Does coming to EFT therapy mean we are weak people?
It takes courage, not weakness, to seek help.
Coming to EFT therapy is about investing in yourself and your relationship or relationships.
There is very little support for LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia that offers a genuinely dementia-affirmative space to explore feelings, fears, worries, and the changing shape of relationships. Working with me offers that space: to make sense of what is happening, stay connected, and find a way of living that still includes love, meaning, and belonging.
Coming to EFT therapy is about investing in yourself and your relationship or relationships.
There is very little support for LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia that offers a genuinely dementia-affirmative space to explore feelings, fears, worries, and the changing shape of relationships. Working with me offers that space: to make sense of what is happening, stay connected, and find a way of living that still includes love, meaning, and belonging.
I don't find it easy to talk about feelings so will EFT therapy be any use?
Yes.
While EFT works with emotion, it is not only about ‘talking about feelings’. It also offers a clear map, a way of making sense of patterns, and a structure for the work we do together.
We will work at a pace that fits for each of you. Together we can slow things down, make sense of what is happening, and put words to what is hard.
While EFT works with emotion, it is not only about ‘talking about feelings’. It also offers a clear map, a way of making sense of patterns, and a structure for the work we do together.
We will work at a pace that fits for each of you. Together we can slow things down, make sense of what is happening, and put words to what is hard.
Where would we see you?
Sessions are usually online via Zoom.
It may also sometimes be possible for me to work with you in your own home or nearby, especially if you are looking for a one-off or occasional piece of work over a day or two with different constellations of people.
To work on Zoom you will need a computer with a webcam and a good internet connection. I would send you a link by email and you would click on it to join me in the Zoom room.
It may also sometimes be possible for me to work with you in your own home or nearby, especially if you are looking for a one-off or occasional piece of work over a day or two with different constellations of people.
To work on Zoom you will need a computer with a webcam and a good internet connection. I would send you a link by email and you would click on it to join me in the Zoom room.
Do you only see couples?
No.
My main ongoing work is with partners, where one partner is living with a diagnosis of dementia.
Alongside that, I also offer one-off or occasional sessions for partners, supporters, chosen and biological family members, and other constellations of people close to someone living with dementia.
There will usually be one main client, but who attends can change according to what is most helpful.
My main ongoing work is with partners, where one partner is living with a diagnosis of dementia.
Alongside that, I also offer one-off or occasional sessions for partners, supporters, chosen and biological family members, and other constellations of people close to someone living with dementia.
There will usually be one main client, but who attends can change according to what is most helpful.
How long are the sessions?
Session frequency can be varied according to what is most helpful and according to mutual availability.
Sessions are usually one hour, but we can work out together what fits best, whether that is an hour or a shorter or longer time.
There is also the possibility of an intensive of several hours, which may be broken up into shorter sessions with different groupings of people. This may sometimes be possible face to face.
Sessions are usually one hour, but we can work out together what fits best, whether that is an hour or a shorter or longer time.
There is also the possibility of an intensive of several hours, which may be broken up into shorter sessions with different groupings of people. This may sometimes be possible face to face.
When can we see you?
I usually see clients on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays in the daytime.
An intensive may sometimes take place over a weekend.
An intensive may sometimes take place over a weekend.
How much do sessions cost?
My standard fee is £200 for a one-hour Zoom session. This can be negotiated as much as we agree is necessary. I do not want cost to be a deterrent to receiving therapy.
If travel is involved, we would need to agree an appropriate fee for time, travel, and any accommodation expenses.
You can pay by bank transfer. People outside the UK can also pay by PayPal.
If travel is involved, we would need to agree an appropriate fee for time, travel, and any accommodation expenses.
You can pay by bank transfer. People outside the UK can also pay by PayPal.
Who can work with you?
My main ongoing work is with LGBTQ+ partners in the earlier stages of dementia impact.
I also offer one-off or occasional sessions for other LGBTQ+ people with a diagnosis of dementia in their close relationships or families, including chosen family, biological family, friends, and others in a supportive role. This may include LGBTQ+ people supporting someone with dementia who is not LGBTQ+ themselves.
If the diagnosis is yours, or part of the life of someone close to you, and you are wondering whether this might be a good fit, you are welcome to get in touch.
