Experience

Chris is a highly experienced integrative psychotherapist having worked with a wide variety of client groups within public, private and third sectors.

  • Board Advisor - Soho House Inclusivity Board (2022)

  • Clinical Associate - Pink Therapy (2022)

  • Lead Psychotherapist - Voda (2022)

  • Guest Speaker - We Create Space (2022)

  • Volunteer Mentor - Pink Therapy (2022)

  • Advisory Board Member - Kalda (2021)

  • Board Trustee - Got1Give1 (2021)

  • Board Director - TalkAid (2018)

  • Founder - The Queer Therapist Ltd (2020 - date)

  • Primary Care Counsellor and Psychotherapist/ Staff Therapist - NHS Forth Valley (2018 - date)

  • Sightloss Counsellor - RNIB (2017)

  • Lead Self Management Specialist - D&G LGBT Plus (2016)

  • Primary Care Counsellor - NHS East Lothian (2016)

  • Group Facilitator -Lifeline Project Edinburgh (2016)

  • Youth Worker - LGBT Youth Edinburgh (2016)

  • Counsellor - Hope Park Counselling Centre (2015)

  • Crisis Centre Worker -The Edinburgh Crisis Centre (2014)

  • Helpline Worker - The Gay Switchboard Dublin (2010)

Education

Member of the BACP (Accred), NCPS (Accred. Prof), WPATH, EPATH, COSCA (Reg), COSRT (Student) and Gendered Intelligence Network for Therapist and Counsellors.

Diploma in Clinical Sexology - Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology (Trainee | Sep 2022 - Sep 2024)

COSCA Diploma in Counselling Supervision - ACT Counselling Services

MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of Edinburgh

Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of Edinburgh

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Studies - University of Edinburgh

Graduate Diploma in Psychology - Birmingham City University

CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Online Counselling Skills - Online Training for Counsellors

BA (Hons) in Humanities - Trinity College Dublin

 
 


Chris Grant MBACP (they/them)

Founder & Director

Chris (they/them) is a trans neurodivergent accredited Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, trainee Clinical Sexologist and DEI Consultant. They are the Founder and Managing Director of The Queer Therapist, a UK based online therapy service providing GSRD (gender, sexuality, relationship diversity) therapy and neurodivergent affirming therapy. They are also the Lead Psychotherapist at Voda.co, the LGBTQIA mental health app. They work to challenge stigma and shame around gender diversity and neurodivergence.

Chris is an Accredited Member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Accredited Professional of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), an Advanced Accredited Therapist with Pink Therapy, Student Member of the College of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT), a Member of The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) and the Gendered Intelligence Network for Therapists and Counsellors.

Features

The Guardian - ‘The experts: sex therapists on 20 simple, satisfying ways to revive your lost libido’. Click here for more information.

Gay Times - ‘A therapist’s guide to navigating the festive season as a queer person’. Click here for more information.

Pink News - ‘How to look after your mental health and cope with grieving trans victims of violence’. Click here for more information.

Them - ‘What does it mean to be asexual’. Click here for more information.

Dazed - ‘Lives will be lost’: The real cost of Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill. Click here for more information

BACP - Queering Therapy Spaces and Working with Gender Diverse Clients. Click here for more information.

Pink News - ‘Coping with bigoted family’. Click here for more information.

Pink News - ‘Simple advice and strategies for queer folk coping with eating disorders’. Click here for more information.

Stonewall - ‘Trans Awareness Week, Top Tips for Managing Trans Mental Health’. Click here for more information.

S3x with Demi and Friends Podcast - ‘Gender Dysphoria featuring The Queer Therapist’. Click here for more information.

Publications

‘No Straight Answers: A fiercely queer guide to love, life and mental health’, Glue Magazine column

Grant, C (2021) Alternative Communications and Embracing Accountable Visibility. Alternative Commmunications. Division of Clinical Psychology Scotland Review, British Psychological Society, 24 (21).