TRAFFORD COUNSELLING

I find this work incredibly fulfilling. When children and teenagers receive support early, it can create positive changes that stay with them into adulthood. Helping a young person build confidence, emotional awareness and coping strategies can have a lifelong impact.

As a therapist, I often sit with people who feel exhausted in ways they can’t quite explain. In my work with LGBTQ+ clients — and in my own life as a gay man — I see how chronic stress linked to identity can shape mental health in ways that are sometimes less than obvious. As a gay man, I often recognise that exhaustion in my own body too. It’s the tiredness that comes not just from life’s usual demands, but from navigating a world that wasn’t designed with you or me in mind.