LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Culver City, CA
Many of my clients are thoughtful, high-functioning adults who can explain their problems intellectually, but still feel stuck repeating the same patterns. They may have done therapy before, gained insight, and still feel anxious, self-critical, depressed, or stuck in relationships, work, and daily life in ways they cannot seem to change.
I help people move beyond intellectual insight toward a deeper understanding of how their brain, personality, emotions, and life history shape the way they function. My approach integrates neuropsychology with depth-oriented psychotherapy to create clarity, direction, and meaningful change.
Many of my clients are thoughtful, high-functioning adults who can explain their problems intellectually, but still feel stuck repeating the same patterns. They may have done therapy before, gained insight, and still feel anxious, self-critical, depressed, or stuck in relationships, work, and daily life in ways they cannot seem to change.
I help people move beyond intellectual insight toward a deeper understanding of how their brain, personality, emotions, and life history shape the way they function. My approach integrates neuropsychology with depth-oriented psychotherapy to create clarity, direction, and meaningful change.
Are you:
• A Creative dealing with the constantly changing demands and pressures to produce content, travel, tour, perform and network, while also working to balance maintaining your personal life and relationships?
• Experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, grief, trauma, or other mental health concerns related to the ever changing societal and political landscapes that may have significant impacts on the way you live, love, work, rest, and play?
• In the midst of a major life transition within your career, relationships, self-concept, identity, spirituality, or where you call home?
Are you:
• A Creative dealing with the constantly changing demands and pressures to produce content, travel, tour, perform and network, while also working to balance maintaining your personal life and relationships?
• Experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, grief, trauma, or other mental health concerns related to the ever changing societal and political landscapes that may have significant impacts on the way you live, love, work, rest, and play?
• In the midst of a major life transition within your career, relationships, self-concept, identity, spirituality, or where you call home?
I guide clients through the difficult transitions in life and provide trauma-focused treatment using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and EMDR. Traumatic experiences make it difficult to break through pain and hopelessness and may be leading you to self-destructive patterns. Your pain and emotional suffering is bearable when you share it, especially when we apply EMDR and Somatic techniques for nervous system regulation. Call for your FREE phone consultation to begin your journey toward greater freedom and health! 818 287-0832
I guide clients through the difficult transitions in life and provide trauma-focused treatment using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and EMDR. Traumatic experiences make it difficult to break through pain and hopelessness and may be leading you to self-destructive patterns. Your pain and emotional suffering is bearable when you share it, especially when we apply EMDR and Somatic techniques for nervous system regulation. Call for your FREE phone consultation to begin your journey toward greater freedom and health! 818 287-0832
I'm experienced in working with individuals of many backgrounds and identities, with a particular passion for working with the LGBTQ+ community as well as allies.
My practice is informed by modalities such as Seeking Safety, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Narrative therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. However, there is no “one size fits all” model to healing. I enjoy collaborating with my clients to ensure our sessions can offer a warm and authentic space for growth.
I'm experienced in working with individuals of many backgrounds and identities, with a particular passion for working with the LGBTQ+ community as well as allies.
My practice is informed by modalities such as Seeking Safety, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Narrative therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. However, there is no “one size fits all” model to healing. I enjoy collaborating with my clients to ensure our sessions can offer a warm and authentic space for growth.
Do you feel stuck in your life, in your work, or in your relationship? Have you been feeling on edge, overwhelmed, or like one small inconvenience might send you over the edge? Are you unsure of what to do to better your mental health, or how to do it, or where to start? I work with individuals, kids, teens, families, and couples to help explore and overcome obstacles that they are struggling with. I utilize different treatment modalities like EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, attachment-based therapy, and somatic therapy (amongst others) to bring clients the best treatment for their personalized needs.
Do you feel stuck in your life, in your work, or in your relationship? Have you been feeling on edge, overwhelmed, or like one small inconvenience might send you over the edge? Are you unsure of what to do to better your mental health, or how to do it, or where to start? I work with individuals, kids, teens, families, and couples to help explore and overcome obstacles that they are struggling with. I utilize different treatment modalities like EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, attachment-based therapy, and somatic therapy (amongst others) to bring clients the best treatment for their personalized needs.
"Renew the Light Within You." Life’s circumstances can be challenging enough for emotional prosperity, but the last few years have been an especially difficult trial period. These times have touched everyone, regardless of personal circumstances. On top of challenges in your life’s journey that preceded the pandemic, now more than ever may be time to reach out for help. No matter what, your point of reference in life matters, along with your experiences, joys, losses, and any personal questions you might have about meaning in your life. These questions matter, because you matter, too.
