About me
Relational Therapy for LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent & Gender-Diverse Adults (18+)
I'm Maya Price, an integrative therapist offering therapy online across the UK and internationally, alongside in-person sessions in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
I work primarily with LGBTQ+ people, trans and gender-diverse adults, neurodivergent clients, sex workers, and those navigating trauma, identity, burnout, grief, relationships, and long periods of survival.
My practice is particularly suited to people who are 18+ and are looking for longer-term, relational therapy - therapy that moves beyond coping strategies alone and gently explores the deeper emotional patterns, nervous system responses, attachment experiences, and protective parts that shape how we move through the world.
About Me
I'm a trans woman and neurodivergent therapist with over 20 years of experience working within LGBTQ+ communities, alongside professional experience in community support, safeguarding, advocacy, and therapeutic work.
Alongside formal training, I bring lived understanding of identity, transition, burnout, grief, masking, and rebuilding a life after long periods of survival and responsibility.
Clients often describe my approach as warm, grounded, affirming, and gently challenging where needed.
My Approach
I work in a compassionate, relational, and trauma-informed way, integrating:
- Somatic awareness and nervous system-informed therapy
- Parts work / inner child work
- Relational therapy
- Transactional analysis
- Person-centred therapy
I believe meaningful therapy happens within a safe and consistent therapeutic relationship. My role is not to analyse or pathologise you, but to work alongside you with curiosity, steadiness, and care.
Many of the people I work with are used to:
- over-functioning
- masking
- self-criticism
- people-pleasing
- emotional overwhelm
- feeling disconnected from themselves
- surviving for so long that rest, safety, and self-trust feel unfamiliar
Therapy can become a space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and understand your experiences more deeply and compassionately.
Areas I Commonly Work With:
- Trauma and complex trauma
- Identity and transition
- Anxiety, OCD and intrusive thoughts
- Burnout and nervous system exhaustion
- Shame and self-worth
- Relationships and attachment
- Boundaries and people-pleasing
- Grief and life transitions
- Neurodivergence and masking
- Sex work-related experiences
- Inner child work and self-compassion
Finding the right therapist matters. I offer an initial conversation to see whether we feel like a good fit and whether the way I work feels supportive for you.
If you're looking for therapy that is relational, affirming, trauma-informed, and grounded in compassion and real-life understanding, you're very welcome to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm proud to have extensive experience working in LGBTQIA+ spaces - both as a therapist and as an activist. In 2011, I co-founded Proud2Be, a community-led LGBTQIA+ organisation, with my twin sibling, Max. Since then, we've supported hundreds of LGBTQIA+ individuals each year, addressing issues ranging from community building to systemic challenges like austerity, the pandemic, and social injustice.
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from Devon Counselling College (2019) and have completed ongoing professional development in areas such as safeguarding, mental health, sexual health, anti-racist practice, and LGBTQIA+ awareness. Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you - it’s about finding the space to be your authentic self, however that looks today.
As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I follow their ethical framework to ensure that our work together is always safe, respectful, and accountable.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Internalised Queerphobia
Coming Out / Transitioning
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Online Therapy
50-minute online sessions via Zoom or Signal — £70
In-Person Therapy (Leamington Spa)
50-minute in-person sessions — £75
I offer weekly therapy sessions and have a limited number of reduced-cost online spaces available at £60.
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