Are you looking for a kind, funny, and experienced LGBTQIA+ therapist who is also a member of the community?
If you are Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Pansexual, Asexual, Demisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Genderqueer, Gender Nonconforming, Bigender, Agender, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, or Intersex, and you need a safe space to explore who you are: you do not have to look any further.
My name is Will, and I am a Gay Psychotherapist. I am here to help you explore your options.
I am the therapist who not only supports our community, but I am one of us. I offer the following services:
Individual Psychotherapy – LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy provided in one-to-one sessions where you are accepted as you are. You are safe to explore all areas of your life with a fellow traveler on your journey.
Couples Counseling – Counseling for same sex/same gender couples, couples of diverse gender identities, and mixed orientation relationships. Relationships take all forms including gay male with trans female, trans male with lesbian, trans male with gay male, straight male with bi-female, and the combinations go on and on. There is no one right type of couple. They are all honored.
Gender Affirming Therapy –You have the right to define and describe your gender. Your gender will not be assessed. You will be provided with the opportunity to explore your gender. Your gender will be affirmed, and you will be empowered to claim your space.
Hormone and Surgery Assessments – Referral letters for gender affirming hormone therapy and surgical assessments for Transgender and Non-Binary clients are provided utilizing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care. Both Minnesota and Florida have different laws for access to trans-affirming health care, legally changing your name, or designating your sex marker on state-issued identification and drivers licenses.
Polyamorous Counseling – Counseling to create a successful polyamorous relationship based on the principles of honesty, open communication, and respect. Counseling is provided by a polyamorous-friendly therapist.
Open Relationships – Counseling for couples in open relationships to enhance the intimate, sexual, sensual, and often emotional connections. We will address the “what if” questions including fear, insecurity, doubt, and jealousy.
Consensual Non-monogamous Counseling – Counseling for Consensual non-monogamous relationships where all partners agree that having romantic and/or sexual relationships with other people is acceptable.
Counseling for those in Adult Entertainment – Stigma-free counseling and mental health support for individuals who are adult entertainers or those involved in various aspects sex work and seek a non-judgmental therapist. It is your lif: you do not need to be rescued by your therapist.
BDSM Kink Aware Counseling – Most psychotherapist still view BDSM and Kink from a position of psychopathology. In Kink-Affirming therapy we are not looking to change you or fix you. We are looking to dispel feelings of shame and guilt while looking to integrate Kink and BDSM safely into your life.
Are you experiencing Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Stress, Anger, Isolation, Poor Self Image leading you to feel flawed and unlovable?
Most LGBTQIA+ individuals experience emotional wounds related to our families, faiths, culture, society, workplace, not being accepting of our true identities. Many of us are exposed to overwhelming toxic shame at a very young age when our gay, lesbian, transgender, or non-binary expressions were not tolerated: leaving us unprepared to cope and develop normally resulting in emotional wound of toxic shame. These wounds cause anxiety, depression, sadness, anger, and a lasting feeling of worthlessness that haunts us our entire lives and surfaces in our relationships with others. It is much deeper than a poor self-image. It is a deeply held belief that we are somehow unacceptable, unlovable, and flawed as people simply because we are not heterosexual.
These deeply held beliefs prevent us from developing into emotional healthy adults. Instead, we get stuck in an unresolved stages of identity development. We work at presenting to the world a self that is designed to pass unnoticed. We design a core identity to present to the world and we bury our shame.
Even though we may develop successful careers and enter relationships, we still suffer from a variety of addictions, bouts of depression, anxiety, sadness, and a general feeling of being worthless. We cope by overachieving or pretending to be that which we are not.
We do not have to accept those feelings and we can learn to manage them and move pass them and discover a much healthier way to love.
Are you exploring coming out of the closet, transitioning, or expressing your non-binary self?
The stress of remaining closeted at work, with family, in a repressive faith, or an extremely conservative community is real, and it creates lasting trauma. When coming out, we all must learn how to deal with discrimination, prejudice, and sometimes the threat of violence, possibly from those we love, or even random acts of violence targeted at our community. In coming out we face our own internalized homophobia and transphobia and become free to live as our authentic self. Freedom from lies brings its own peace that is immeasurable.
Working with these issues, it is imperative that you have a competent, skilled therapist who understands how these issues lead to suffering and may compound mental illness. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, my goal is to provide space for you to explore your trauma and heal.
