while experiencing anxiety, depression, or issues relating to diagnosis of ADHD or autism. Rural life can bring unique stresses and many people feel they must cope alone.
Life can bring loss, change and many challenges, and it is understandable that at times we might look for support in facing them. I aim to provide a safe confidential space to help you on your journey of self discovery; to enable you to examine your life and make new meaningful choices within it. I offer counselling to adults and young people, meeting face-to-face, by telephone and online, which enables those at a geographic distance to connect with me. I also work for Aberdeen University offering counselling and facilitating psychoeducational workshops to the wider university community.
Life can bring loss, change and many challenges, and it is understandable that at times we might look for support in facing them. I aim to provide a safe confidential space to help you on your journey of self discovery; to enable you to examine your life and make new meaningful choices within it. I offer counselling to adults and young people, meeting face-to-face, by telephone and online, which enables those at a geographic distance to connect with me. I also work for Aberdeen University offering counselling and facilitating psychoeducational workshops to the wider university community.
Are you feeling trapped, stuck and finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning? The daily life feels tasteless and numb to you. You seem to remember who you used to be, but who you are, at this stage, uneasy, emotional, is very foreign to you. On the counselling journey with me, I will explore and assist you to trace down to the rootcauses of these symptoms (e.g. palpitations, panic, low mood, anger), and release the stuck parts in you from the past memories and present experiences.
Are you feeling trapped, stuck and finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning? The daily life feels tasteless and numb to you. You seem to remember who you used to be, but who you are, at this stage, uneasy, emotional, is very foreign to you. On the counselling journey with me, I will explore and assist you to trace down to the rootcauses of these symptoms (e.g. palpitations, panic, low mood, anger), and release the stuck parts in you from the past memories and present experiences.
I am a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) and trained EMDR practitioner, with a professional background in social work dating back to 2000. Since qualifying as a CBT therapist in 2020, I have worked with adults experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties, including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and stress-related issues.
My training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) complements my CBT practice, enabling me to work effectively with individuals affected by trauma and distressing life experiences. I am committed to delivering evidence-based, client-centred therapy.
I am a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) and trained EMDR practitioner, with a professional background in social work dating back to 2000. Since qualifying as a CBT therapist in 2020, I have worked with adults experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties, including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and stress-related issues.
My training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) complements my CBT practice, enabling me to work effectively with individuals affected by trauma and distressing life experiences. I am committed to delivering evidence-based, client-centred therapy.
I also support individuals navigating identity, belonging, and LGBTQ+ related concerns.
I specialise in supporting people with anxiety, ADHD, and autism. Drawing on my experience in the NHS, higher education, and counselling practice, I help clients understand themselves better, manage challenges, build confidence, and develop practical strategies to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
I also support individuals navigating identity, belonging, and LGBTQ+ related concerns.
I specialise in supporting people with anxiety, ADHD, and autism. Drawing on my experience in the NHS, higher education, and counselling practice, I help clients understand themselves better, manage challenges, build confidence, and develop practical strategies to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
If you are experiencing difficulties due to: anxiety, stress, depression, difficult relationships, grief, trauma, self-esteem, body image, you may wish a confidential, non-judgmental, and compassionate place where you can express how you feel, work on yourself and find a way forward. You may be looking for a professional who has the skills and expertise to sit, listen, and work with you with a commitment to understand and help you alleviate your emotional suffering and bring about a positive change in your life.
If you are experiencing difficulties due to: anxiety, stress, depression, difficult relationships, grief, trauma, self-esteem, body image, you may wish a confidential, non-judgmental, and compassionate place where you can express how you feel, work on yourself and find a way forward. You may be looking for a professional who has the skills and expertise to sit, listen, and work with you with a commitment to understand and help you alleviate your emotional suffering and bring about a positive change in your life.
At certain times in our lives, we all need support. I aim to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where I will work closely with you to explore feelings which are holding you back or causing difficulty in day-to-day life. Being properly heard will allow you to find answers and together we will find a way forward. I trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor at the University of Strathclyde from 1995-7. After working purely in counselling for 2 years, I went on to train as a teacher and have worked in education for 24 years. My background naturally led me into the role of Guidance Teacher. I returned to one-to-one counselling in 2022.
