Registered member HCPC; COSRT

Ryan is a queer-identifying and queer-affirming integrative therapist with almost 10 years experience from qualification. His psychosexual and relationships practice is based upon building healthier connections to identity, pleasure, relationships, and life journeys, and focuses on reframing perspectives, proactive action, feelings of aliveness, and self-compassion.

Ryan works as an individual, couples/relationships, and group therapist, and has worked with substance misuse, sexual health, trauma, LGBTQIA + wellbeing, general adult mental health, and children’s mental health within education. This has given him a well-rounded understanding of a person’s lifespan, as well as the importance of relationships in our lives.

He is particularly interested in the relationship between language and behaviour, the influence of social and cultural narratives, practices that support healing from sexual shame, navigating consensual non-monogamy, and the nuances and tensions between critical thinking and lived experiences.

Ryan also has extensive experience in public speaking, workshop creation and facilitation, writing and producing content for mental health training and conferences, for both charities and businesses.

Alongside his therapeutic practice, Ryan has developed Affirming Families: a specialist service for parents/carers/families of LGBTQI+ children and young people. This service aims to:

·  Support adults to process their own thoughts and feelings in their responsibilities as parents/carers.

·  Support adults to affirm, accept, and support the journey of their children and young people.

·  Support adults with resources, education, and tools which may further enhance the love and care they provide to their children and young people.

Fees

Individual session: £85 per session / £475 (bundle of 6 sessions)

Couple / Relationship therapy: £120 per sessions / £675 (bundle of 6 sessions)

Discounted rate (students, NHS workers, teaching staff): £65

Affirming Families Consultation (parents): £100 per session (90mins) / £540 (bundle of 6 sessions - 50mins)