Maybe you’re part of the LGBTQIA+ community, questioning, exploring your identity, or looking for a therapist who understands.
We can talk openly about gender, sexuality, relationships and identity when they’re relevant to you; and leave them in the background when they’re not.
You might be looking for a therapist who understands that your identity can shape your experiences without assuming that it explains everything about you.
You may be navigating coming out, dealing with difficult family dynamics, or carrying messages you’ve heard over the years about who you are or who you’re supposed to be.
Therapy can help you work through:
- Shame and self-criticism
- Anxiety and minority stress
- Questioning or exploring your identity
- Coming out, or deciding whether you want to
- Rejection or fear of rejection
- Difficult family dynamics
- Feeling different, misunderstood, or like you don't fully belong
- Dating, intimacy and relationships
- The impact of discrimination or stigma
- Trauma related to rejection or past experiences
- Building greater self-acceptance
LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy starts from a place of acceptance.
Growing up around certain expectations about gender, sexuality or relationships can leave you carrying shame, self-doubt, or beliefs about yourself that are hard to shake. Rejection, discrimination and feeling like you have to hide parts of yourself can affect how you see yourself and how safe you feel with other people.
Therapy can be a place to unpack some of those experiences and understand what you want to hold onto; and what you no longer want to carry.
Sometimes that means exploring your identity without rushing to define it. Sometimes it's working through shame or past experiences. Sometimes it's figuring out boundaries with family, navigating a relationship, or becoming more comfortable expressing what you need.
Virtual LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy for adults in Ontario
Daytime and evening appointments available Monday through Thursday.
Confidential · Non-judgmental · Collaborative
