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Affirming the lives of LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia |
Dementia can change memory, language, behaviour, roles, and the everyday ways we reassure each other: I’m here. I still know you. We’re okay.
I offer therapy that is both dementia informed and LGBTQ+ affirming—to reduce fear and isolation and strengthen connection, dignity, and belonging as things change.
You can work with me individually, with a partner / partners, or with chosen and/or biological family / other supporters—whatever best fits your life and needs.
I offer therapy that is both dementia informed and LGBTQ+ affirming—to reduce fear and isolation and strengthen connection, dignity, and belonging as things change.
You can work with me individually, with a partner / partners, or with chosen and/or biological family / other supporters—whatever best fits your life and needs.
I’m Sandra Taylor, PhD — an experienced Emotionally Focused Therapist, supervisor and trainer, working with people internationally. My therapy practice focuses on EFT for LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia and mild cognitive impairment. I work to loosen the fear-and-isolation story that can take over, and to champion connection, visibility, dignity, affirmation and inclusion - through a dementia - and LGBTQ+-affirmative perspective.
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Sandra Taylor, PhD
ICEEFT Certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer. |
Space and time — for what’s hard and what matters
Therapy can offer a place to slow things down and make sense of what’s happening—emotionally and practically—without having to “perform okay”.
We can make room for:
- fear, grief, anger, relief, and tenderness
- identity and belonging (including what it’s like to be LGBTQ+ with dementia services)
- communication, closeness, and the ways roles shift over time
- decision points (support, care, boundaries, and how to keep “us” present)
If you’re unsure whether therapy is right for you, you’re welcome to send a short enquiry.
Therapy can offer a place to slow things down and make sense of what’s happening—emotionally and practically—without having to “perform okay”.
We can make room for:
- fear, grief, anger, relief, and tenderness
- identity and belonging (including what it’s like to be LGBTQ+ with dementia services)
- communication, closeness, and the ways roles shift over time
- decision points (support, care, boundaries, and how to keep “us” present)
If you’re unsure whether therapy is right for you, you’re welcome to send a short enquiry.
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Interested in therapy with me?
You can work with me if LGBTQ+ identity is part of your life and dementia (or mild cognitive impairment) is part of the picture—whether the diagnosis is yours or someone close to you - you might be a partner, friend, parent, adult child, chosen or biological family member, or someone you support or care for. |
How we can work
Therapy can be: - individual - partners - chosen family / other constellations that fit your situation There is usually one main client, and who attends can change over time as needs and capacities shift. |
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Why LGBTQ+ dementia-affirmative therapy?
Dementia affects people in every community. But LGBTQ+ people often face extra layers that can make support harder to access or less safe—being misunderstood, having identity minimised, chosen family not recognised, or feeling anxious about services and care settings. In much of the therapy and dementia literature, LGBTQ+ lives are still treated as an afterthought. I offer something that is still unfortunately rare: EFT that integrates dementia realities and LGBTQ+ realities, so the support actually fits your life. If you’d like a feel for how I work, this short video explains more. |
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Why I’m well placed to do this work
I bring together three strands:
- EFT expertise (therapist, supervisor, and trainer)
- dementia understanding grounded in lived reality and clinical thinking
- a clear commitment to affirming LGBTQ+ lives—including the ways identity, safety, and recognition can become more fragile as dementia progresses
Alongside my professional training, I bring lived experience. From 2016–2024 I lived alongside my partner Hazel’s dementia journey (logopenic aphasia). It shaped me profoundly, and it clarified what people most need: steadiness, emotional depth, and support that fits real life.
I’m a white, British, cisgender, middle-aged disabled woman; I’m lesbian/queer—and I’m also, like all of us, so much more than any list can capture. These identities shape how I work: with humility, curiosity, and attention to power, context and difference.
I bring together three strands:
- EFT expertise (therapist, supervisor, and trainer)
- dementia understanding grounded in lived reality and clinical thinking
- a clear commitment to affirming LGBTQ+ lives—including the ways identity, safety, and recognition can become more fragile as dementia progresses
Alongside my professional training, I bring lived experience. From 2016–2024 I lived alongside my partner Hazel’s dementia journey (logopenic aphasia). It shaped me profoundly, and it clarified what people most need: steadiness, emotional depth, and support that fits real life.
I’m a white, British, cisgender, middle-aged disabled woman; I’m lesbian/queer—and I’m also, like all of us, so much more than any list can capture. These identities shape how I work: with humility, curiosity, and attention to power, context and difference.
I work affirmatively with clients in your, and my, diversity - gender, sexual orientation, relationship configuration, race, ethnicity, illness, dis/ability, religion, spirituality, age, etc. Together we can explore how the different aspects of our identity intersect and impact us and our relationships.
Affirming love, life and belonging in LGBTQ+ lives impacted by dementia.
