Online . outdoors . single session
MULTICULTURAL COUNSELLING in the UK & overseas
Helping you shift from overwhelm and self-doubt
to clarity, self-trust, and balance
Online . outdoors . single session
Multicultural Counselling in the UK & overseas
Helping you shift from overwhelm and self-doubt
to clarity, self-trust, and balance
What multicultural counselling is and why it matters.
Multicultural counselling makes space for the full context of who you are. It recognises that your emotional world is not separate from your culture, race, family, language, identity, or sense of belonging.
Rather than seeing you in isolation, it pays attention to how these parts of your life may shape the way you cope, relate, and make sense of yourself. For many multicultural and cross-cultural adults, that can make therapy feel more nuanced, more relevant, and less like you have to explain or translate so much of your experience.
Who I support in counselling.
I offer counselling for adults from a range of backgrounds, but my particular focus is on multicultural and cross-cultural adults, especially adult Asian Third-Culture Kids*. These experiences are often layered, and many people have been socialised and conditioned to be strong, adaptable, and to over-give or over-do in order to earn belonging.
I also support neurodivergent adults, particularly those who identify as ADHD. My own experience of understanding my ADHD later in life, alongside ongoing CPD, has shaped the way I support clients with more curiosity, compassion, and less self-blame. Whether you are diagnosed, questioning, or self-identified, you are welcome here.
Many people I work with are used to holding a lot in. They may seem capable, thoughtful, or like the one who keeps going, but inside they are anxious, tired of overthinking and over-carrying, and feel like they have to hold it all together just to feel accepted, valued, or enough.
* Third-Culture Kid meaning: someone who grew up in a culture different from their parents’ or passport country, often moving between places. They develop a unique ‘third culture’ identity that blends influences from both their original and host cultures.
Common areas I support.
- Patterns: Overthinking, over-giving, over-doing, over-adapting, people-pleasing, hyper-independence, and burnout.
- What it can feel like inside: Anxiety, overwhelm, guilt, shame, resentment, low mood, feeling on edge or disconnected, and feeling emotionally alone.
- Your relationship with yourself: High expectations, self-doubt, self-criticism, self-blame, and self-minimising.
- Boundaries difficulties: Emotional and time boundaries may be the hardest ones for you. You may feel responsible for other people's emotions or fearful of their reactions and how they see you.
- Identity, culture, and belonging: Personal identity and cultural identity confusion, belonging anxiety or fatigue, culture shock, reverse culture shock, and rootlessness.
- Trauma and relational wounds: You may have been impacted by past relational trauma, painful relationship experiences, or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), leaving you feeling anxious, guarded, or detached in relationships.
- Life transitions: Bereavement and loss, moving country, starting over, career changes, and relationship or identity shifts, all of which can bring grief that you may or may not recognise.
You’re not alone. These struggles don’t define you, and you don’t have to navigate them alone. We can work through them together.
Common areas I support.
- Patterns: Overthinking, over-giving, over-doing, over-adapting, people-pleasing, hyper-independence, and burnout.
- What it can feel like inside: Anxiety, overwhelm, guilt, shame, resentment, low mood, feeling on edge or disconnected, and feeling emotionally alone.
- Your relationship with yourself: High expectations, self-doubt, self-criticism, self-blame, and self-minimising.
- Boundaries difficulties: Emotional and time boundaries may be the hardest ones for you. You may feel responsible for other people’s emotions, or fearful of their reactions and how they see you.
- Identity, culture, and belonging: Personal identity and cultural identity confusion, belonging anxiety or fatigue, culture shock, reverse culture shock, and rootlessness.
- Trauma and relational wounds: You may have been impacted by past relational trauma, painful relationship experiences, or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), leaving you feeling anxious, guarded, or detached in relationships.
- Life transitions: Bereavement and loss, moving country, starting over, career changes, and relationship or identity shifts, all of which can bring grief that you may or may not recognise.
You’re not alone. These struggles don’t define you, and you don’t have to navigate them alone. We can work through them together.
Hello & Welcome
I’m Star,
a counsellor and Third-Culture Kid (TCK).
As someone who has lived between cultures too, I understand that multicultural life can be rich, layered, and meaningful, but it can also bring challenges that are hard to explain and even harder to carry on your own.
I’m also a counsellor who has been a client. I remember what it is like to feel “too complicated”, to function well on the outside while feeling anxious and overwhelmed underneath, and to want things to change without knowing where to begin.
If this feels familiar, you’re welcome to get in touch for a free 20-minute intro call and see whether working together feels like the right fit.
Star Ginns
(aka Lyn – Chinese / Ploy – Thai)
Hello & Welcome
I’m Star,
a counsellor and Third-Culture Kid (TCK).
As someone who has lived between cultures too, I understand that multicultural life can be rich, layered, and meaningful, but it can also bring challenges that are hard to explain and even harder to carry on your own.
I’m also a counsellor who has been a client. I remember what it is like to feel “too complicated”, to function well on the outside while feeling anxious and overwhelmed underneath, and to want things to change without knowing where to begin.
If this feels familiar, you’re welcome to get in touch for a free 20-minute intro call and see whether working together feels like the right fit.
Star Ginns
(aka Lyn – Chinese / Ploy – Thai)
What Clients Are Saying
How can I help?
My clients often describe feeling lighter, clearer, and more emotionally agile after our work together.
What you can expect from our sessions:
- A space where you don’t have to hold it all together. Here is where you can unmask, express and be yourself fully.
- Get to know where your patterns might have come from. A deeper sense of who you are, not just who you were expected to be.
- Compassionate support as you get to know your emotions and the different parts of yourself with curiosity and kindness, rather than criticism.
- Practical tools and strategies you can experiment with that are relevant to you (if that’s what you’re looking for).
My approach is relational, creative, and trauma-informed. Sessions usually feel informal rather than clinical. There may be laughter and tears, as well as moments of softness and calm.
“It’s not about getting the feeling out of the mind, or hiding it, but about experiencing it with acceptance.”
-Carl Rogers
Services
Online Counselling
Get support that understands life between cultures from where you are, whether you’re a TCK, part of a multicultural household, or an expat living overseas.
Outdoor Counselling
If you’re based locally, outdoor counselling in Warwick, UK is also available—walk and talk or sit and chat in nature with fresh air.
Single Session
A focused space to explore a specific challenge without repercussions, helping you gain clarity and emotional relief while deciding your next steps.
Ready for Another Way?
You don’t have to navigate complex feelings or life challenges alone.
Reach out for a free 20-minute intro call to explore empathetic, culturally sensitive, and practical support.