Therapy for Transgender, Nonbinary & Gender-Diverse Individuals
You deserve a therapist who actually gets it.
Maybe you're just beginning to explore your gender. Maybe you've known for years exactly who you are. Maybe right now, being transgender feels like the most complicated, scary, or exhausting thing in the world — or maybe it feels like coming home. Maybe it's all of that at once.
Wherever you are, you don't have to explain yourself from scratch. This is a space where your gender identity is not a problem to be solved — it's part of who you are.
This Might Be You
You're a young person — or an adult — who is transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, gender-fluid, gender-creative, or still figuring out what words fit. You may be navigating:
A world that doesn't always feel safe right now
Family members who are trying, but don't fully understand
The emotional weight of dysphoria
The complexity of not fitting neatly into categories others expect
Anxiety, depression, or trauma that's tangled up with your gender experience
A neurodivergent mind that processes identity, belonging, and social expectations differently
The joy and relief of finally being seen — and the grief of time it took to get here
You don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy. And you don't have to have everything figured out first.
What We Work On Together
Therapy looks different for every person. For transgender and gender-diverse clients, our work might include:
Identity exploration and affirmation — Making space to explore gender without pressure, timelines, or expectations. This is your process, at your pace.
Gender dysphoria — Understanding and navigating the distress that can come when your body, name, pronouns, or social role don't match who you are.
Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm — Because these don't exist separately from your gender experience. We work on all of it together.
Trauma — Many trans and gender-diverse people carry the effects of rejection, invalidation, or harm. We address that directly, carefully, and at your pace.
Neurodivergence — Transgender and gender-diverse people are more likely to be autistic or have ADHD. If that's you, I understand how identity, masking, and sensory experience interact in ways most therapists miss.
The current moment — It is genuinely hard to be transgender right now. We can talk about what that means for you — your safety, your rights, your community, your hope.
Family and relationships — Navigating parents, partners, friends, and colleagues who may be at different places in understanding your identity.
Gender Affirming Care Letters
If you need a letter supporting access to gender affirming medical care — including hormones or surgery — I provide comprehensive, timely evaluations and letters.
A Note for Parents
If you're a parent reading this page, looking for support for your child — I see you too. Parenting a transgender or gender-diverse child brings its own complexity, fear, love, and uncertainty. I work with parents directly, and I work with families as a whole.
About My Approach
I am a licensed psychologist with advanced training in gender-diverse care, trauma, and neurodevelopment. My approach is affirming, evidence-based, and grounded in respect for your autonomy and complexity.
I don't have an agenda for who you should be or where your gender journey should go. My job is to help you feel safer, more grounded, and more able to live as yourself — whatever that looks like for you.
Sessions are available in person in Southington, CT and via telehealth in 44 US states and territories.