I also offer one-off or occasional sessions for other LGBTQ+ people with a diagnosis of dementia in their close relationships or families, including chosen family, biological family, friends, and others in a supportive role. This may include LGBTQ+ people supporting someone with dementia who is not LGBTQ+ themselves.
If the diagnosis is yours, or part of the life of someone close to you, and you are wondering whether this might be a good fit, you are welcome to get in touch.
Would we focus on dementia all the time?
No.
Dementia may be the reason you are getting in touch, but it will not need to be the focus all the time. I will work with what feels most important to you.
When we are focusing on the impact of dementia, we may be working with fear and loss, but also with adjustment, self-esteem, planning, tenderness, identity, connection, and what matters in your relationships.
I work affirmatively with the many aspects of identity and lived experience that shape our lives and relationships, including gender, sexuality, relationship configuration, race, ethnicity, illness, disability, religion, spirituality, and age. Together, we can think about how these intersect and what difference they make here.
Dementia may be the reason you are getting in touch, but it will not need to be the focus all the time. I will work with what feels most important to you.
When we are focusing on the impact of dementia, we may be working with fear and loss, but also with adjustment, self-esteem, planning, tenderness, identity, connection, and what matters in your relationships.
I work affirmatively with the many aspects of identity and lived experience that shape our lives and relationships, including gender, sexuality, relationship configuration, race, ethnicity, illness, disability, religion, spirituality, and age. Together, we can think about how these intersect and what difference they make here.
Who am I to be doing this work?
From 2016 to 2024, I lived with my partner Hazel through the impact of dementia in our relationship.
Those years were the most challenging and transformative of my life so far, and they shaped this work deeply. Throughout that time, I knew that my work would one day come to focus on LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia. By mid-2025, I felt informed, grounded, and emotionally resilient enough to begin offering that work to clients.
I am an experienced and qualified Emotionally Focused Therapist, supervisor, and trainer. Earlier in my career, I also worked as an Occupational Therapist in mental health settings. Over recent years, my therapy practice has focused mainly on LGBTQ+ partners, and I also regularly run, with a colleague, LGBTQ+-centred EFT partners trainings for therapists.
From 2022 to 2025, I undertook the Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Psychotherapy run by Pink Therapy. My final assignment focused on the development of DA-GSRD therapy: Dementia Affirmative Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Therapy, which I presented on at the 2025 Pink Therapy Conference.
All of this helped me support us in living as fully as we could within the growing impact of dementia, and in staying lovingly connected with Hazel and with our relationship while also living with fear, pain, distress, and loss.
I’m a white, British, cisgender, middle-aged disabled woman; I’m lesbian/queer, and also much more besides. These identities shape what I notice, what I can easily miss, and how I work: with humility, curiosity, and attention to power, context, and difference.
From 2016 to 2024, I lived with my partner Hazel through the impact of dementia in our relationship.
Those years were the most challenging and transformative of my life so far, and they shaped this work deeply. Throughout that time, I knew that my work would one day come to focus on LGBTQ+ people impacted by dementia. By mid-2025, I felt informed, grounded, and emotionally resilient enough to begin offering that work to clients.
I am an experienced and qualified Emotionally Focused Therapist, supervisor, and trainer. Earlier in my career, I also worked as an Occupational Therapist in mental health settings. Over recent years, my therapy practice has focused mainly on LGBTQ+ partners, and I also regularly run, with a colleague, LGBTQ+-centred EFT partners trainings for therapists.
From 2022 to 2025, I undertook the Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Psychotherapy run by Pink Therapy. My final assignment focused on the development of DA-GSRD therapy: Dementia Affirmative Gender, Sex and Relationship Diverse Therapy, which I presented on at the 2025 Pink Therapy Conference.
All of this helped me support us in living as fully as we could within the growing impact of dementia, and in staying lovingly connected with Hazel and with our relationship while also living with fear, pain, distress, and loss.
I’m a white, British, cisgender, middle-aged disabled woman; I’m lesbian/queer, and also much more besides. These identities shape what I notice, what I can easily miss, and how I work: with humility, curiosity, and attention to power, context, and difference.
Tell me more about Sandra Taylor - her qualifications, etc.
You can find more information here, and you can contact me to ask anything not covered on this page.
You can find more information here, and you can contact me to ask anything not covered on this page.
