Lesbian Therapists in Inglewood, CA
Hi, I’m Caela. You may be the person everyone relies on while quietly feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or disconnected from yourself. Many of my clients are young adults navigating anxiety, identity exploration, relationship challenges, life transitions, or the pressure of always having to “hold it together.”
I specialize in working with LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and neurodivergent adults, especially those moving through spaces that haven’t always felt affirming. As a Black, queer-identifying woman, I intentionally create a space where you don’t have to over-explain your identity or experiences to feel understood and respected.
Hi, I’m Caela. You may be the person everyone relies on while quietly feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or disconnected from yourself. Many of my clients are young adults navigating anxiety, identity exploration, relationship challenges, life transitions, or the pressure of always having to “hold it together.”
I specialize in working with LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and neurodivergent adults, especially those moving through spaces that haven’t always felt affirming. As a Black, queer-identifying woman, I intentionally create a space where you don’t have to over-explain your identity or experiences to feel understood and respected.
Welcome, my name is Akua (she/they). Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, creative, embodied, and slow. Together, we will consider how to seek, hear, and honor your own voice and body. During our sessions, I will actively listen with compassion and share skills and resources that assist you to feel rooted in yourself, in your body, in your communities, and in your ancestral connections.
Welcome, my name is Akua (she/they). Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, creative, embodied, and slow. Together, we will consider how to seek, hear, and honor your own voice and body. During our sessions, I will actively listen with compassion and share skills and resources that assist you to feel rooted in yourself, in your body, in your communities, and in your ancestral connections.
I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens. I draw from an integration of approaches to include the internal family systems model, emotionally focused therapy, and psychoanalytic theory in order to work with and honor a wide range of identities and experiences.
I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens. I draw from an integration of approaches to include the internal family systems model, emotionally focused therapy, and psychoanalytic theory in order to work with and honor a wide range of identities and experiences.
Are you tired of feeling like you don't have control over your emotions? Do you find yourself struggling in your relationships?
I enjoy working closely with my clients to help them find realistic ways to cope with stress, sadness, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues that hold them back from living happy, fulfilling lives. I am passionate about supporting children, young adults, couples, and families who feel stuck in patterns that no longer work for them. During our time together, my clients experience a higher sense of self-esteem and stronger connections to their loved ones.
Are you tired of feeling like you don't have control over your emotions? Do you find yourself struggling in your relationships?
I enjoy working closely with my clients to help them find realistic ways to cope with stress, sadness, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues that hold them back from living happy, fulfilling lives. I am passionate about supporting children, young adults, couples, and families who feel stuck in patterns that no longer work for them. During our time together, my clients experience a higher sense of self-esteem and stronger connections to their loved ones.
I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens. I draw from an integration of approaches to include the internal family systems model, emotionally focused therapy, and psychoanalytic theory in order to work with and honor a wide range of identities and experiences.
I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens. I draw from an integration of approaches to include the internal family systems model, emotionally focused therapy, and psychoanalytic theory in order to work with and honor a wide range of identities and experiences.
Are you ready? Let's do this! I am passionate and ready to go on your journey with you. Let's see where the road leads. With you as the driver and me as the passenger, we will work together to set goals, gain insight, and make positive and lasting changes.
Are you ready? Let's do this! I am passionate and ready to go on your journey with you. Let's see where the road leads. With you as the driver and me as the passenger, we will work together to set goals, gain insight, and make positive and lasting changes.
Hello fam!, and welcome to my Psychology Today page. My name is Erick Nunez, and I am a gay man of Black and Puerto Rican descent. Throughout my career, I've advocated for my community (those who have been marginalized and oppressed) and I'm honored to provide a safe and creative therapy space for my clients to express themselves openly and freely with no judgment. My goal is to make therapy comfortable for people of color.
Hello fam!, and welcome to my Psychology Today page. My name is Erick Nunez, and I am a gay man of Black and Puerto Rican descent. Throughout my career, I've advocated for my community (those who have been marginalized and oppressed) and I'm honored to provide a safe and creative therapy space for my clients to express themselves openly and freely with no judgment. My goal is to make therapy comfortable for people of color.
My ideal clients are adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, anxious, depressed, or simply need someone they can talk to without fear of judgment. Many come to therapy feeling alone, exhausted, & unsure of what to do next. I provide a compassionate & supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, and valued. No matter your background or life experiences, my goal is to help you find hope, build confidence, develop healthy coping skills, and move forward with clarity. You don’t have to face life’s challenges alone—we will work through them together, one step at a time, at your pace. Healing, growth, & lasting change are possible.
My ideal clients are adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, anxious, depressed, or simply need someone they can talk to without fear of judgment. Many come to therapy feeling alone, exhausted, & unsure of what to do next. I provide a compassionate & supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, and valued. No matter your background or life experiences, my goal is to help you find hope, build confidence, develop healthy coping skills, and move forward with clarity. You don’t have to face life’s challenges alone—we will work through them together, one step at a time, at your pace. Healing, growth, & lasting change are possible.
