If you’re here, you’re probably looking for a therapist who feels like a good fit. That can be difficult, so here’s a little about me and how I work.
I’m Ro Brown (they/them), a BACP-registered counsellor based in the UK, working online with clients around the world. I’ve worked within the field of relationships and sexuality since 2019.
I believe we each carry an inner wisdom that can guide us, even if we sometimes need support reconnecting with it. My own experiences of exploring identity, and learning to meet myself with compassion and acceptance, inform the way I sit with clients today.
My work is integrative and depth-oriented. I draw from psychodynamic, humanistic and transpersonal traditions, bringing attention to both present-day challenges and the relational patterns that may have formed much earlier in life.
My Identities and Values as a Therapist
- I am genderfluid and queer, and I work affirmatively with clients across diverse experiences of sexuality, gender, kink and BDSM expression.
- I support people exploring and practising a range of relationship structures, including ethical non-monogamy (ENM) and polyamory. I understand that these relationships can be joyful and expansive, while also bringing distinct relational challenges – from communication and jealousy to boundaries and attachment patterns.
- My spiritual practice underpins both my life and my work. It continually teaches me to stay curious, to sit with uncertainty, and to approach the full range of human experience with respect and compassion.
Before retraining as a therapist, I worked in startups and creative industries. In 2019, I made a career change to train as an intimacy coach, following a growing conviction that human relationships and sexuality were central to the questions shaping my own life.
I remain committed to examining and disentangling patriarchal and cisheteronormative narratives about love, sex, and partnership. The stories we absorb about relationships profoundly shape how we relate to ourselves and others. I bring this awareness, alongside my experience working in relational and sexuality-focused spaces, into my therapeutic work.
My Therapeutic Approach
I trained in Psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology, drawn in part to their recognition of the spiritual dimension of human experience. Spiritual experience, as I understand it, includes whatever connects you to something larger than yourself – whether nature, creativity, relationship, purpose, a specific spiritual tradition, or something else entirely.
Alongside this, my background in relationship and intimacy coaching informs my work. I integrate relational awareness, emotional literacy, and depth exploration, paying attention to what unfolds between us in the room as well as in your wider life. This allows therapy to become not just a space for insight, but for experiencing and practising new ways of relating.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl Rogers
Core Qualifications
As well as the courses detailed below, I also have ongoing professional supervision for my one-to-one work. This means that I am able to discuss issues and challenges I have with my supervisors, and gain insights and second opinions to better support my clients.
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling
I trained in the transpersonal approach of Psychosynthesis at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London.
Psychosexual Somatics Therapy Certified Intimacy Coaching Program
I completed the Psychosexual Somatics Therapy coaching program, qualifying to work professionally as a certified intimacy coach within the PST modality.
Professional Development Trainings
Working Alongside Trans, Gender Diverse and Questioning People
A two-day training for trans and non-binary therapists working with gender diverse clients, with Gendered Intelligence.
Facilitator Training for Cuddles & Nervous System Regulation
I assisted on my colleague Eshana Spiers’ four-day training in facilitation for cuddle workshops.
Authentic Relating Training Level 1
I attended two ART level 1 weekends with Jason Digges and Ryel Kestano, both as a participant and an assistant. These weekend workshops teach invaluable skills in emotional intimacy and fostering deeper connections.
Holding Space
A two-day training in holding space for people in extreme states, with Nir Tadmor and Igal Tartakovsky from Safe Shore Israel.