LGBTQ Issues

I am an ally and I especially enjoy working with and supporting LGBTQIA+ clients. I have a heart for individuals who are navigating the path of identity and finding their true self. I love when people feel the peace that comes with living authentically in a world that wants us to conform.

As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, I understand the unique challenges and experiences that come with navigating sexuality and gender identify. I offer a safe accepting and non-judgmental space for clients to explore their thoughts feelings and experiences. Dating, hook ups, relationships, to building friendships and aging in a community that prioritizes youth.

I have a great deal of training and experience in unpacking and exploring different aspects of gender identity and sexual orientation. I have worked with clients at many different stages in their journey and have supported them from wherever they are, guiding them to wherever they want to go. I am well-versed with medical intervention treatment options regarding gender identity and have access to a wealth of resources supporting the LGBTQ+ community in different ways.

As a gay man, I bring expertise and lived experience and I've cultivated nuanced insights into the complexities of gender and sexual diversity, offering guidance, education, and therapeutic support to my clients. My commitment lies in amplifying marginalized voices, promoting acceptance, and championing rights for all individuals to have access and to experience healing towards their best selves.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I am well equipped to help you navigate through the unique challenges that effect our community. I have been helping members of our community navigate through those challenges,using a Narrative approach, for many years and I would love to help you too.

I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community myself and hope to hold and create space in which clients can engage safely with concerns and experiences they have around their sexuality. I try not to make any assumptions about what being LGBTQ+ might mean to a client and work with them from their own understandings of their identities and experiences.

Working with LGBTQIA+ relationships, identities, transitions and queer explorations requires the ability to listen deeply, not only to the experiences and narratives of the clients in my office, but the experiences, struggles and stories of survival and thriving that are common to those who live beyond the margins of heteronormativity. I have been working with queer communities and issues since the 1980's. You will never have to educate me not will you have to hide who you are in my practice.

As a member of the LGBTQIA2+ community, and a board member with my local PRIDE organization, I am very connected and aware of LGBTQIA2+ marginalization and problems that stem from this. I work to provide affirming and safe care in all my groups and sessions and work to train my providers to do the same. We provide write 1x letters for surgery or hormones and offer ongoing care as well.

Whether you are navigating the coming out process, desiring to find community, or wanting to expand your understanding of the nuances of diverse relationships and experiences, I provide an affirming space to be completely yourself.

I have been working with LGBTQIA+ clients since the beginning of my Master’s program. Lived experience is also relevant to my clinical work. Providing drop-in services at the local LGBTQ+ Center, inclusive therapy in community mental health, leading LGBTQIA+ specific group therapy within hospitals, training other professionals, and continuing at the outpatient level has given me the experience needed to work with you. Letters for gender affirming medical care can be provided within one session.

As part of the LGTBTQIA+ community I respond to this population with compassion and experience. Affirmative therapy is an approach to therapy that embraces a positive view of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) identities and relationships and addresses the negative influences that homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism have on the lives of LGBTQIA+ clients

As a gay man, I take pride in working with the LGBTQ+ community and providing care that affirms both gender and sexuality. I have helped clients navigate the challenges of coming out, becoming their most authentic selves, and building relationships that reflect their values and prioritize their needs. I have also worked with clients who struggle with sex, intimacy, esteem, and self-worth in a world that so often treats our community like a burden instead of the treasure it is.

Using integrative, feminist, and systemic approaches we can work together to explore issues related to sexual orientation and identity.

I am passionate about working with others in the LGBTQ+ community and have experience working with queer, trans, and nonbinary clients, including individuals, couples, and teens

I have had experience working with LGBTQ issues since 2011 when I began my training at the LGBT Center of Long Beach. I continued to expand my experience and competence over the years in private practice. My training at the Sexual Health Alliance also addressed sexuality and gender identity exploration and concerns.

I have been working with LGBTQIA+ clients since the beginning of my Master’s program. Lived experience is also relevant to my clinical work. Providing drop-in services at the local LGBTQ+ Center, inclusive therapy in community mental health, leading LGBTQIA+ specific group therapy within hospitals, training other professionals, and continuing at the outpatient level has given me the experience needed to work with you.