About Me
A queer, neurodivergent, animist‑informed therapist working in relationship with the living world
Who I am
I’m Bay (she/her), a queer, ace‑spec, neurodivergent therapist living and working in Hastings.
My work is shaped by a lifelong sense that the world is alive — that land, water, animals, ancestors, and unseen presences are part of the relational field we move through every day.
I didn’t always have the word animist for this, but I’ve always felt it.
I come to therapy with a deep respect for sensitivity, complexity, and the many ways people experience the world.
I don’t believe in fixing people.
I believe in listening — to the body, to the land, to the relationships that shape us, to the stories we carry, and to the parts of ourselves that have been silenced or dismissed.
My background and influences
My training is in humanistic and existential counselling, and my practice is informed by:
- queer and ace‑spec lived experience
- neurodivergent embodiment
- animist and ecological ways of knowing
- intersectional feminist ethics
- anti‑oppressive, contextual thinking
- a commitment to decolonial awareness and cultural respect
I work from the understanding that distress is not an individual failure.
It is relational — shaped by systems, histories, environments, and the wider living world.
My approach is grounded, relational, and politically aware.
I don’t separate the personal from the ecological or the social.
We live in a world that harms bodies, communities, and ecosystems, and those harms show up in our emotional lives.
Therapy is a place to name that honestly.
Why animism matters in my work
Animism, for me, is not a belief system.
It’s a way of relating — a recognition that we are part of a living web, and that our wellbeing is tied to the wellbeing of the world around us.
This shows up in my practice as:
- attention to land, place, and environment
- respect for more‑than‑human relationships
- awareness of cycles, seasons, and rhythms
- sensitivity to ecological grief and climate distress
- grounding in the body as part of a wider living field
I hold space for the meanings, connections, and relationships that are already present in your life — even if you’ve never spoken them aloud.
My values
My work is guided by:
- Consent — nothing is imposed; everything is invitational
- Curiosity — not assuming, not pathologising, not reducing
- Respect — for your identity, your politics, your lived experience
- Reciprocity — recognising that healing happens in relationship
- Integrity — staying grounded, ethical, and culturally aware
- Embodiment — honouring the intelligence of the body
- Context — understanding you within your environment and history
I aim to create a therapeutic space where you don’t have to shrink, translate, or justify yourself.
Why I do this work
I do this work because I believe people deserve spaces where their sensitivity is honoured, their politics are respected, and their connection with the living world is taken seriously.
I believe therapy can be a place of remembering — remembering who you are, where you come from, and what relationships sustain you.
I’m here to walk alongside you as you explore what it means to live in right relationship:
with yourself, with others, with place, and with the wider web of beings you are part of.
