
The mental health professionals listed below specialize in treating the mental health concerns of members of the LGBTQIA+ community with sensitivity and understanding. LGBTQIA+ people experience various mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, at a higher rate than those who aren’t part of the community.

My passion for mental health stems from my recovery story. I fell in love with the people and organizations that helped me. And, when I starting helping others on the path of personal growth, I knew what I was put on this planet to do. So, I got out of the job I hated to pursue a Master's Degree in Social Work at USC. My approach to psychotherapy focuses on learning about the journey my clients...

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Do you find yourself longing for a deeper connection with yourself and others? You want close relationships and yet these very relationships become a source of pain? Many people find their way to therapy feeling lost, confused, and alone. For me, a most valuable aspect of therapy is connecting with a caring other and being able to undo the loneliness that one feels in their experience. Feeling...

Amanda Marie Velez
Louisville
Kentucky
My passion is helping individuals on their journey toward healing. I serve individuals, couples and families, and am trained to incorporate the influence of broader environmental factors within my evidence-based and individualized practice. I take a humanistic approach with everyone I work with and strive to care for the whole person in addition to what may bring someone to treatment. I utilize...

Rachel Rogers
Albuquerque
New Mexico
There's a beautiful passage by Jacquelyn Small that sums up the way I view and practice therapy: "When therapeutic relating occurs, both parties have dissolved the boundary between the one needing help and the other offering it; they are simply two beings bouncing off each other in truth; We all just need clear people to bounce off of so we can see our own light." I strongly believe that we're ...

Michelle Pfeifer
Omaha
Nebraska
When something interrupts you from having a satisfying quality of life, therapy can be an illuminating and powerful way to uncover what is happening and create new pathways for a different experience. Depression, anxiety, personality issues, trauma and life events such as loss, divorce and illness can greatly impact your day to day experience of living. Together we will gain an understanding of...

Transform adversity into opportunity! We all face challenges, change, distress, and loss in our lives and in our relationships. How we cope with these circumstances can inspire us to grow, to feel an increased sense of happiness, hopefulness, and calmness, thereby living a more complete life. I truly believe we can heal from difficult circumstances and turn the adversity we face into opportunit...

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in individual, couple, and family therapy for adolescents and adults. I completed my undergraduate work at the University of Utah with a double major in Consumer and Community Studies and Sociology. I attended graduate school at Arizona State University receiving my masters degree in Social Work. I am trained in several different therapy...

Steven Gordon
Brooklyn
New York
My approach is a supportive, interactive one that aims to help people better understand their thoughts, feelings, and relationships. Ultimately my goal is to establish a collaborative dialogue that offers a safe place to examine current challenges alongside past formative experiences. We will discuss how to best implement positive, productive changes while comfortably shifting perspective to...

As a clinician, I enjoy working with clients to help them live fuller, more meaningful lives. With a client-centered, strength-based approach, I tailor my interventions to each individual client. I use a variety of therapeutic modalities including, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic, Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy for the treatment ...

Samuel Khanukayev
San Francisco
California
Asking for help is a vulnerable and courageous act, especially when despair and anxiety consume one's world and force being into isolation. It would be an honor for me to answer your call. To see and hear you. Hold the unbearable with you. And help you discover and embody your stronger, freer and vital self. My approach to psychotherapy is primarily depth oriented and I utilize psychodynamic,...

Jessica Lister
San Diego
California
Stress manifests in our system in a variety of ways and impacts our ability to experience joy, satisfaction, and clarity. My holistic practice offers a calm and supportive space to express and process a full range of human emotion. Worry, sadness, loneliness, loss of energy, and sleep concerns are often linked to feelings of disconnection from ourself and others. My goal is to work alongside yo...

Meredith Reed
Richmond
Virginia
Meredith is a LPC. Meredith graduated from James Madison University as a "double duke," receiving her Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology and her MA, Ed.S in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Meredith has extensive history working with children, adults and families dealing with depression, anxiety, crises, life challenges and trauma. Meredith is a Strengths-Based counselor, utilizing Cognitive...

Our children and ourselves are facing stressors our parents never even heard of. The negative results of this stress can be anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, relationship challenges, behavioral problems, stress that becomes chronic, and even medical issues. As a licensed mental health counselor, a mindfulness practitioner and a mother, I have developed a particular interest in teaching...

I specialize in anxiety, depression, grief, and co-occurring disorders, sex addiction, substance abuse, gambling addiction, relapse prevention and trauma. I take clients from ages 12 to 90, both male and female. I specialize in Comprehensive Resource Modeling for trauma, grief, and inner child work; and all forms of relapse prevention and recovery. I am certified in sexual addiction, drug and...