We built the support we couldn’t find.
We’re Vanessa and Max — and Be/Here exists because simply being “affirming” isn’t enough.
We’re part of the LGBTQIA+ community. We’ve sat in therapy rooms where parts of us felt unseen.
So we created something different.
Why We Started
We’re both part of the LGBTQIA+ community…
We’ve worked inside systems that weren’t designed with us in mind…
So we decided to build something different…
What We Actually Do
🧠 Specialist LGBTQIA+ Therapy
In Manchester & online
across the UK
💷 Sliding-Scale Counselling
Access shouldn’t depend on income
🌿 Free Mental Health Workshops
Early intervention before crisis
💬 Peer & Identity Spaces
Community support, not just sessions
You don’t need a diagnosis.
You don’t need to be in crisis.
You don’t need to justify your identity.
Why We're Different
Community Is Part of the Model
Income from therapy funds, workshops and peer spaces.
We are building towards subsidised sessions for those impacted by financial inequality.
Care here is individual — but never isolated.
Rooted Here. Open Wider.
We’re based in Greater Manchester.
We offer in-person therapy in Stockport and online sessions across the UK.
We’re embedded in local LGBTQIA+ networks and committed to system change as well as individual care.
We want a world where no LGBTQIA+ person reaches crisis because safe, specialist support isn’t available.
Where therapy doesn’t require you to educate the therapist first.
Where access to care is a right — not a privilege.