LGBTQ Issues

However you are navigating issues around your sexuality, I am here to hold safe non-judgmental space for exploration.

I work primarily with queer and trans folks, and am myself a queer and trans.

I enjoy working with people of all genders in understanding their gender experience. Gender is beautiful and complex and as we learn to move with integrity with our multiplicities we create a more liberated world. We live in a culture steeped in discourse that violently erases the trans experience. My bias is that there are many ways to be trans. Together we can move with your gender experience and highlight the gifts you carry.

As a member of the LGBTQ community, I have lived experience in navigating the both the joys and the baggage that being queer comes with in the current climate. I recognize that as queer people, we are disproportionately affected by mental health issues due to our all-too-common experiences with homophobia, transphobia, structural barriers, etc. I have spent many years working with other queer folks and queer youth to help guide their journey in finding out what feels good and right for them.

Embracing your LGBTQ journey, as a therapist I help create acceptance through narrative therapy. With attachment therapy, we cultivate a supportive environment, fostering self-love and understanding. Introducing expressive arts, we channel emotions into a vibrant palette, exploring identity and healing. Together, we reshape your narrative, celebrating the unique colors of your authentic self, coloring your world with empowerment and pride.

As both a personal and a professional passion, I have focused my career on working with and advocating for LGBTQIA+ communities. I integrate my lived experience, training and clinical experience, and anti-oppressive lens to provide affirming care that seeks to understand and celebrate your identities.

I have been involved with the LGBTQ+ community since 1987. I began working with kids of LGBTQ parents when my own father came out and I co-founded COLAGE in 1990. I am EFT trained and work with LGBTQ couples and individuals.

I affirm all LGBTQ+ identities, providing a safe, inclusive, and validating environment where individuals can come into their identity and grow. I work with clients around identity development, coming out, relational struggles, and societal barriers using a strengths-oriented perspective. At the core of my practice is empowerment, which helps individuals to live authentically while attending to mental health concerns, oppression, and personal struggles.

With a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community, Meghan offers a safe, affirming space for clients to explore their identities and experiences. Utilizing evidence-based practices like CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), she empowers clients to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and achieve emotional well-being. Committed to inclusivity and support, Meghan is here to guide you on your journey toward self-acceptance and fulfillment.

I prioritize maintaining an affirming and non-judgemental atmosphere to help clients explore and express their identities on their terms.

As a member of queer community myself, I know how important it is to find a therapist who'll welcome and recognize all the parts of you. My interests include questioning gender and/or sexual identity, exploring new facets of one's relationship to sex, asexuality, navigating non-traditional relationship structures (e.g. polyamory, Dominant/submissive, etc.), kink/BDSM, sex work, couples grappling with differences in desire, the impact of sexual trauma, and coping with isolation/lack of support.

As a queer person in a straight-passing relationship, I recognize the privilege I bring to the therapy room. I work to continuously develop my knowledge base about both queer issues as well expansive relationships by engaging in continuing education, consultation, & clinical work. I see a large number of LGBTQ folx and and strive to use my privileges to fight against oppressive sociopolitical dynamics.

I identify as a gay, cis male. This allows me to provide compassion and awareness of LGBT/Queer issues in the counseling session and the counseling experience as a whole.

As a member of this community (as with the other communities I serve) I have lived experience of the microaggressions and struggles faced by the LGBTQIA+ or SAGA community when attempting to access mental health care. I provide a sex positive and affirming space to explore all aspects of sexuality, gender, and relationship, but also understand the ways in which simply belonging to this community impacts other aspects of a person's life.

As a queer person myself, I totally get how wild this journey can be. I help fellow LGBTQIA+ folks navigate all the messiness with a lot of heart and real talk. We’re ditching the BS, owning our identities, and building a life that feels real and unapologetically us.

I've spent the last 10+ years working in LGBTQIAP+ education and advocacy. Over my four years of clinical practice, I have worked with LGBTQIAP+ across various intersections, especially with regards to disordered eating, chronic illness, being latinx in our community, and neurodivergent-affirming support

When I opened my private practice it was with the explicit intention to treat LGBTQIA+ clients of all ages. I am comfortable supporting clients therapeutically and practically through the gender transition including the family work that is often necessary with transgender youth. I am also aware of the cissexism and heterosexism built into the field of psychology and make every effort to keep them out of the therapy room.

LGBTQ+ issues are ones which are close to my heart as I am a gay-identified man. I use a combination of therapeutic approaches with the goal of helping you develop into the LGBTQ+ person you want to be. LGBTQ+ people share many unique experiences (e.g., stigma, rejection, alienation) due to their sexual orientation and gender identity. The symptoms that result from those experience are often more accurately understood by a psychologist who has shared in those experiences.

In my psychotherapy practice, I provide specialized services to the LGBTQ+ community, offering a safe and affirming space for individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities. My approach is focused on addressing the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, relationship issues, coming out, and living with HIV. I offer one-on-one, couples, or family counseling, with an emphasis on privacy and personal time with the therapist.

As a queer woman, working with LGBTQ+ folks is near and dear to my heart. I know firsthand how difficult it can be to find an accepting, supportive therapist, especially if you live in a more rural area. If you are queer, trans/nonbinary, ace, or questioning your sexuality or gender identity, you will find a warm, accepting space with me.