Hi! I'm LJ, and my pronouns are my name (rather than he/she/they/etc).
I'm a white, disabled, queer, trans person-centred counsellor and trainer, working as a counselling lecturer a university and as a therapist and supervisor in private practice.
I was drawn to the person-centred approach as a trainee, as I didn't want anything that I could hide behind when in the room with a client. The approach feels radical to me in its requirement to be fully present with the client, whilst paying full attention to the world in which we're all inhabiting.
As a trustee, I believe in getting involved and like to be an active member, and be part of the initiatives that come up within the PCA worlds that I inhabit.
Outside of being a trustee I like to read (pretty much everything!), and I'm a big fan of bake-off, which is almost the only 'TV' that I watch.