LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Charlottetown, PE
June 2024 - - I am accepting new clients - - As a queer, trans, non-binary and neurodivergent human living in a rural community, I understand the importance of finding and creating safe and affirming spaces where we can authentically explore ourselves.
Many of us have encountered challenges with counselling services that do not fully meet our individual needs. Building a solid therapeutic relationship is crucial, so it is essential to prioritize finding the right match as an initial step in the process.
June 2024 - - I am accepting new clients - - As a queer, trans, non-binary and neurodivergent human living in a rural community, I understand the importance of finding and creating safe and affirming spaces where we can authentically explore ourselves.
Many of us have encountered challenges with counselling services that do not fully meet our individual needs. Building a solid therapeutic relationship is crucial, so it is essential to prioritize finding the right match as an initial step in the process.
I also support clients with acculturation, LGBTQIA concerns, trauma, fertility struggles, and chronic pain.
Blending my North American and European/South American psychological training, I use short-term, solution-focused techniques alongside deeper exploration of distress’s root causes. My eclectic approach integrates psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and culturally sensitive methods, tailoring therapy to each client’s unique needs.
I also support clients with acculturation, LGBTQIA concerns, trauma, fertility struggles, and chronic pain.
Blending my North American and European/South American psychological training, I use short-term, solution-focused techniques alongside deeper exploration of distress’s root causes. My eclectic approach integrates psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and culturally sensitive methods, tailoring therapy to each client’s unique needs.
I have experience working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction and mental health, high-conflict separation, and couples, as well as with my fellow LGBTQIA+ community members.
I am accepting new clients as, virtual-only (Alberta) with New Tide Connect. As a therapist, I approach counselling by meeting people where they are with compassion and empathy that is free from judgment. People are not meant to travel through life’s difficulties alone and I look forward to walking through this journey with you. I am passionate and committed to removing obstacles to service throughout my community.
I have experience working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction and mental health, high-conflict separation, and couples, as well as with my fellow LGBTQIA+ community members.
I am accepting new clients as, virtual-only (Alberta) with New Tide Connect. As a therapist, I approach counselling by meeting people where they are with compassion and empathy that is free from judgment. People are not meant to travel through life’s difficulties alone and I look forward to walking through this journey with you. I am passionate and committed to removing obstacles to service throughout my community.
I also work with issues specific to men and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
I'm glad you're here, taking the first brave steps towards healing. I know it can be overwhelming at the beginning. But if you'll let me I'd really like to join you on your journey to feeling better about your life. My style is eclectic (using several methods) because I believe therapy should be tailored for every individual. I want to make your healing & self discover experience all about you, not a system. You're in charge of how fast we go, where we go & when you need to rest. I simply journey beside you as a trusted source of perspective & insight. Helping to reframe or see an issue from a different view point.
I also work with issues specific to men and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
I'm glad you're here, taking the first brave steps towards healing. I know it can be overwhelming at the beginning. But if you'll let me I'd really like to join you on your journey to feeling better about your life. My style is eclectic (using several methods) because I believe therapy should be tailored for every individual. I want to make your healing & self discover experience all about you, not a system. You're in charge of how fast we go, where we go & when you need to rest. I simply journey beside you as a trusted source of perspective & insight. Helping to reframe or see an issue from a different view point.
I am happy to work with all group especially those from an LGBT background, as I have significant experience working with this cliental and an understanding of the unique challenges that they face
I use a variety of approaches including CBT, and Solution focused among others. I tend to adapt the approach based on the needs and compatibility of the client.
I am happy to work with all group especially those from an LGBT background, as I have significant experience working with this cliental and an understanding of the unique challenges that they face
I use a variety of approaches including CBT, and Solution focused among others. I tend to adapt the approach based on the needs and compatibility of the client.
Welcome to Uneathing Pathways. My approach is grounded in an understanding that each person's story is unique and deeply influenced by structural systems and lived experiences. My methods are rooted in neurobiology and somatics. I’m passionate about using these models to help your body release stored trauma. Many people who feel done with regular talk therapy find these modalities powerful. I hold hope that you can live the life you long for and I feel honoured to walk alongside clients in their healing journey.
Welcome to Uneathing Pathways. My approach is grounded in an understanding that each person's story is unique and deeply influenced by structural systems and lived experiences. My methods are rooted in neurobiology and somatics. I’m passionate about using these models to help your body release stored trauma. Many people who feel done with regular talk therapy find these modalities powerful. I hold hope that you can live the life you long for and I feel honoured to walk alongside clients in their healing journey.
My main goal is to ensure you feel safe, heard, and empowered. I take a person-centred, strength-based approach to counselling that takes into account all the different facets of a person and their life and how that can affect their mental health. I appreciate how challenging it can be to reach out for help and support, by contacting me you will be met with compassion, empathy, and a willingness to work together to reach your goals.