"Renew the Light Within You." Life’s circumstances can be challenging enough for emotional prosperity, but the last few years have been an especially difficult trial period. These times have touched everyone, regardless of personal circumstances. On top of challenges in your life’s journey that preceded the pandemic, now more than ever may be time to reach out for help. No matter what, your point of reference in life matters, along with your experiences, joys, losses, and any personal questions you might have about meaning in your life. These questions matter, because you matter, too.
I believe therapy is a collaborative and evolving process grounded in compassion, acceptance, and mutual respect. My goal is not only to help you find relief from distress but also to support you in living more authentically and with greater purpose.
My approach is strength-based and highly individualized. I integrate evidence-based psychotherapy with practical tools tailored to your specific needs, identities, and life context. Treatment plans are personalized, flexible, and rooted in the latest research and clinical training.
I believe therapy is a collaborative and evolving process grounded in compassion, acceptance, and mutual respect. My goal is not only to help you find relief from distress but also to support you in living more authentically and with greater purpose.
My approach is strength-based and highly individualized. I integrate evidence-based psychotherapy with practical tools tailored to your specific needs, identities, and life context. Treatment plans are personalized, flexible, and rooted in the latest research and clinical training.
I support women and LGBTQIA+ individuals — especially those who are high-achieving, creative, and outwardly capable but carrying internal stress, perfectionism, or unresolved trauma.
I'm an established trauma and certified perinatal mental health therapist who works with individuals experiencing complex trauma and PTSD, depression, anxiety and major life transitions. Trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), I use a relational, trauma-informed, and somatic approach — meaning therapy is collaborative, grounded in safety, and tailored to your nervous system and lived experiences. Mind-body connections, ancestral wisdom, social justice and multiculturalism are central to my approach.
I support women and LGBTQIA+ individuals — especially those who are high-achieving, creative, and outwardly capable but carrying internal stress, perfectionism, or unresolved trauma.
I'm an established trauma and certified perinatal mental health therapist who works with individuals experiencing complex trauma and PTSD, depression, anxiety and major life transitions. Trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), I use a relational, trauma-informed, and somatic approach — meaning therapy is collaborative, grounded in safety, and tailored to your nervous system and lived experiences. Mind-body connections, ancestral wisdom, social justice and multiculturalism are central to my approach.
Are you struggling because your physical or emotional pain has been minimized or dismissed? Here, you will be listened to, your experiences honored and validated, and your pain believed. Pain can relegate us to the margins of our own stories and can keep us from our hoped-for lives and relationships. I work with individuals and couples around many themes and experiences, including chronic illness and pain, intimacy and communication, gender and queerness, sex and pleasure, grief and loss, anxiety and hypervigilance, living a creative life, the pressure of norms and 'shoulds,' and living in uncertain times and oppressive systems.
Are you struggling because your physical or emotional pain has been minimized or dismissed? Here, you will be listened to, your experiences honored and validated, and your pain believed. Pain can relegate us to the margins of our own stories and can keep us from our hoped-for lives and relationships. I work with individuals and couples around many themes and experiences, including chronic illness and pain, intimacy and communication, gender and queerness, sex and pleasure, grief and loss, anxiety and hypervigilance, living a creative life, the pressure of norms and 'shoulds,' and living in uncertain times and oppressive systems.
I have over six years of experience supporting young people through the challenges of emerging into adulthood. My clients are older teens and young adults (approx. ages 16-21) who are struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity questions, and relationship challenges. I draw on my education in clinical psychology and adolescent mental health; my training in psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and expressive arts therapy; and my previous experience as a high school teacher to create a therapy space that is warm, grounded, and motivating. I also like to weave in art, writing, and dreamwork for clients who are interested.
I have over six years of experience supporting young people through the challenges of emerging into adulthood. My clients are older teens and young adults (approx. ages 16-21) who are struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity questions, and relationship challenges. I draw on my education in clinical psychology and adolescent mental health; my training in psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and expressive arts therapy; and my previous experience as a high school teacher to create a therapy space that is warm, grounded, and motivating. I also like to weave in art, writing, and dreamwork for clients who are interested.
I’m Kate, a collaborative, relational, trauma-trained, and LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist.
