LGBTQ+ Counseling

You are not too much, you’re not alone, and you’re allowed to take up space.

Therapy for the LGBTQIA+ community navigating trauma, identity, and belonging.

  • Identity-Affirming Support: Feel safe exploring all parts of who you are.

  • Process Trauma and Shame: Gently release what’s been holding you back.

  • Reconnect to Community: Build trust in yourself — and others — again.

 We can help you move from just surviving to living fully, in a space where every part of you is welcome.

When You’ve Been Carrying This Alone for Too Long

You’ve spent years feeling unseen.
You’ve had to explain yourself too many times—or stay silent to stay safe.
You’ve lost people, been dismissed, or pushed down the pain just to keep going.

And maybe now, it’s catching up with you.

Clients I have worked with often describe:

  • Feeling isolated, even when surrounded by others

  • Panic or fear in everyday settings—work, family, even friendships

  • Shame tied to their identity, especially if they’ve survived homophobia, transphobia, or religious trauma

  • Grief for their younger selves, for what they went through without support

  • A deep longing to find people who truly get it

And through all of this, a quiet question:
“Is it always going to feel this hard just to be who I am?”

What’s at Stake—And What’s Possible

When we don’t have the space to heal, those old stories keep running the show.
They shape your nervous system, your relationships, your sense of safety in the world.

Without support, the loneliness can deepen. The shame can grow.
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.

Healing is possible.

  • You can feel less alone in your experience.

  • You can reconnect to your body and begin to feel safe in it.

  • You can feel proud of who you are, instead of afraid to take up space.

You are not broken, you’re not too much, and you do not have to go through this alone.

The Truth: You Are Not Broken—The System Is

The shame, the anxiety, the self-doubt—they didn’t come out of nowhere.
They were most likely taught to you.

Maybe it was in your family, where love felt conditional the moment you came out.
Maybe it was experiences of religious trauma, or emotional violence tied to your identity.
Maybe it was the way teachers or peers made you feel small—or invisible.
Maybe it was the weight of systemic oppression or violence tied to your identity that told you: you don’t belong.

But those experiences are not a reflection of who you are.
They are a reflection of what you’ve survived.

What Healing Can Feel Like

Clients often tell me they feel lighter.
 Not because the pain didn’t matter—but because it finally had a place to go.

They describe:

  • A deeper sense of self-acceptance and internal calm

  • Feeling more connected to community and to themselves

  • Less shame, less fear, less hiding

  • More softness. More clarity. More room to breathe.

Most of all, they begin to believe that they’re not “too much.”

They’re not “wrong.”

They’re exactly who they’re supposed to be.

How LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy Can Help

In our work together, we’ll begin by undoing the aloneness.
Before we process trauma, we build safety—relational safety, body-based safety, identity-affirming safety.

As a queer therapist, I don’t just bring clinical training, I bring lived experience.

Clients often tell me that knowing I’m part of the community makes it easier to open up, to explore what’s been painful, and to finally feel seen.

Through approaches like EMDR, parts work, and AEDP, we can:

  • Process the trauma and grief tied to your identity

  • Rebuild safety in your nervous system and in your body

  • Unlearn shame-based narratives that were never yours to begin with

  • Reconnect to younger parts of yourself with compassion, not judgment

  • Imagine and move toward a life where you don’t have to shrink who you are

And we’ll do all of this in a space that honors all of who you are—including how your gender, sexuality, race, class, and culture intersect.

Why Work With Me

I’ve spent years specializing in trauma therapy for the queer community—because I believe you deserve therapy that truly gets it.

I’m trained in modalities like EMDR, AEDP, and parts work, and I use them through an anti-oppressive, intersectional lens.

I don’t believe in “neutral” therapy. I believe in care that is explicitly affirming, emotionally attuned, and identity-conscious.

I bring my experience as a queer person into the work—not to make it about me, but to let you know: your lived experience doesn’t need justification and your identity is already respected. You’re seen here.

You Belong Here

Even if you’re not sure what you need yet.
Even if you’ve struggled to find support in the past.

You deserve support, you deserve space, and you deserve healing.

Reach out today to schedule a free consultation. I’d be honored to walk with you.