My main goal is to ensure you feel safe, heard, and empowered. I take a person-centred, strength-based approach to counselling that takes into account all the different facets of a person and their life and how that can affect their mental health. I appreciate how challenging it can be to reach out for help and support, by contacting me you will be met with compassion, empathy, and a willingness to work together to reach your goals.
I am an ADHD Coach with over 10 years of previous experience as an Occupational Therapist. As someone with ADHD myself, I can appreciate the challenges of living with ADHD. My focus is working with adults with ADHD. Utilizing a strengths-based approach, I utilize effective strategies to help you overcome difficulties experienced at home, school, and/or the workplace.
I am an ADHD Coach with over 10 years of previous experience as an Occupational Therapist. As someone with ADHD myself, I can appreciate the challenges of living with ADHD. My focus is working with adults with ADHD. Utilizing a strengths-based approach, I utilize effective strategies to help you overcome difficulties experienced at home, school, and/or the workplace.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
Accepting Assessment Clients: I work with children, youth, and adults who may have symptoms associated with learning disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorder. I specialize in post-secondary students, and Adult Autism Assessments. Working with my clients, their families, schools, and primary health teams I assist my clients in clearly defining the issues they are facing, making diagnostic conclusions, and coming up with a holistic treatment plan to help them move forward towards their personal, academic, or professional goals.
Accepting Assessment Clients: I work with children, youth, and adults who may have symptoms associated with learning disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorder. I specialize in post-secondary students, and Adult Autism Assessments. Working with my clients, their families, schools, and primary health teams I assist my clients in clearly defining the issues they are facing, making diagnostic conclusions, and coming up with a holistic treatment plan to help them move forward towards their personal, academic, or professional goals.
Dr. Rachael Crowder
Registered Social Worker, PhD, MSW, RSW
1 Endorsed
Charlottetown, PE C1A
Waitlist for new clients
My passion is helping people who have sustained relational, attachment, and intergenerational trauma through childhood neglect, and/or sexual, emotional, physical, and spiritual abuse and assaults at any point throughout the lifespan. This trauma often shows up later in life as: intrusive thoughts, emotions, body sensations and flashbacks; an overall experience of sadness, shame, depression, anxiety, anger, loneliness; addictive, avoidant, and compulsive behaviours; and a loss of a sense of Self. It's important to know that there is nothing wrong with you! This is a normal response to terrible things that have happened to you.
My passion is helping people who have sustained relational, attachment, and intergenerational trauma through childhood neglect, and/or sexual, emotional, physical, and spiritual abuse and assaults at any point throughout the lifespan. This trauma often shows up later in life as: intrusive thoughts, emotions, body sensations and flashbacks; an overall experience of sadness, shame, depression, anxiety, anger, loneliness; addictive, avoidant, and compulsive behaviours; and a loss of a sense of Self. It's important to know that there is nothing wrong with you! This is a normal response to terrible things that have happened to you.
Couples and Individual Therapist: Marianne Duffy
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RP(Q)
6 Endorsed
Charlottetown, PE C1A
Currently Welcoming New Clients—Couples & Individuals!
Are communication breakdowns leaving you frustrated? Do you feel caught in patterns that create distance? Struggling to set boundaries or shift unhelpful habits? If so, you're in the right place.
I'm Marianne, a therapist and the founder of GoodTalk. I work with couples and individuals to uncover the dynamics that keep them feeling stuck and help create meaningful change. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment science, we’ll explore these patterns and build healthier ways to connect and grow.
Currently Welcoming New Clients—Couples & Individuals!
Are communication breakdowns leaving you frustrated? Do you feel caught in patterns that create distance? Struggling to set boundaries or shift unhelpful habits? If so, you're in the right place.
I'm Marianne, a therapist and the founder of GoodTalk. I work with couples and individuals to uncover the dynamics that keep them feeling stuck and help create meaningful change. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment science, we’ll explore these patterns and build healthier ways to connect and grow.
Feeling Blue, out of sorts, unable to concentrate, feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Perhaps you are being pulled in many directions. You may be depressed or dealing with an interpersonal problem. Are there times you are feeling irritated and ready to burst at the seams. Are you dealing with a loss in your life or a family member with a substance abuse issue. Counselling can assist you with determining the problem and develop healthy ways of coping and learn self care techniques. Anxiety can appear when we avoid our feelings and stuff them deep inside. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and ask for what we need from others.
Feeling Blue, out of sorts, unable to concentrate, feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Perhaps you are being pulled in many directions. You may be depressed or dealing with an interpersonal problem. Are there times you are feeling irritated and ready to burst at the seams. Are you dealing with a loss in your life or a family member with a substance abuse issue. Counselling can assist you with determining the problem and develop healthy ways of coping and learn self care techniques. Anxiety can appear when we avoid our feelings and stuff them deep inside. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and ask for what we need from others.
