Therapy can provide a valuable space within which to explore your needs and feelings, but you might also benefit from additional support available from local and nationwide services. I have listed some recommended services below, some of which I have come into contact with, either as a practitioner or as a client and service user:

Nationwide

AKT (support for LGBTQ+ homeless youth)

Frank (drug & alcohol support)

Gender Construction Kit (gender transition support)

York

Changing Lives (drug & alcohol support)

IDAS (domestic violence support)

Menfulness (men’s support & social groups)

Portal Bookshop (LGBTQ+ bookshop)

Survive (support for survivors of sexual violence)

York LGBT Forum (LGBTQ+ community support)

York St John Communities Centre (low-cost counselling)

York Women’s Counselling

Leeds

Forward Leeds (drug & alcohol support)

Leeds Survivor-Led Crisis Support

MESMAC (sexual health support, LGBTQ+ community support)

The Bookish Type (LGBTQ+ bookshop)

TransLeeds (support for the Leeds trans & non-binary community)