Ryan Valadas

Ryan is a queer identifying and LGBTQIA+ affirming integrative therapist. His approach is flexible, compassionate, and reflective. He is interested in the influence of social and cultural dynamics in our lives and uses this framework to support others in finding clarity and relief from overwhelming anxieties and pressures.

Ryan has a varied clinical experience as an individual, couples, and group therapist, and has worked with substance misuse, sexual health, LGBTQIA + wellbeing, general adult mental health, and children’s mental health within education. This has given him a well-rounded understanding of a person’s lifespan, as well as the importance of relationships in our lives. His main intention is to facilitate people in building better connections to their identities, desires, relationships, and life journeys.

In his therapy work, Ryan focuses on the importance of slowing down and (re)connecting to joy and pleasure, acceptance, and communication. He is interested in how people navigate and express their needs and wants, as well as in more expansive relationship structures which follow consensual non-monogamy.

Alongside therapy, his services include consultation sessions for parents/carers/families of LGBTQIA+ children and young people to guide adults in better supporting, understanding, and affirming the young people in their lives. These sessions include reflective support for parents, exploring how to better support children and young people, and solution-oriented practices and resources.