LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy in Connecticut

Do You Long for a Space Where You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself?

Are you tired of wondering if your therapist “gets it” when you talk about your gender or sexuality?

Have you learned to scan the room (or the people in it) for safety before being your full self?

Are you holding grief or rage from family rejection, religious trauma, or the fear of losing gender-affirming care?

If you’ve ever felt like you had to shrink parts of yourself just to stay safe, or like you’re constantly translating your experience for others, you’re not alone. For many LGBTQIA+ adults, therapy only works when it’s grounded in real safety and understanding—when you don’t have to start by educating your therapist.

That’s where affirming therapy comes in. I offer a space where your full identity is not just accepted, but deeply respected and centered. Coming out can feel like standing on a ledge. Queer trauma can live in the body long after the moment has passed. Sometimes, you just want a place where you don’t have to brace yourself before speaking. You deserve a therapist who meets you there with patience, care, and a commitment to truly honoring your story.

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Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
12pm-7pm

Location
Virtual Sessions in Connecticut

You Deserve to Be Fully Seen—Just As You Are

If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re “too sensitive,” “too much,” or “not enough,” you’re not the only person carrying this.

LGBTQIA+ adults often carry a weight that’s invisible to others. This may look like the fear of rejection, the tension of code-switching in unsafe spaces, or the pain of erasing parts of yourself to survive. Maybe you’ve had to navigate homophobia or transphobia in your family, workplace, or even within your own inner dialogue.

These experiences aren’t evidence of something wrong with you. They’re signs that you’ve been trying to stay safe in a world that hasn’t always felt safe.

Therapy with an affirming, queer therapist can help you unlearn shame, reconnect with your full self, and move through the world with more freedom. Whether you’re grieving a parent who won't use your name, trying to feel safe in your body again, or just tired of explaining your pronouns at work… you deserve a space that’s just for you.

You don’t have to carry it all on your own. Healing is possible. Safety is possible.

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy: A Space to be Fully You

You don’t need a diagnosis to benefit from therapy. For many LGBTQIA+ adults, therapy is a place to unlearn shame, explore identity, and heal—without having to explain yourself.

Too often, queer and trans folks show up in therapy and end up doing the emotional labor of educating their therapist. Others leave feeling judged, invisible, or misunderstood. Affirming therapy is different. Your identity isn’t a problem to be solved, but a meaningful, valuable part of your story. Here, your truth isn’t just acknowledged. It’s foundational. You deserve care that not only sees your queerness, but understands how it shapes your story, your strength, and your need for safety.

Therapy offers more than symptom relief. It can become a space where your truth is reflected back to you with compassion and clarity. It’s a chance to reclaim the parts of yourself that have been silenced, dismissed, or buried to survive.

What We Might Explore

Identity & Expression
Support around gender, sexuality, or relationship structures, without pathologizing. Together we can clarify what feels true for you and move at your own pace.

Unlearning Shame
Let’s challenge harmful messages from family, culture, or religion and reconnect with your sense of worth.

Religious Trauma & Family Estrangement
If you've felt rejected or displaced, therapy can offer space to grieve, make meaning, and redefine belonging on your own terms.

Living in Queer & Trans Bodies
Build confidence, navigate dysphoria, or make gender-affirming care decisions in a space where your body and identity are respected.

Coping in a Non-Affirming World
Together we can address anxiety, hypervigilance, or burnout from navigating systems not built for you. We can then rediscover joy and resilience.

Healing from Trauma
Using trauma-informed tools like Brainspotting, we’ll help your body release what it’s been carrying gently and without retraumatizing.

Reclaiming Joy & Connection
This space is also for building pleasure, confidence, creativity, and queer joy. Therapy can help you grow into the life you want, not just recover from the one that hurt.

You Deserve a Future That Feels Like You

This work isn’t just about healing the past. It’s about expanding into the version of yourself you’ve always known was possible. You don’t have to shrink to be safe or quiet your truth to be accepted. Here, you get to be fully you.

Affirming therapy offers a chance to come home to yourself with less fear, more self-trust, and deeper connection. You’re not broken, and you shouldn’t have to prove your worth. You're a person worthy of tenderness, care, and joy.

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Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
12pm-7pm

Location
Virtual Sessions in Connecticut

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy: What to Expect

My approach is grounded in respect, curiosity, and a deep commitment to honoring your full identity. Therapy is without judgment, assumptions, or expectations for you to teach me.

Here’s what our work together might look like:

A Welcoming, Nonjudgmental Space
From the very beginning, your session is your space. You don’t have to explain your pronouns, your relationships, or the language you use to describe yourself. There’s no pressure to “make sense” or conform to any outside expectations. Therapy here is about meeting you where you are and creating safety through authenticity, not performance.

Exploration at Your Pace
You may be beginning to question aspects of your identity, or you've known who you are for a long time. Our sessions will unfold at a pace that feels right to you. You’re in control of how deep we go, when we go there, and what you’re ready to hold. We can explore anything from internalized shame and coming out experiences to burnout, religious trauma, and queer joy. There is no “right way” to do this work.

Affirming and Intersectional Care
I don’t view your gender or sexuality in isolation. I hold space for how these aspects of your identity interact with other lived experiences like race, ability, class background, neurodivergence, culture, or faith. Intersectional care means honoring the full, nuanced truth of who you are and how you’ve learned to survive.

Specialized Tools for Healing
When words aren’t enough or feel too overwhelming, I use trauma-informed approaches like Brainspotting to help you process experiences that are stored in the body. You don’t have to recount every detail of what you’ve lived through to find relief. Together, we’ll create a path toward healing that honors your nervous system, your pace, and your needs.

Therapy can be a place where you are not only seen, but deeply understood. It’s not about “fixing” who you are. It’s about supporting your healing, your expression, and your ability to thrive as your full self.

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes! I’m queer, and I bring both professional training and lived experience to this work. I hold a degree in Women and Gender Studies, where I studied the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, culture, and systemic power. During my clinical training, I focused on gender-affirming healthcare and worked with clients navigating gender transitioning, identity exploration, and coming out. I know how powerful it can be to sit with someone who gets it, and I aim to offer that space for you.

  • Not at all. You don’t need to be out to your family, friends, or even to yourself yet. Therapy is a safe place to explore your identity at your own pace. You’ll never be pressured to label yourself or share more than you’re ready for.

  • Absolutely. You’re a whole person with more to your story than your identity. Whether you want to process anxiety, relationship struggles, or career stress, we’ll explore whatever matters most to you, with an understanding of how your identity may shape those experiences.

  • That is unfortunately all too common and deeply valid. My approach is grounded in safety, collaboration, and consent. You set the pace. If something doesn’t feel right, we’ll talk about it. This space is yours.

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