Bee Proud Counselling

Bee Proud Counselling LGBTQ+ affirming therapist offering online and in person counselling from Manchester city centre.

Supporting LGBTQ+ clients with shame, identity, relationships, trauma, minority stress, recovery, anxiety and self worth.

In my latest article, I explore how many LGBTQ+ people develop adaptations such as people pleasing, perfectionism, hyper...
11/06/2026

In my latest article, I explore how many LGBTQ+ people develop adaptations such as people pleasing, perfectionism, hypervigilance, and hiding parts of themselves in order to survive. I also look at how these strategies can continue to affect us in adulthood and why authenticity can be such an important part of healing.

Explore LGBTQ+ survival strategies including people pleasing, hypervigilance, perfectionism, masking, and hyper independence. Learn how these adaptations develop and how healing begins.

Psychologically incontinent lol
09/06/2026

Psychologically incontinent lol

BREAKING🚨 A lifelong Republican strategist just went on national TV and called Donald Trump “emotionally and psychologically incontinent” — and said what we’re watching is a president “decomposing” in real time. And that wasn’t even the harshest part.

Steve Schmidt, a former GOP campaign operative who helped build the modern Republican machine, is now openly saying the quiet part out loud: Trump is not well. In a blistering segment, he called the president “deranged” and “psychologically incontinent,” describing a man who cannot control his impulses, his rage, or his need for constant validation. Coming from someone who spent decades getting Republicans elected, that diagnosis lands very differently than a typical partisan jab.

Schmidt was reacting to Trump’s latest public meltdown — insisting he was “mostly cheered” at a New York Knicks game where the arena loudly booed him. Clips from that night show the crowd drowning him in boos, with Trump later spinning it into yet another fantasy about being adored. Schmidt’s point was brutal: this isn’t just lying, it’s decomposition. A leader so lost in his own alternate reality he can’t even process a wall of boos right in front of his face.

He warned that this psychological collapse isn’t happening in private. It’s unfolding in front of cameras, in rallies, on social media, while Trump still controls the machinery of the federal government. Every denial, every grievance post, every bizarre rant isn’t just embarrassing — it’s a reminder that the most powerful man in the country may be emotionally incapable of facing reality, let alone governing a nation of 330 million people.

And here’s the part that should chill every voter: it’s not Democrats saying this. It’s a veteran Republican operative who spent years on the inside, now describing a president coming apart at the seams. The GOP leadership sees the same behavior and stays silent anyway, because clinging to power matters more than admitting the obvious.

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In my latest article, I explore hyper independence and why so many LGBTQ+ people find it difficult to ask for help, rely...
07/06/2026

In my latest article, I explore hyper independence and why so many LGBTQ+ people find it difficult to ask for help, rely on others, or allow themselves to be vulnerable. What looks like strength on the surface is often an adaptation that developed for very understandable reasons.

Explore why many LGBTQ+ people struggle to ask for help, including hyper independence, trust, vulnerability, shame, minority stress, and the lasting impact of growing up with a secret.

What a great day it was
06/06/2026

What a great day it was

I've been busy updating my website with lots of new content covering LGBTQ+ mental health, relationships, minority stres...
05/06/2026

I've been busy updating my website with lots of new content covering LGBTQ+ mental health, relationships, minority stress, shame, trauma, recovery, and personal growth.

If you've been thinking about therapy, now might be a good time to explore some of the articles and get a feel for how I work.

Bee Proud Counselling offers inclusive, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy. Fully qualified, gay therapist in Manchester. Free initial consultation.

Every June, the same question gets asked: "Do we still need Pride?" In my latest article, I explore why Pride remains as...
03/06/2026

Every June, the same question gets asked: "Do we still need Pride?" In my latest article, I explore why Pride remains as important as ever, from minority stress and community to the rise in anti LGBTQ+ rhetoric and the power of solidarity.

Why Pride remains essential in 2026. Exploring minority stress, LGBTQ+ rights, trans inclusion, conversion practices, rising prejudice and the importance of community and visibility.

In this article, I explore LGBTQ+ recovery, addiction, shame, chemsex, belonging, and why recovery is often about far mo...
29/05/2026

In this article, I explore LGBTQ+ recovery, addiction, shame, chemsex, belonging, and why recovery is often about far more than simply stopping drinking or using substances.

I also share some personal reflections on my own journey through recovery, and how therapy, community, and self understanding helped me begin healing from the emotional impact of growing up gay in a less accepting world.

LGBTQ+ recovery from alcohol, substances and chemsex. Exploring shame, trauma, minority stress and healing through LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in Manchester.

This is worth a read
28/05/2026

This is worth a read

28/05/2026

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What does it mean to work with an Advanced Accredited GSRD Therapist, and why does LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy matter so ...
28/05/2026

What does it mean to work with an Advanced Accredited GSRD Therapist, and why does LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy matter so much for mental health, identity and self worth?

Gavin Reid BA (Hons), MBACP, is an Advanced Accredited GSRD Therapist with Pink Therapy offering LGBTQ+ affirming therapy online and in person in Manchester for anxiety, identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing.

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