About me

Life and career

I’ve been an author (a memoir, novels, and short stories), journalist in the UK and abroad, and broadcaster, and a lot of other things in between. I’ve spent a number of years promoting sexual awareness through the arts and media.

Continuing Professional Development

In 2014 I started The London Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity Practice. Eight of us offer counselling, psychotherapy, mentoring and consultancy with a GSRD focus. We also offer training on a wide range of topics to media, charities and training organisations. We meet monthly for peer supervision.

I regularly attend Pink Therapy’s ‘Advanced Clinical Discussions: Kink’.

To keep my practice up to date, I read books and journals and attend conferences and events:

Family constellations workshop with Judith Hemming from the Centre for Systemic Constellations.
Pink Therapy ‘Sex Works!’ conference about sex work and psychotherapy. Here’s my review of the conference.
Critsex seminars on non-binary and menopause myths.
Two day conference/workshop with Dr Stephen Porges: ‘The Transformative Power Of Feeling Safe: A Master Class On The Polyvagal Theory’
Working with Muslim clients in Therapy (NAZ)
Pink Therapy Conference ‘Beyond Gay & Straight’ on bisexuality
When Work Is Sex: Bodies, Choice and Capitalism conference
BPS Psychology of Sexualities research/practice seminar ‘Locating LGBT psychology within wider frameworks of oppression.’
All-day conference to launch the Palgrave MacMillan Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender
Sex Worker Open University conference on the Advancement of Sex Worker Rights
PACE RaRE Research Conference on improving LGBT mental health outcomes.
Pink Therapy Conference ‘Beyond the Rainbow’ on alternative sexualities.

Training/Events/Facilitation

I have trained other therapists about gender/sexual diversity in the therapy room.
I gave a talk about the Sex Escalator at Hackney Attic.
I have solo facilitated, and held space for other teachers, at a number of experiential workshops.
I organised a section of Beyond The Rainbow, Pink Therapy’s 2015 conference for therapists of all genders and sexualities. (Keynote videos here.)
I have provided counselling services at festivals.

Previous employment

Honorary Psychotherapist, Bexley Psychotherapy Service, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (2012-14). Two years clinical placement at a highly respected NHS Trust.
Counsellor, The Centre for Better Health, Hackney (2012-13). A year providing counselling for established community organisation that is also a social enterprise and community hub.