A Space Where All of You Is Welcome

At CARE Counseling, Inc., we believe that therapy should never ask you to shrink, explain, or hide who you are.

We are proud to offer LGBTQ+ and queer-affirming therapy grounded in respect, safety, and liberation. Our clinicians provide culturally competent, trauma-informed, and identity-affirming care for people of all genders, sexualities, and relationship structures.

Whether you're questioning, exploring, healing from trauma, or seeking a space where your full self can thrive—we’re here to support you.

What Is LGBTQ+ and Queer-Affirming Therapy?

Affirming therapy means more than being “inclusive.” At CARE Counseling, Inc., we actively affirm and support:

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and queer identities

• Trans, nonbinary, gender-expansive, agender, and Two-Spirit individuals

• Intersex people and those exploring medical or social transitions

• Polyamorous, non-monogamous, and chosen family structures

We offer therapy where you can:

• Be seen without judgment

• Speak freely without educating your therapist

• Explore without pressure

• Heal without apology

Why Affirming Care Matters

Research shows that LGBTQ+ individuals are at higher risk for:

• Anxiety, depression, and trauma-related symptoms

• Self-harm and suicidality

• Discrimination in health and mental health systems

• Rejection from family, faith, or community systems

These experiences are linked to minority stress, not identity.

Affirming therapy helps to:

• Buffer the effects of systemic harm

• Strengthen resilience and self-worth

• Reduce shame and internalized oppression

• Promote authenticity, connection, and well-being

Reasons Clients Seek LGBTQ+ Therapy

You might seek LGBTQ+ and queer therapy for many reasons, including:

• Exploring gender identity or sexual orientation

• Navigating coming out, family dynamics, or chosen family

• Processing trauma from religious or cultural rejection

• Gender affirmation and transition support

• Mental health support in a queer-competent space

• Relationship work in queer, poly, or nontraditional dynamics

• Identity integration and joy-building

We hold space for all parts of your story—including race, religion, disability, class, and culture.

Our Therapeutic Approach

At CARE Counseling, Inc., our LGBTQ+ and queer therapy approach includes:

• Affirmation-first care: We start by honoring who you are—not by questioning it.

• Trauma-informed practice: We recognize how rejection, discrimination, and systemic violence affect the nervous system.

• Intersectional lens: We understand how identities intersect and compound.

• Relational-cultural orientation: We center belonging, connection, and empowerment.

• Clinically grounded tools: We integrate modalities like IFS, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and narrative work—tailored to you.

Our Commitment to You

You deserve therapy that understands you without assumptions, honors you without hesitation, and supports you without limits.

We are:

• Anti-oppressive

• Justice-aligned

• LGBTQ+ affirming

• Racially conscious

• Neurodiversity-affirming

• Body-positive

• Trauma-informed

• Community-rooted

Whether you’re in crisis or in curiosity, we’re here.

This is your space. You belong here. Let’s begin.