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Therapy for people who feel
they don't fit in 

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS OF LIVING & LOVING

Deirdre MacGinley

WELCOME

Perhaps you feel isolated or out of place, a fraud, as though something is wrong with you. Maybe you've tried to follow the expectations of what someone 'like you' should do, focusing on pleasing others, yet life isn't working out the way you thought it should.

 

You may experience anxiety, panic attacks, or unexpected waves of anger or tears. Perhaps you've turned to distractions, or be in a breakdown of life as you’ve known it.  Maybe you're grappling with a sense of emptiness inside. Or perhaps you just want a space where you feel you won't be judged, as you explore some parts of your life.

 

Whatever you’re feeling, you are welcome here — all of you, including the bits you don’t like, and the parts you don't want anyone to see. Therapy with me can help you feel more at ease with yourself and begin making choices that align with who you truly are.

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I am a registered and accredited counsellor with the BACP.  I work with people from all kinds of backgrounds and have additional specialist training in working with sexual issues as well as the LGBTQ+ community.

SOME REASONS PEOPLE COME TO ME 

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  • I am full of regret for the choices I have made. Is it too late for me to live my life?

  • I think I’m bisexual, but I’m in a heterosexual relationship.  Something’s missing.  Do I have to leave? But that would turn everything upside down.

  • I think I’m having a breakdown.  Help.

  • My partner / child / parent / friend has come out as trans or non-binary, and I want some space to explore how this affects me.  Space where I won’t be judged.

  • My partner died, and I should be over it by now.  But I’m not.

  • I’m mixed race.  Where do I belong?  Am I enough?  I want to understand how I feel and where I fit in the world. 

  • I’ve been good all my life, followed all the rules and yet … I don’t have a husband, children and a home of my home.  I feel let down, furious, disappointed.  What's happened?

  • I’m a virgin.  Will I ever have a relationship?  Do I actually want one?  Do I want sex? Does it have to be like porn? What other ways of connecting to people are there? 

  • I’m having panic attacks, and I don’t know why.  I’m desperate.

  • I’m wondering about my gender – trans / non-binary / not sure / do I have to have a label? I want some safe space to explore.

  • I’m a queer parent, or potential parent, and I want to talk with someone who gets it .

  • Something’s a bit different about me, I don’t know what. I don’t seem to connect with people like others do, like something’s missing.  I hide parts of myself because I don’t want to be judged as weird.  I might be neurodivergent, might not.​

Don't worry if you don't see yourself here 

contact me anyway

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