A gender therapist is someone who specializes in supporting trans+ people with their mental health, helps you explore gender identity in affirming ways, and may even be able to write letters of support for gender-affirming medical and surgical care.

One form of trauma that uniquely impacts LGBTQ+ people is religious trauma. Due to some religious beliefs being anti-LGBTQ+, queer and trans people can experience religious trauma that targets their LGBTQ+ identity. LGBTQ-affirming religious trauma therapy can help queer and trans people heal from religious trauma.

You don’t have to be alone in dealing with transphobic parents and family. Gender-affirming therapy or working with a trans-specialized therapist can help you cope with having transphobic parents.

Bi visibility is the anecdote to bi erasure. Bi visibility means that bi+ people are acknowledged, validated, and not misrepresented as being straight or gay. The more bi+ people and bi+ identities are treated as valid, the greater chance you have as a bi+ person to find affirming community and have better mental health.

Trauma therapy can be a very important part of healing from toxic relationships, abuse, and acute traumas. This doesn’t stop trauma therapy from being challenging. So why is trauma therapy so hard?

Election seasons can be particularly hard for LGBTQ+ people or anyone whose rights are politicized. I connected with some fellow Minneapolis LGBTQ+ therapists to get their insights on LGBTQ+ mental health during the current election season.

Instead of solely thinking about queer mental health in terms of pain and struggle, we also need to look at queer joy. What does it mean to thrive as a LGBTQ+ person? What is queer joy and how do you find it?

Bisexuality and bi+ identities are the largest subgroup of the LGBTQ+ community. While mighty in number, bisexuality is often overlooked, invalidated, or simply ignored.

If there are so many bi+ people, why do we often feel so alone?

Starting therapy and reaching out to a LGBTQ+ therapist can bring many unknowns. Here are five things as a queer therapist that I want my clients to know.

LGBTQ+ people experience higher rates of abuse and trauma than their cis-het counterparts. Yet, most discussions about childhood and relationship abuse survivors focus on cis, straight women. So why are LGBTQ+ survivors’ voices being silenced? Let’s look at three harmful myths that disempower and discredit LGBTQ+ trauma survivors.