LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Care
We welcome and celebrate the diverse and expansive nature of gender and sexuality in the spectrum of being human. Affirmative therapy is lens for approaching gender, sexual and romantic diversity as an inherent part of the vibrant diversity of being human. Identity can be explored, and expressed, while addressing relational and interpsychic concerns that may or may not be related to one’s identity and expression.
Using an affirmative lens, our therapists can assist you, your partner and your family in adjusting to a new way of experiencing, perceiving and relating to one another when a family member comes out. Generational, cultural, or value based differences can be addressed to support family adjustment and health while developing active coping skills in dealing with the stressors that can be part of the adjustment process.
We welcome and celebrate the diverse and expansive nature of gender and sexuality in the spectrum of being human. Affirmative therapy is lens for approaching gender, sexual and romantic diversity as an inherent part of the vibrant diversity of being human. Identity can be explored, and expressed, while addressing relational and interpsychic concerns that may or may not be related to one’s identity and expression.
Using an affirmative lens, our therapists can assist you, your partner and your family in adjusting to a new way of experiencing, perceiving and relating to one another when a family member comes out. Generational, cultural, or value based differences can be addressed to support family adjustment and health while developing active coping skills in dealing with the stressors that can be part of the adjustment process.
Common concerns addressed in psychotherapy for LGBTQIA+ Folks
- Identity and relationships
- Sexuality and Gender identity Exploration
- Coping with Microaggressions
- Resiliency in a Heteronormative/Cisnormative World
- Family rejection or religious trauma
- Grief and Loss
- Navigating gatekeeping and access to care
- Mental health concerns adjacent to minority stress
- Co-existing mental health concerns/symptoms: depression, substance use, anxiety
Common Concerns addressed in psychotherapy for family, friends, allies of LGBTQIA+ Folks
- Supporting my loved one
- Fear and Uncertainty in the face of change
- Resourcing and Resiliency
- De-constructing internalized norms and bias
- Life changes and adjustment
- Co-parenting and Parenting Differences
- Co-existing mental health concerns/symptoms: depression, substance use, anxiety