I work with adults, couples & teens. Often, I see artists, creatives, folks in entertainment, tech & business, & other therapists/healers. As well, I’ve worked with many children/partners of those who exhibit traits of borderline or narcissism. Everyone in my practice is unapologetically LGBTQ+, sex-positive, kink & poly/ENM knowledgeable & affirmative!
I’m Kate, a collaborative, relational, trauma-trained, and LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist.
I work with adults, couples & teens. Often, I see artists, creatives, folks in entertainment, tech & business, & other therapists/healers. As well, I’ve worked with many children/partners of those who exhibit traits of borderline or narcissism. Everyone in my practice is unapologetically LGBTQ+, sex-positive, kink & poly/ENM knowledgeable & affirmative!
I provide online video-based therapy for individuals and relationships/partners who are seeking a respectful, affirming, and collaborative space to address challenges and enhance their lives. Big life transitions or steps to heal deserve support, as does the ongoing work of a purposeful life and meaningful, deep, exciting intimacy. If your experience is further complicated by trauma, OCD, depression, anxiety, or navigating your unique brain and neurotype, I can provide respectful, grounded, and active accompaniment and support for your therapy.
I provide online video-based therapy for individuals and relationships/partners who are seeking a respectful, affirming, and collaborative space to address challenges and enhance their lives. Big life transitions or steps to heal deserve support, as does the ongoing work of a purposeful life and meaningful, deep, exciting intimacy. If your experience is further complicated by trauma, OCD, depression, anxiety, or navigating your unique brain and neurotype, I can provide respectful, grounded, and active accompaniment and support for your therapy.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and I provide in-office & Telehealth services from my practice in Los Angeles, CA. I arrive in my work with integrity, optimism, and excellence. Populations served child, adolescent, and adult populations. Individual, couples, and family therapy available. Services include: crisis intervention and on-going therapy; clinic-based and Telehealth services. Clinical Interests: adjustment and life transitions, stress management, relationship issues and attachment, grief/loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, maternal mental health (preconception-postpartum), intimate partner violence (domestic violence).
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and I provide in-office & Telehealth services from my practice in Los Angeles, CA. I arrive in my work with integrity, optimism, and excellence. Populations served child, adolescent, and adult populations. Individual, couples, and family therapy available. Services include: crisis intervention and on-going therapy; clinic-based and Telehealth services. Clinical Interests: adjustment and life transitions, stress management, relationship issues and attachment, grief/loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, maternal mental health (preconception-postpartum), intimate partner violence (domestic violence).
I work well with creative people and across the spectrums of straight to queer and mono to poly.
I use the relationship between therapist and client to help you heal and grow. I have training through LAISPS, my own psychoanalysis, and had supervision by a psychoanalyst. I believe therapists who are directive and overly positive are not helpful. I help my clients build a more authentic and connected self with psychoanalytic and mindful approaches.
I work well with creative people and across the spectrums of straight to queer and mono to poly.
I use the relationship between therapist and client to help you heal and grow. I have training through LAISPS, my own psychoanalysis, and had supervision by a psychoanalyst. I believe therapists who are directive and overly positive are not helpful. I help my clients build a more authentic and connected self with psychoanalytic and mindful approaches.
I get people unstuck quickly. I'm a depth psychologist using coaching, attachment-focused EMDR and therapy to effect positive change immediately. I supervise therapists and healers and offer them discounted therapy, also I love to work with visionaries. I'm skilled at assessing situations and facilitating creative solutions and inspiration as well as supporting positive relationship transitions including creating stronger relationships to the spiritual world, the sexual world, and the relationship to self. My perspectives span from the scientific to the spiritual, and include the whole person in community.
I get people unstuck quickly. I'm a depth psychologist using coaching, attachment-focused EMDR and therapy to effect positive change immediately. I supervise therapists and healers and offer them discounted therapy, also I love to work with visionaries. I'm skilled at assessing situations and facilitating creative solutions and inspiration as well as supporting positive relationship transitions including creating stronger relationships to the spiritual world, the sexual world, and the relationship to self. My perspectives span from the scientific to the spiritual, and include the whole person in community.
I also have a passion for providing therapy that is LGBTQ+ affirming and neurodiverse affirming.
The search for a therapist can feel intimidating and overwhelming. It can be especially hard if you have a history of difficult relationships. Knowing this, my initial goal when working with clients is building a warm and trusting relationship. I work primarily from an attachment and relational orientation, so I believe that the relationship we create together is the most important tool to help you reach your goals. In our sessions, you can expect me to be present, authentic, and attuned. While working together, I hope to help you strengthen your relationship with yourself and others, by gaining insight and tangible tools.
