Lesley Simpson-Gray is an integrative child and adolescent psychotherapist, and a registered member of BACP and ACTO.

After a career in marketing, she trained as a psychotherapist, hoping to indulge her love of creative arts and discover a sense of purpose and fulfilment within a caring profession.  She has run a private practice since she graduated in 2017, working for local authorities and primary schools across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

Her life-experience has informed her professional practice and has given her a passion for working with adoptive families and care-experienced young people.  For several years she also worked for a UK-wide charity as a mental health advocate.  She has a particular interest in supporting clients who have multiple-heritages and neurodiversity.

COVID-19 was the catalyst which led her to practice online.  In the last 3 years she has become a Cybertherapist and developed a virtual Cybertherapy space where she now offers children and their families a mixture of specially adapted play-based interventions where they explore creative expression using VR, AR, 3D models and video games.  She also enjoys training and supporting professionals to learn the skills that help them navigate the highs and lows of practicing creatively online.

She loves spicy food, singing (mainly gospel music) taking long walks, playing piano and anything that allows her to tinker with VR and 3D models.