Max Townley

I currently have availability for online and face to face appointments on Thursdays and Fridays 9.30-4.30 with limited availability for online appointments only after 4.30.

Hi, I am Max (they/them) and I am a queer, non-binary psychotherapist from Greater Manchester. My aim is to provide a warm and comfortable safe space for clients to explore a range of areas of their life which may be causing distress or discomfort. I have experience in working with trauma, anxiety, depression, self-harm, domestic violence, abuse and gender identity. I have a passion for working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community and I work with all aspects of sexuality, gender and relationship diversity.

I have experience working in a domestic violence clinic, primary schools, high schools and 6th form as well as non-profits across Greater Manchester. I work with all aspects of gender diversity, relationship diversity and sexuality as well as a range of mental health concerns such as depression, self-harm, eating disorders, anxiety, domestic and childhood abuse and trauma. My practice is also neurodiverse informed.

I am passionate about advocating for all gender, sexuality and relationship diversities and invite clients to bring all parts of themselves into the therapy room to be recognised and affirmed. I am a kink/BDSM and sex positive therapist as well as having experience working with trans and gender non-conforming clients. My work is trauma informed and neurodiverse informed.

I am an integrative psychotherapist, meaning that I draw on many areas of knowledge and training and my core therapeutic approach is person-centred, which centres the client as the authority in their own life. I draw on other areas of psychotherapy such as humanistic, Transactional Analysis, GSDR, attachment and trauma-informed depending on what the client brings to their sessions. I tailor my approach to ensure that it is as individual as each client I see in order to accompany them on their own therapeutic journey.

I offer short or long term talking therapy online and face to face from my room in Stockport.

I offer a free 20 minute consultation which you can use to determine whether I am the therapist best suited to you. We can discuss what has brought you to therapy and you can use this time to ask any questions you may have about me or the way I work.