The Affirming Psychologist Collective.
We are a values-driven collective of UK based HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists offering compassionate and affirming specialist psychological assessment and formulation, therapy, training, supervision and consultancy work.
Our values
At the heart of our collective is the belief that people don’t need fixing — they need understanding, celebration, and care. We offer spaces where people can explore who they are without shame or judgment, by normalising the unhelpful patterns we can become stuck in and the natural variation in our emotional responses.
We are:
• Systemically informed: We are aware of the systems and societal norms that govern our lives, often leaving some groups of society targeted and oppressed. We acknowledge that these systems act as barriers and create snags that maintain distress and dysregulation.
• Trauma-informed & identity-aware: Many of our clients have faced trauma, invalidation, discrimination, or misunderstanding. We hold space for these stories with care, humility, and respect.
• Collaborative: We’ll work with you, not on you, not for you. You are an active collaborator in the therapy process and building a good relationship is key to this process. This way we can establish a transparent communication contract so you feel in control and can provide feedback and contribute when you need to.
• Neurodiversity-affirming: We view neurodivergent experiences (including autism, ADHD, sensory sensitivity, and more) as valid expressions of human diversity — not as deficits to be treated. We don’t think we are over-diagnosing neurodiversity, we believe that we are finally understanding the neurodiverse brain better after decades of people being misdiagnosed with mental health conditions like bipolar or emotionally unstable personality disorder, or living through a cycle of masking and burn out as they’ve been misunderstood by others around them.
• LGBTQ+ affirming: We are deeply informed by queer, trans, and non-binary experiences and voices, and hold a welcoming and inclusive position for all people in the queer community. Our work is grounded in gender and sexuality diversity frameworks and our own lived experience.
Each psychologist in the collective runs their own independent practice under our shared name and values. We come from varied clinical backgrounds and lived experiences, and we bring warmth, honesty, and deep respect to the work we do.
You’ll be able to read more about each of us and choose who feels like the right fit for you.
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