I have twenty years of experience as a Canadian Certified Counsellor. I am a purveyor of hope. Clients need to learn about the therapeutic approaches to get there. I can provide the guidance and tools they need. I take pleasure in working with clients to restore their hope and realize their goals, which will help them live a less stressful life.
I have twenty years of experience as a Canadian Certified Counsellor. I am a purveyor of hope. Clients need to learn about the therapeutic approaches to get there. I can provide the guidance and tools they need. I take pleasure in working with clients to restore their hope and realize their goals, which will help them live a less stressful life.
I am currently welcoming new clients, and have evening openings. With compassion, we create conditions needed to recover from anxiety, depression, grief, or other impacts of trauma. Family stress, toxic societal pressures, loneliness, abuse, neglect, and injustice or other events may have overwhelmed you, and you adapted in ways that no longer serve you. You want to change and live with emotional freedom. You want to be able to thrive in a toxic culture. If you are numbed out or in fight or flight mode, you can learn to regulate your nervous system, process the past, and develop patterns to show up the way you want to in your life.
I am currently welcoming new clients, and have evening openings. With compassion, we create conditions needed to recover from anxiety, depression, grief, or other impacts of trauma. Family stress, toxic societal pressures, loneliness, abuse, neglect, and injustice or other events may have overwhelmed you, and you adapted in ways that no longer serve you. You want to change and live with emotional freedom. You want to be able to thrive in a toxic culture. If you are numbed out or in fight or flight mode, you can learn to regulate your nervous system, process the past, and develop patterns to show up the way you want to in your life.
Hello! I’m so glad you’re here. As a dedicated clinical mental health counsellor, I aim to create a safe and supportive environment where you feel seen, heard, and supported. I believe that everyone has the potential for growth and healing. We are all human, and we all struggle at times. Sometimes it takes someone outside of your inner circle to be in your corner for you as you seek change, gain clarity and perspective, navigate what works best for you, and become empowered. I am here to be that for you.
Hello! I’m so glad you’re here. As a dedicated clinical mental health counsellor, I aim to create a safe and supportive environment where you feel seen, heard, and supported. I believe that everyone has the potential for growth and healing. We are all human, and we all struggle at times. Sometimes it takes someone outside of your inner circle to be in your corner for you as you seek change, gain clarity and perspective, navigate what works best for you, and become empowered. I am here to be that for you.
I have been in the helping profession for a number of years and love supporting people in reaching their goals and improving their lives. As a provisional registered counsellor, I provide a safe, respected, and nonjudgmental environment where you can share your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in a confidential, trusting, and caring space.
I have a passion for working with everyone over the age of 10. I deliver individual, couple and family counselling. Each session is customized to fit your needs so you can overcome the obstacles in your life and reach your goals. In-person and online therapy sessions are available!
I have been in the helping profession for a number of years and love supporting people in reaching their goals and improving their lives. As a provisional registered counsellor, I provide a safe, respected, and nonjudgmental environment where you can share your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in a confidential, trusting, and caring space.
I have a passion for working with everyone over the age of 10. I deliver individual, couple and family counselling. Each session is customized to fit your needs so you can overcome the obstacles in your life and reach your goals. In-person and online therapy sessions are available!
Accepting new clients/couples - Have you noticed yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, sad or stuck? Perhaps you are going through changes in your life and are finding it difficult to cope. Maybe you feel like it's time to make a change. Reaching out for help can be hard, but know you are not alone.
I provide non-judgmental space so you can feel comfortable to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences. I strongly believe in meeting you where you are at, for some it's starting to talk about what has been getting in the way of living your best life, for others it is more active work towards making lasting changes.
Accepting new clients/couples - Have you noticed yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, sad or stuck? Perhaps you are going through changes in your life and are finding it difficult to cope. Maybe you feel like it's time to make a change. Reaching out for help can be hard, but know you are not alone.
I provide non-judgmental space so you can feel comfortable to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences. I strongly believe in meeting you where you are at, for some it's starting to talk about what has been getting in the way of living your best life, for others it is more active work towards making lasting changes.
Colleen Mahar Counselling Services provides mental health and wellness support counselling in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space. Professional, training certified, skilled and empathetic, Colleen specializes in improving personal, family and work-related issues. Whether you’re in need of understanding, guidance, or tools to move forward, Colleen will help you realize your goals.
Colleen Mahar Counselling Services provides mental health and wellness support counselling in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space. Professional, training certified, skilled and empathetic, Colleen specializes in improving personal, family and work-related issues. Whether you’re in need of understanding, guidance, or tools to move forward, Colleen will help you realize your goals.
I work collaboratively and compassionately with clients towards their goals. I'm an expert in mental health and you're an expert in YOU, so let's work together toward what matters most to you.
I work collaboratively and compassionately with clients towards their goals. I'm an expert in mental health and you're an expert in YOU, so let's work together toward what matters most to you.
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Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialised training, either during their degree programme or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalisation in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialised training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.