COUNSELLING FOR 
QUEER PARENTS AND CARERS

No matter how well prepared you are (and often, LGBT parents are, due to the complicated pathways to queer parenthood), the stressors of parenting can open old wounds and bring issues out of the woodwork that you thought you'd addressed a long time ago. You might not have access to the kind of wider support that other parents have, or your 'village' may look very different to others. The political landscape has also changed drastically in the past few years, making all the decisions and pressures of parenting in a queer family even more difficult. 

 

I use the term 'parenting' here in a very broad sense, acknowledging that families and relationships can look very different within our communities. Regardless of how you're connected to the little people in your life, by blood or by love, you might be feeling overwhelmed, fearful, confused or alone. You may have found that traditional counselling doesn't factor in the wide scope of your experience, or reinforces heteronormative stereotypes about what parents do and are.

 

Look no further: at Off Beat Therapy, I proudly specialise in working with LGBTQ+ parents from all walks of life. 

 

Often, this work involves reexamining your own childhood or family relationships, navigating your own identity while trying to deliver stability as a parent, voicing fears about the hostile world you're bringing your kids up in, or working out how to balance safety with pride in how your family came to be. 

 

It can also involve exploring the things that all parents need: stress management, self-care and understanding who you are as a parent or carer (and outside of the parent identity too).

 

Wherever you are on the journey to parenthood; knee deep in nappies, gearing up for the teenage years, exploring your fertility options or getting used to a new role as step-parent, single parent, foster carer, donor or part of someone else's chosen village, counselling gives you a space that's exclusively yours: a rare luxury in the world of raising children. ​

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My fee structure includes pay-it-forward, full-cost, low-cost and free sessions. Please note that I do not offer HFEA fertility counselling. 

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