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LGBTQIA+

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy for Adults

Being queer, trans, non-binary, ace, or anywhere on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum can be joyful, expansive, messy, complex, and exhausting. You might be navigating identity, family, community, relationships, trauma, neurodivergence, or just the daily mental gymnastics of living in a world that doesn’t always make space for you.

And maybe you’re tired of having to explain what being queer means or feeling like you have to censor parts of yourself in therapy.

My style is collaborative and relaxed. I use evidence-based approaches filtered through a queer, feminist, and neurodiversity-affirming lens. That means we’ll focus on what actually helps, not what’s “supposed to” help.

Here, you don’t have to justify your identity, explain your pronouns, or make your relationships legible to someone else. You get to show up as your full self: shifting, contradictory, evolving, uncertain, loud, quiet, grieving, celebrating.

Therapy is your space. Not your performance.

What LGBTQIA+ Clients Bring to Therapy

While everyone’s story is unique, some common themes I support clients with include:

Mental health & identity

  • Anxiety or depression rooted in minority stress

  • OCD, perfectionism, or shame-driven patterns

  • Body image concerns or eating disorders (especially in queer and trans contexts)

  • Navigating neurodivergence (e.g., autism or ADHD) alongside queer identity

Gender & sexuality exploration

  • Questioning or clarifying your gender or sexual identity

  • Navigating transition (social, medical, emotional)

  • Working through internalised homophobia, transphobia, or shame

  • Reclaiming joy and pride in your identity

Relationships & connection

  • Navigating queer dating, intimacy, or poly/kink relationships

  • Family rejection, estrangement, or strained dynamics

  • Building or rebuilding community and chosen family

  • Wanting deeper, more meaningful connections in life

Trauma & stress

  • Healing from religious, cultural, or systemic trauma

  • Unpacking harmful therapy or medical experiences

  • Coping with everyday microaggressions and the emotional labour of advocacy

  • Creating safety and resilience when the world doesn’t feel safe

 FAQs

  • Not at all. Some clients are still exploring their identity privately, and therapy can be a place to do that at your own pace.

  • Yes! I work affirmatively with clients in polyamorous, open, queerplatonic, and/or kink dynamics.

  • Yes. I offer trans-affirming therapy and work with people across all stages of gender exploration, transition, or no transition at all.

  • Absolutely. We can focus on whatever’s showing up — whether that’s work burnout, relationships, anxiety, grief, or just needing space to think aloud.

  • Yes, I have a strong interest in neurodivergent mental health and welcome clients with overlapping experiences of queerness, gender diversity, and neurodivergence.

Say Hello

Got questions, doubts, or a million tabs open? You’re welcome to get in touch.