About Affirm

Affirm is a training platform created by and for mental health and other healthcare professionals who wish to develop and to learn ways of supporting gender-diverse people, as well as their loved ones. What sets us apart is that we foreground our knowledge in our client’s experiences and expertise, bringing trans and non-binary folk into the conversation about their own healthcare, allowing them to guide us on how to best support them.

Meet the team

Laura Scarrone Bonhomme
she/her

Laura is a Consultant Psychologist specialised in gender, sexual and relationship diversity. She trained and developed her career internationally, working in Spain, Chile, and the United Kingdom. Laura delivers psychotherapy, assessment, and supervision, and she frequently provides public speaking and training in LGBTQI+ issues and other Psychology related areas. 
Laura was Associate Editor of Counselling Psychology Review, the journal of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She has authored ‘Gender Dysphoria and The Mirror: A Mediator Between the First Person and Third Person Perspective’; and the chapter ‘The Age of Rediscovery: What is Like to Gender Transition When You Are 50+’. 
Laura is a Chartered Member of the BPS, a Member of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists and a member of World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Laura is part of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service List of Specialists in the Field of Gender Dysphoria, and of the Gender Diversity Specialist Register of the BPS.
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Dr. Michael Beattie
he/him

Michael (he/him) is an HCPC Registered, Chartered Counselling Psychologist with a BSc in Psychology and Counselling and a practitioner doctorate in Counselling Psychology, both from the University of Roehampton. He has a research interest in the psychology of men and masculinities and has worked extensively in the field of gender identity and gender dysphoria as well as with issues of sexuality, sexual identity and sexual health. His book Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Identity & Gender Dysphoria was published with colleagues by Jessica Kingsley in 2018.
Michael works in private practice, offering individual therapy and supervision and he also works as a trainer and speaker in counselling psychology, focusing on gender diversity and the psychology of men and masculinities. He is a Chartered Member of the BPS, a Member of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists and a Member of World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
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