Maybe you love your partner but don’t know how to reach each other anymore. Maybe you’re navigating recurring conflict, betrayal, intimacy, or desire concerns, dating, heartbreak, anxiety, grief, or patterns you’re ready to understand differently. I work with individuals, men, couples, + relationship partners seeking deeper connection with themselves + one another. I welcome heterosexual + LGBTQIA+ clients + diverse relationship structures, including poly/CNM. Whether you’re rebuilding trust, learning to communicate, exploring sexuality, or simply ready for change, you don’t have to have all the answers before beginning therapy.
Maybe you love your partner but don’t know how to reach each other anymore. Maybe you’re navigating recurring conflict, betrayal, intimacy, or desire concerns, dating, heartbreak, anxiety, grief, or patterns you’re ready to understand differently. I work with individuals, men, couples, + relationship partners seeking deeper connection with themselves + one another. I welcome heterosexual + LGBTQIA+ clients + diverse relationship structures, including poly/CNM. Whether you’re rebuilding trust, learning to communicate, exploring sexuality, or simply ready for change, you don’t have to have all the answers before beginning therapy.
Latrina Hynes is the founder of Peace & Mind Wellness. Latrina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with strong ties to the Los Angeles city and community. “ My objective in forming Peace & Mind wellness was to provide a safe space for community members to discuss feelings”, seems so simple but in reality, this has not been something that has been openly discussed accessible to our community. For so long we have believed that having feelings and discussing feelings were all signs of weakness. I’m here and the Center is here to bridge the gap and get rid of the old way of thinking because that has not served us.”
Latrina Hynes is the founder of Peace & Mind Wellness. Latrina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with strong ties to the Los Angeles city and community. “ My objective in forming Peace & Mind wellness was to provide a safe space for community members to discuss feelings”, seems so simple but in reality, this has not been something that has been openly discussed accessible to our community. For so long we have believed that having feelings and discussing feelings were all signs of weakness. I’m here and the Center is here to bridge the gap and get rid of the old way of thinking because that has not served us.”
There is really no issue to big or too small to bring to therapy. I have seen people go through so much positive change because of their work in therapy and think it is such an awesome process. Just because we can go through life in survival mode and bouncing off our ups and downs, does not mean we should. I love to talk about everything therapy, so I encourage people to reach out.
There is really no issue to big or too small to bring to therapy. I have seen people go through so much positive change because of their work in therapy and think it is such an awesome process. Just because we can go through life in survival mode and bouncing off our ups and downs, does not mean we should. I love to talk about everything therapy, so I encourage people to reach out.
Hi, I’m Xavi, a Queer/Trans and Latine clinical counselor. I provide a warm, affirming space where you can show up as your authentic self and feel understood without judgment.
My work is rooted in supporting Queer, Trans, BIPOC, immigrant, and neurodivergent communities.
Areas of focus include:
Trans & Queer identity affirming care for exploration and life transitions, Latine cultural identity, acculturation, and immigrant experiences, ADHD- and autism-affirming care, Anxiety, stress, and nervous system support, Grief, loss, and major life transitions, Caregiver support, Needs, boundaries, and self-advocacy.
Hi, I’m Xavi, a Queer/Trans and Latine clinical counselor. I provide a warm, affirming space where you can show up as your authentic self and feel understood without judgment.
My work is rooted in supporting Queer, Trans, BIPOC, immigrant, and neurodivergent communities.
Areas of focus include:
Trans & Queer identity affirming care for exploration and life transitions, Latine cultural identity, acculturation, and immigrant experiences, ADHD- and autism-affirming care, Anxiety, stress, and nervous system support, Grief, loss, and major life transitions, Caregiver support, Needs, boundaries, and self-advocacy.
I am deeply committed to providing culturally responsive, liberation‑focused care for Black, Latine/a/x, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and other People of Color, as well as LGBTQIA+ communities. My work centers identity, resilience, and the impact of systemic inequities on wellbeing. I strive to create a warm, grounded space where clients feel seen, affirmed, and supported in their healing. I bring experience with perinatal mental health, trauma, and health equity, and I am dedicated to community wellness, collective care, and expanding access to identity‑affirming therapy.
I am deeply committed to providing culturally responsive, liberation‑focused care for Black, Latine/a/x, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and other People of Color, as well as LGBTQIA+ communities. My work centers identity, resilience, and the impact of systemic inequities on wellbeing. I strive to create a warm, grounded space where clients feel seen, affirmed, and supported in their healing. I bring experience with perinatal mental health, trauma, and health equity, and I am dedicated to community wellness, collective care, and expanding access to identity‑affirming therapy.
I center your story and lived experience above all else. You deserve a space where you are seen, heard, and supported in navigating anxiety, depression, substance use, grief, or identity-including fully affirming care for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
With 9+ years of experience across healthcare, addiction, and homelessness, I recognize that your mental health is deeply shaped by broader cultural, social, and systemic factors. As a human rights advocate, I stand beside you in confronting oppression, discrimination, and injustice. Together, we will build a grounded, compassionate space focused on your healing, growth, and thriving.
