LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy

Living as an LGBTQIA+ person often means learning early how to read a room, protect yourself, and adapt in order to belong. Even in affirming environments, the impact of identity-based harm, invisibility, and chronic misunderstanding can linger in the body and nervous system. LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy offers a space where you no longer have to translate, defend, or explain who you are.

I work with LGBTQIA+ adults and couples navigating identity exploration, coming out (or coming out again), relationship shifts, and the emotional weight of living in a world that does not always make room for complexity. Therapy here is grounded in cultural awareness, social justice, and the understanding that distress often arises not from who you are, but from how you’ve been treated.

For transgender and nonbinary clients, therapy may involve exploring gender identity, embodiment, and self-trust — whether you are questioning, transitioning, or simply wanting a space where your gender is not debated. We move at your pace, centering autonomy, safety, and self-definition.

For others, the work may focus on sexual orientation, family and cultural dynamics, religious harm, or navigating relationships across difference. Coming out can be a single moment or a lifelong process, and therapy can support you in holding grief, relief, fear, and pride at the same time.

Many LGBTQIA+ clients carry trauma related to discrimination, bullying, rejection, or violence. I offer trauma-informed care that recognizes how systemic harm shapes attachment, identity, and nervous system regulation. Together, we gently unpack internalized homophobia, transphobia, and shame — not as personal failures, but as learned survival strategies that once kept you safe.

This work is not about fixing you. It’s about creating space to exist more fully, with less self-monitoring and more choice. You deserve support that honors your identity, your resilience, and your right to live with dignity and connection.