Why we exist
Generic mental-health tools rarely fit queer lives. Kalda is the antidote: tools that meet you where you are, with language and lived experience that actually lands.
About Kalda
We're with you.
We're on a mission to build a world where LGBTQIA+ folks don't just survive the systems that fail them, they thrive beyond them.
Who we are
A small queer-led team of clinicians, researchers, and designers building what we wish had existed for us, and for the next generation.
How it's built
Every module is grounded in CBT, ACT and DBT, then translated through queer clinical experience and lived community input.
What we promise
Privacy-first, no shame, and affordable forever. We are for the community, by the community.
The team
Built by people who live it.
Clinicians, coaches, researchers and queer creatives, working alongside our community to shape Kalda from the inside out.
Dr. Jake Camp
Clinical Psychologist
Jake (he/they) is a queer and nonbinary clinical psychologist with experience delivering and optimising Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and other Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approaches for LGBTQ+ people. This includes an active programme of research in this area, which seeks to centre the wisdom from lived experience to inform how to better meet the needs of LGBTQ+ folk.
Natalie Kashirsky
Assistant Psychologist
Natalie (she/her) is an assistant psychologist, working with complex mental health issues in trauma, psychosis, and personality disorders. She is also a passionate advocate for anti-discriminatory work in race and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Gloria Simpson
Psychotherapist
Gloria (she/her) is a Psychosynthesis Counsellor and Mental Health Practitioner with over 25 years' experience of providing therapeutic interventions for adults and young people. Her specialisms include: LGBTQIA+, Black and Minority Ethnic, alternative lifestyles; kink; polyamory; spirituality.
Dora Darvasi
Psychotherapist
Dora (she/they) is a BACP accredited Psychotherapist specialising in Gestalt therapy. She has experience working with people whose difficulties are around their identities, as well as people whose identities are completely incidental to what they wish to seek support for.
Zaziah Wood
Therapist
Zaziah (she/her) is a Therapist and counselling services manager at Metro Charity. Zaziah's background is in person-centred counselling, substance abuse, and working with LGBTQ+ youth and adults offering short-term counselling and well-being interventions.
Uz Afzal
Mindfulness Teacher
Uz (she/her) is a highly dedicated mindfulness practitioner and teacher experienced in introducing mindfulness to a wide range of audiences including: schools, workplaces, charities, government, arts organisations. She is a published mindfulness author with books translated into several languages.
Daniel Botcherby
Founder
Daniel (he/they) is one of Kalda's original founders. Daniel was head of product at MyCognition, a cognitive medical device company, where he developed video games to measure, treat, and prevent mental health issues.
Dominic Vince
Life Coach
Dominic (he/him) is a transformational life coach who specialises in supporting LGBTQIA+ people in anxiety, self-esteem and relationships. He supports people to feel confident, heard and seen.
Our advisors
Guidance from across the community.
A wider circle of advisors and friends who shape what Kalda is becoming, from clinical research to inclusive design and investment.
Anick Soni
Advisor
Anick Soni (he/him) is an intersex activist, creative consultant, presenter and researcher who focuses on the rights of children, human rights and mental health. He is a co-founding trustee of the charity iCONUK (Interconnected UK), which provides guidance and support for intersex people, those born with variations of sex characteristics/DSD and their loved ones.
Christian Tooley
Advisor
Christian (he/him) is a queer entrepreneur, innovation & strategy consultant. His work founding i³ investing helps LGBTQ+ founders and conscious investors connect. His work includes driving awareness for BAME and mental health communities, to support policy submissions on progressive LGBTQ+ legislation.
Mathijs Lucassen
Advisor
Mathijs (he/him) is a senior lecturer at The Open University and an honorary academic in psychological medicine at the University of Auckland. His research includes work designed to enhance the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ young people, including the computerised CBT video game SPARX and the PRIDE Project.
Ora Rammala
Advisor
Ora (she/her) is a zealous advocate of anti racism and LGBTQIA+ rights, and works as a diversity and inclusion consultant. Ora's work in the world of agency recruitment highlighted the need for the way industries include women of colour. Her work includes organising and hosting events to empower different WOC groups on how the industry can work for them.
Jackson Block
Advisor
Jackson (he/him) is an investor and chief executive officer at LGBT+ VC, a global nonprofit organization committed to LGBTQ prosperity. He has been recognized by Forbes 30 under 30 and Pitchbook as a leading voice in VC and an advocate for economic opportunity.
Raphael Denoux
Advisor
Raphael (he/him) leads TV Ecosystem partnerships in Samsung Europe, and has led teams navigating the complexities of global partnerships, demonstrating his ability to drive growth from new product launches to scaling established businesses. Passionate about LGBTQ+ inclusion and social mobility.