At certain times in our lives, we all need support. I aim to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where I will work closely with you to explore feelings which are holding you back or causing difficulty in day-to-day life. Being properly heard will allow you to find answers and together we will find a way forward. I trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor at the University of Strathclyde from 1995-7. After working purely in counselling for 2 years, I went on to train as a teacher and have worked in education for 24 years. My background naturally led me into the role of Guidance Teacher. I returned to one-to-one counselling in 2022.
I specialise in helping adults and teens struggling with anxiety, OCD, phobias and neurodiversity-related challenges. If you feel stuck in patterns of worry, overwhelm, or unhelpful habits I can help you to break free from self-doubt and build healthier coping skills. Using CBT and ACT, I provide a supportive space to help you manage emotions, build resilience, and move forward in life with confidence.
I also provide Couples / Relationship counselling, and work with partners, family members and other important relationships.
Counselling sessions are held in person in Aberdeen and online throughout the UK.
I specialise in helping adults and teens struggling with anxiety, OCD, phobias and neurodiversity-related challenges. If you feel stuck in patterns of worry, overwhelm, or unhelpful habits I can help you to break free from self-doubt and build healthier coping skills. Using CBT and ACT, I provide a supportive space to help you manage emotions, build resilience, and move forward in life with confidence.
I also provide Couples / Relationship counselling, and work with partners, family members and other important relationships.
Counselling sessions are held in person in Aberdeen and online throughout the UK.
Hi, I am Gaby, a person-centred counsellor and Supervisor with nearly 20 years of counselling experience working with people of all ages covering a wide range of issues: a local charity working with people and their families affected by cancer, loss and bereavement; young person’s counselling both in a mental health charity and high schools; and, currently, I am working as a counsellor in an higher educational setting for staff and students.
Hi, I am Gaby, a person-centred counsellor and Supervisor with nearly 20 years of counselling experience working with people of all ages covering a wide range of issues: a local charity working with people and their families affected by cancer, loss and bereavement; young person’s counselling both in a mental health charity and high schools; and, currently, I am working as a counsellor in an higher educational setting for staff and students.
Hello, My name's Julia. I am a person centred therapist; couselling psychologist, couple’s counsellor and trauma specialist. I trained at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and have worked as a therapist, trainer and supervisor in the UK and overseas. I re-trained at the University of Leiden as a psychologist. For 15 years I was in private practice in the Netherlands and also worked on for a number of international organisations supporting victims of war crimes. Since returning to the UK I have been working as a couple’s couples counsellor with the relationship specialists Relate; at a rape crisis centre and in private practice.
Hello, My name's Julia. I am a person centred therapist; couselling psychologist, couple’s counsellor and trauma specialist. I trained at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and have worked as a therapist, trainer and supervisor in the UK and overseas. I re-trained at the University of Leiden as a psychologist. For 15 years I was in private practice in the Netherlands and also worked on for a number of international organisations supporting victims of war crimes. Since returning to the UK I have been working as a couple’s couples counsellor with the relationship specialists Relate; at a rape crisis centre and in private practice.
Overwhelmed? Lost? Your past weighing you down? If this is you, you are not alone. Life is tough for us all and it’s no surprise we sometimes feel a bit stuck. My primary aim is to create a safe environment where we can work together to move towards your goals. We will explore, discover and try out new skills and strategies for improvements in the long term.
Overwhelmed? Lost? Your past weighing you down? If this is you, you are not alone. Life is tough for us all and it’s no surprise we sometimes feel a bit stuck. My primary aim is to create a safe environment where we can work together to move towards your goals. We will explore, discover and try out new skills and strategies for improvements in the long term.
I work with adults of all ages and genders who feel stuck despite years of self-help or therapy. Many appear successful on the outside while privately struggling with the lasting effects of childhood trauma, complex PTSD (CPTSD), anxiety, low self-worth, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, or relationship difficulties. Together, we explore not just what is happening, but why. By understanding the survival patterns behind these struggles, clients gain clarity, heal emotional wounds, and create lasting change.
I work with adults of all ages and genders who feel stuck despite years of self-help or therapy. Many appear successful on the outside while privately struggling with the lasting effects of childhood trauma, complex PTSD (CPTSD), anxiety, low self-worth, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, or relationship difficulties. Together, we explore not just what is happening, but why. By understanding the survival patterns behind these struggles, clients gain clarity, heal emotional wounds, and create lasting change.
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Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialised training, either during their degree programme or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalisation in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialised training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.