For LGBTQ+ adults living in Belfast, accessing therapy should not mean having to explain your culture or identity. I provide online counselling across Northern Ireland, offering a compassionate, queer-affirming space where you can explore life's challenges without needing to educate your therapist.
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Belfast has a vibrant LGBTQ+ community, yet local social circles can sometimes feel remarkably small and interconnected. Finding therapy where you feel confident about total discretion is essential. Online therapy provides a quiet, private space where you can speak openly about your life, relationships, and identity from the comfort of your own home, without worrying about bumping into acquaintances in a local waiting room.
Working online also removes the practical stress of travelling across the city after a demanding day. You can sit in a space where you feel safe and relaxed, taking time after each session to process your thoughts without immediately jumping into public transport or busy streets. It offers a calm buffer between deep therapeutic work and your daily routine.
As a gay man, my practice is built on lived experience of navigating coming out, identity, family dynamics, and self-acceptance. You will not need to educate your therapist about queer culture, terminology, or relationship structures. My foundation is person-centred therapy, which means I offer unconditional positive regard, empathy, and a relationship built on trust and genuine acceptance.
Alongside person-centred work, I integrate somatic experiencing to help you notice and attend to physical tension connected to stress or shame. You can find out more about my dedicated LGBTQ+ affirming therapy or my work as an online therapist for gay men. I work with individuals of all gender identities and sexualities across Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Many queer clients coming to therapy carry subtle or heavy layers of minority stress, internalised shame, or exhaustion from masking their true selves. You might be navigating family tension, exploring gender identity, dealing with relationship challenges, or simply seeking a space to talk about life without your identity being treated as a problem to be solved.
It is common to carry these subtle strains in the physical body as well as the mind. You might notice a persistent feeling of being guarded in social settings, fatigue from constantly navigating non-affirming environments, or an ingrained habit of putting the comfort of other people before your own emotional needs.
Therapy is a place to explore whatever matters most to you, whether that is directly related to your LGBTQ+ identity or entirely separate. We move at a pace that feels comfortable for you, supporting self-worth, emotional resilience, and a clearer sense of ease in an environment that honors your lived reality.
I am an MSc-qualified therapist and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Accred), with eight years of experience. Sessions are held online for 50 minutes at £90 per session. I support clients throughout Belfast and the wider region, as outlined on the online therapist Northern Ireland page. I accept the following insurance providers:
Getting started is straightforward. I offer a free 20 minute introductory call online so we can meet, talk through what you hope to gain from therapy, and decide if we feel like a good match. There is no obligation to continue after the call, giving you total freedom to choose what feels best for your therapeutic journey.
Online therapy ensures total privacy and convenience for clients living in Belfast. You can access specialized queer-affirming therapy from home without worrying about local waiting rooms or commuting across the city.
Not at all. Your identity is respected and welcomed, but sessions focus on whatever concerns you bring, whether that is work stress, relationships, anxiety, or personal growth. You set the agenda.
We begin with a free 20 minute introductory call online. It is an informal way to discuss your goals, ask questions about fees or insurance, and see if my therapeutic approach suits you.
If you live in Belfast and are looking for a welcoming, LGBTQ+ affirming online therapist, book a free 20 minute intro call to begin your journey.
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