I also have a passion for providing therapy that is LGBTQ+ affirming and neurodiverse affirming.
The search for a therapist can feel intimidating and overwhelming. It can be especially hard if you have a history of difficult relationships. Knowing this, my initial goal when working with clients is building a warm and trusting relationship. I work primarily from an attachment and relational orientation, so I believe that the relationship we create together is the most important tool to help you reach your goals. In our sessions, you can expect me to be present, authentic, and attuned. While working together, I hope to help you strengthen your relationship with yourself and others, by gaining insight and tangible tools.
Clients often tell me they finally feel seen and understood when we work together. I welcome individuals and couples from all paths of life. You might be struggling with anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, unhealthy relationship dynamics, or simply a lack of connection to yourself or each other. Significant life moments - leaving a demanding job, miss-matched desires, or coming off birth control - can leave you feeling disoriented and unsure of who you are, or with couples, what your relationship needs. If you don’t know where to begin, I’ve got you. Together, we’ll find the way back to wholeness and understanding.
Clients often tell me they finally feel seen and understood when we work together. I welcome individuals and couples from all paths of life. You might be struggling with anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, unhealthy relationship dynamics, or simply a lack of connection to yourself or each other. Significant life moments - leaving a demanding job, miss-matched desires, or coming off birth control - can leave you feeling disoriented and unsure of who you are, or with couples, what your relationship needs. If you don’t know where to begin, I’ve got you. Together, we’ll find the way back to wholeness and understanding.
Your chest feels tight when you sit down to work. The ideas used to come easy, now the page stays blank. Trauma doesn't just live in the mind. It takes up space in the body, shaping how you create, how you connect, how safe you feel taking up space in the world.
Maybe you haven't made anything in months and you're calling it a phase. Maybe you keep starting over, telling yourself the next project will finally feel right. Maybe you're exhausted from performing a version of yourself that isn't actually stuck, when you are.
Creative block, self-doubt, shame, overwhelm, the quiet fear that you've lost it for good. These don't have to
Your chest feels tight when you sit down to work. The ideas used to come easy, now the page stays blank. Trauma doesn't just live in the mind. It takes up space in the body, shaping how you create, how you connect, how safe you feel taking up space in the world.
Maybe you haven't made anything in months and you're calling it a phase. Maybe you keep starting over, telling yourself the next project will finally feel right. Maybe you're exhausted from performing a version of yourself that isn't actually stuck, when you are.
Creative block, self-doubt, shame, overwhelm, the quiet fear that you've lost it for good. These don't have to
People look to you for the answer and you usually have it. But, right now there seems to be an obstacle. You may consistently implement the "right" answer and it's still not working out. Leaving you with the issue still, overwhelmed, confused, frustrated, anxious, and/or depressed. We will look at various parts of yourself and the situation to find what's working and what's not to deepen insights and find what needs to be done, so desired outcomes and patterns can emerge. I have success helping clients improve relationships, understand their emotions and others, and create a healthy relationship with themselves and others.
People look to you for the answer and you usually have it. But, right now there seems to be an obstacle. You may consistently implement the "right" answer and it's still not working out. Leaving you with the issue still, overwhelmed, confused, frustrated, anxious, and/or depressed. We will look at various parts of yourself and the situation to find what's working and what's not to deepen insights and find what needs to be done, so desired outcomes and patterns can emerge. I have success helping clients improve relationships, understand their emotions and others, and create a healthy relationship with themselves and others.
My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming and neurodivergence-affirming, based in Beverly Hills and serving clients throughout California via telehealth.
On paper, you're pulling it off. Beneath the surface of your life, nothing is still.
Adults come to me when anxiety, self-doubt, or creative burnout start affecting how they show up in their lives. Couples reach out when communication breaks down, intimacy feels like defusing a bomb, or they realize they've grown into different people. Attachment is often somewhere at the root of it. How you were loved, or weren't, still runs the show.
My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming and neurodivergence-affirming, based in Beverly Hills and serving clients throughout California via telehealth.
On paper, you're pulling it off. Beneath the surface of your life, nothing is still.
Adults come to me when anxiety, self-doubt, or creative burnout start affecting how they show up in their lives. Couples reach out when communication breaks down, intimacy feels like defusing a bomb, or they realize they've grown into different people. Attachment is often somewhere at the root of it. How you were loved, or weren't, still runs the show.
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program 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 marginalization 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 specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.