Gay friendly therapists

Counseling Services

LGBT Life Center is currently restructuring our counseling program and services. At this time, we have a limited number of partnerships with local therapists and are referring LGBT Life Center clients and community inquiries to the therapists listed below.

Due to the high volume of requests, many of our contract and partner therapists are fully booked. Some therapists offer a waitlist.

In the coming months, LGBT Life Center will renew its counseling program and offer in-house counseling services.

Until then, we recommend the therapists listed below. Please contact us using the form below to check availability.

If you contain insurance, you can find LGBTQ+-friendly therapists through platforms like Psychology Today or Alma.

 

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Our Partner Counselors Understand:

  • coming out
  • gender transitioning (gender exploration, referrals for hormones and surgeries, gender marker changes, etc.)
  • relationship issues (including family or social rejection)
  • intimate partner violence
  • discrimination
  • anxiety
  • depre

    How do I find LGBTQ-friendly therapy?

    Not all therapists are equally knowledgeable or affirming of LGBTQ+ issues. Luckily, the internet has made it easy to do a lot of research on potential therapists before making an appointment.

    One of the best and easiest ways to find LGBTQ-friendly therapy is online through a look for engine like Mental Health Pair or Psychology Today. These are tools that offer several distinct filters including insurance, gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender support and more.  You will find therapists in your area who specialize and have experience working with LGBTQ clients. Each therapist has their own profile with an about section where you can learn more about them and their practice. Find qualifications, specialties, treatment approach, client focus, issues, and financial information as adequately as contact information all on their page.

    The Human Rights Campaign partnered with us to progress a tool to help you determine whether your therapist will be responsive to your LGBTQ+ identity—especially if you are also a person of color.

    When looking

    Therapists & Psychologists in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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    What can an LGBTQ-affirming therapist assist with?

    LGBTQ-affirmative therapists can help clients who are questioning their sexuality or gender identity explore those questions, as well as support those who identify as LGBTQ+ navigate the bias and heteronormativity that arises in everyday life. Clients who have been shamed or abused for their identity, especially by their family of origin, may struggle with depression or substance abuse as a result; affirmative therapy can aid them heal and come to see their identity as a source of pride, not shame.

    What is LGBTQ-affirming therapy?

    Affirmative therapy is an approach that focuses on validating and respecting the identity of sexual and gender minority clients, particularly those whose identities have been rejected or shamed by others. LGBTQ-affirmative therapists will be versed in the negative effects of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and heteronormativity (the assumption that heterosexuality is “normal” and superior) and help clients navigate the challenges they present—as adequately as relationship problems, family tension, or ot