LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
A therapist who already gets it — so you don't have to explain yourself first.
Maybe being queer is front and center right now — you're coming out, navigating family, figuring out who you are. Or maybe being queer is just part of who you are, and what you actually need help with is your anxiety, your depression, your relationships, your ADHD.
Either way, you deserve a therapist who understands your life without you having to spend half the session bringing them up to speed.
This Might Be You
You're gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer, asexual, aromantic, questioning, polyamorous — or still finding the words that fit. You might be a child just beginning to notice you're different, a teen navigating a world that wasn't built with you in mind, a young adult figuring out who you are outside of your family of origin, or an adult who has been out for years and just needs a therapist who doesn't make your queerness weird.
Maybe you grew up in a religious household where your identity felt like a secret. Maybe your family loves you but says the wrong things. Maybe you're out everywhere except the one place that matters most. Maybe being queer is the most important thing on your mind right now — or maybe it's just the background, and what's actually hard is your job, your relationship, your anxiety, your loneliness.
Maybe you're bisexual and exhausted by people questioning whether that's real. Maybe you're in a polyamorous relationship and tired of therapists who treat that as the problem. Maybe you're queer and neurodivergent and feel like you've never found a space that fully gets both.
You don't have to have it figured out to show up here.
What We Work On Together
For some clients, LGBTQ+ identity is the center of our work. For others, it's the context. Both are completely valid — and both are welcome here.
Coming out at any age — Coming out is not a single moment. It happens over and over, in different relationships and different settings, sometimes across a lifetime. We work on whatever stage you're in.
Internalized homophobia, biphobia, and shame — The messages we absorb about who we're supposed to be don't disappear on their own. We work on untangling those — carefully and without judgment.
Family and relationship navigation — The complicated work of maintaining, repairing, or sometimes letting go of relationships with people who don't fully understand or accept you.
Relationship structure and polyamory — Working through the real challenges of polyamorous and consensually non-monogamous relationships — communication, jealousy, boundaries, grief — without pathologizing.
Anxiety and depression — Evidence-based treatment for anxiety, OCD, depression, and emotional dysregulation, delivered by someone who already understands your life.
Trauma — Identity-based harm, religious trauma, family rejection, bullying, and other experiences that leave a mark. Addressed directly, carefully, and at your pace.
Neurodivergence — If you're queer and autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent, I understand how those identities interact — the masking, the late diagnoses, the particular exhaustion of navigating both.
The current moment — The weight of being LGBTQ+ right now is real. Your safety, your community, your grief, and your resilience are all fair game here.
What "Affirming" Actually Means Here
"Affirming" has become a word that a lot of therapists use without it meaning very much. And honestly, affirming care alone isn't enough.
Affirming your identity is the starting point — not the whole treatment. It means you won't have to defend who you are, explain your relationship structure, or worry that your therapist has an agenda for where you should land. Your identity is already understood and already respected. That's the foundation.
But a foundation isn't a house. Many LGBTQ+ individuals have had therapy that felt validating in the room but didn't actually help them feel better, function better, or get unstuck. That's not the goal here.
The goal is therapy that takes your identity seriously and takes your mental health seriously — at the same time. Where being queer, trans, polyamorous, or neurodivergent is already built into how I understand you, so we can spend our time actually working on what you came for.
This practice does not provide conversion therapy or any approach that treats LGBTQ+ identity as something to be changed or suppressed — for clients of any age.
About My Approach
I am a licensed psychologist with advanced training in trauma, neurodevelopment, and gender-diverse care — and a deep understanding of LGBTQ+ experience across the lifespan. My work is affirming as a foundation, and clinically substantive as the goal.
I don't have an agenda for who you should be or how your life should look. My job is to help you feel more like yourself, more grounded, and more able to live the life you actually want.
Sessions are available in person in Southington, CT and via telehealth in 44 US states and territories.