Jay McCarthy Counselling - Neurodivergent Therapist Working With Neurodivergent Clients

Are you tired of living life on hard mode? I am here to support you in finding your way from struggling to thriving.

I am an autistic, queer, non-binary therapist specialising in supporting neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ clients. Whether you are depressed, anxious, or feeling stuck, I offer you a space to bring all of that, openly, without judgement. I take a person-centred approach, not seeing you as broken or in need of fixing, but rather supporting you in making sense of your experiences and coming to a place where you can work with yourself not against yourself. I am sex worker allied, kink aware and ENM/poly affirming.

I offer hour-long weekly or fortnightly counselling sessions online using Zoom. Sessions can take place through live chat, voice or video call: whichever feels most comfortable that day. I have availability Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm. You can have a regular slot for consistency or we can meet at a different time each week if your schedule can be unpredictable.

Sessions are a space for you to bring whatever feels most important to talk through in that moment. Some clients want to explore past experiences, some focus on current struggles. I empower you to direct our focus and go at your own pace, so you only ever open up in a way that feels safe.

I do not offer guidance or advice, but this doesn’t mean I am passive in our relationship. I listen closely, ask questions to further my understanding of what you are sharing, and offer observations I make along the way. Counselling is a process of getting to know yourself more deeply through someone else taking the time to really get to know you, and coming to accept yourself more fully through someone else accepting you unconditionally.

I will do all I can to make the shared environment comfortable and accessible. I can easily adjust the lighting my end. Zoom has the capacity for automatic closed captions should you want or need them. I will be wearing comfy clothes such as a hoodie and jogging bottoms. You are very much invited to dress comfortably too, have a drink handy, and stim if you want to. Eye contact is not something I ask for or comment on.

Some areas of focus for my ongoing training have been in working with: survivors of rape and sexual abuse, disordered eating, grief, self-harm, dissociation, mindfulness, outdoor therapy, and the Internal Family Systems approach. I take an anti-psychiatry approach to distress and do my best to create a practice which operates outside of the medical model.