LGBT Couple Counselling - UK Nationwide

04/11/2025

New appointments available…

https://LGBTCoupleCounselling.co.uk/available

Select your ideal Video Appointment for LGBTQ+ Counselling - regular sessions that suit your lifestyle and life commitments together…

18/10/2025

Parents of autistic children are often forced to do poor quality 'training' on 'being a good parent'. It's really bad, and victimises those who just need better information.

Cothú is a totally different course. It encourages parents to parent the way their autistic children need. It educates parents on what autism really is, and what their children might require of them. It's supportive, neuro-affirming and warm.

But we need trainers to deliver it. I can train you to deliver Cothú however you'd like to - maybe for free as part of a wider service, or maybe for payment as you strike out as an independent trainer. It's your choice. You get all the resources, professional videos, and my input as a trainer.

My next cohort is in February, and if you'd like to know more, drop me an email via my website www.petewharmby.com. We had 9 new trainees in September - it'd be great if we could get 10 or more for the next one.

I hope to see you in February!

18/10/2025

When Love betwen Men Drifts... what can be done?

When love between men starts to drift, gay couple counselling is the magic that helps resolve conflicts, designing plans to bring them back together…

21/06/2025

" are as good as therapists" 😲

I just asked Gemini to list all the words, along with a count of their appearance, in alphabetical order from the scene between the Black Knight and King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

I had to scan the list to find it had omitted the word "scratch",

And people think LLMs are going to treat their mental health?* 🤔

*Actually I regularly embrace clients' discussions on using LLMs because as a counsellor my training and experience actually helps clients word queries to LLMs much more helpfully than querying them alone. But this was fun 😊

30/03/2025

It's becoming a common question of therapists, so FWIW: I neither use AI in my counselling work (summarising case notes, asking for clinical advice etc), nor do I use online tools that hold/store client's personal information (such as note taking).

09/01/2025

Smoggie Queen's - Sal's Song
(Transcribed from S1E6).

Original song title, composer & lyricist unknown at this time. Performed by Patsy Lowe.

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Behind picket fences,
On cul-de-sac roads,
That dampened your spirit,
for why, you just didn't know,

You wore your wife's clothing,
While she was at church,
And it made you feel normal,
When normal life hurt,

Then you came through our door,
You're not strange any more.

Cos some of us belong to the night,
Disco lights are here to guide you,
Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to the night.

Your rolodex flickers,
On the 31st floor,
And the sound of it echoes,
Off the white Formica walls.

And you dream of the weekend,
Tight white denim jeans,
From Rita the Eater,
The Disco Dancing Queen.

Then you came in to our door,
You ain't strange any more.

Cos some of us belong to the night,
Disco lights are here to guide you,
Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to… the night

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Lyrics from Sal's Song (Smoggie Queens)LL