I center your story and lived experience above all else. You deserve a space where you are seen, heard, and supported in navigating anxiety, depression, substance use, grief, or identity-including fully affirming care for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
With 9+ years of experience across healthcare, addiction, and homelessness, I recognize that your mental health is deeply shaped by broader cultural, social, and systemic factors. As a human rights advocate, I stand beside you in confronting oppression, discrimination, and injustice. Together, we will build a grounded, compassionate space focused on your healing, growth, and thriving.
Many of my clients are Black or from a diverse cultural background. They are usually high-functioning, neurodivergent, emotionally aware, and deeply tired. They often grew up in chaotic, emotionally neglectful, or high-pressure environments and learned to survive by being strong, responsible, or self-sufficient. Now they may struggle with anxiety, burnout, relationship patterns, people-pleasing, or feeling disconnected from themselves. They want to understand why they feel the way they do, feel more emotionally safe, and finally move out of survival mode into a life that feels more grounded, authentic, and sustainable.
Many of my clients are Black or from a diverse cultural background. They are usually high-functioning, neurodivergent, emotionally aware, and deeply tired. They often grew up in chaotic, emotionally neglectful, or high-pressure environments and learned to survive by being strong, responsible, or self-sufficient. Now they may struggle with anxiety, burnout, relationship patterns, people-pleasing, or feeling disconnected from themselves. They want to understand why they feel the way they do, feel more emotionally safe, and finally move out of survival mode into a life that feels more grounded, authentic, and sustainable.
I have been blessed with many incredible mentors throughout my journey as a human and as a therapist, and I now can share their collective wisdom along with my life experience, with you. Therapy offer a process of healing learn to be present together, allowing awareness to expand in a safe place. Here, truth can be expressed, allowing transformation. Typically we default to distraction, intoxication or denial when a we can't genuinely connect with ourselves. "Process addictions", loss, trauma and shame creep in and inhibit our sense of Self. Through therapy, our clarity, healing and ease with emotional intimacy can finally emerge.
I have been blessed with many incredible mentors throughout my journey as a human and as a therapist, and I now can share their collective wisdom along with my life experience, with you. Therapy offer a process of healing learn to be present together, allowing awareness to expand in a safe place. Here, truth can be expressed, allowing transformation. Typically we default to distraction, intoxication or denial when a we can't genuinely connect with ourselves. "Process addictions", loss, trauma and shame creep in and inhibit our sense of Self. Through therapy, our clarity, healing and ease with emotional intimacy can finally emerge.
I emphasize honesty and transparency in my therapeutic relationships, fostering open communication and trust. By being forthright with clients, I aim to create an environment where I can explore challenges, setbacks, and successes with clients, without judgment or pretense. Ultimately, my goal is to collaborate with clients to cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and positive change. I established my private practice, Oruga Psychotherapy, to create a space where individuals could find solace, support, and empowerment on their paths toward healing. I believe that everyone deserves a healthy life with emotional and mental wellbeing.
I emphasize honesty and transparency in my therapeutic relationships, fostering open communication and trust. By being forthright with clients, I aim to create an environment where I can explore challenges, setbacks, and successes with clients, without judgment or pretense. Ultimately, my goal is to collaborate with clients to cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and positive change. I established my private practice, Oruga Psychotherapy, to create a space where individuals could find solace, support, and empowerment on their paths toward healing. I believe that everyone deserves a healthy life with emotional and mental wellbeing.
Low cost, quality mental health services are available now! Our psychotherapy program is dedicated to help people of all ages resolve issues that interfere with living a fulfilling life. AMCS provides group therapy as well as counseling for individuals, couples and families. Our therapists also provide services to youth and children at local schools and after school programs. AMCS offers both short-term and long-term therapy to meet the needs of those seeking support. Psychiatric services (diagnosing, treatment planning and medication monitoring) are available to clients in ongoing therapy at AMCS.
Low cost, quality mental health services are available now! Our psychotherapy program is dedicated to help people of all ages resolve issues that interfere with living a fulfilling life. AMCS provides group therapy as well as counseling for individuals, couples and families. Our therapists also provide services to youth and children at local schools and after school programs. AMCS offers both short-term and long-term therapy to meet the needs of those seeking support. Psychiatric services (diagnosing, treatment planning and medication monitoring) are available to clients in ongoing therapy at AMCS.
Welcome and congratulations on starting your venture to self-growth! I recognize that seeking help may not be easy, whether you are just beginning or continuing your therapeutic journey. However, seeking help is a powerful and courageous step to take in your life. We as human beings all experience our share of life stressors and struggles that affect our lives. How we allow these stressors to affect our lives is the most important. I am a LMFT with years of experience treating adults, couples, and families struggling with anxiety, trauma, parenting, life changes, people pleasing, poor boundaries, and maladaptive thinking patterns.
Welcome and congratulations on starting your venture to self-growth! I recognize that seeking help may not be easy, whether you are just beginning or continuing your therapeutic journey. However, seeking help is a powerful and courageous step to take in your life. We as human beings all experience our share of life stressors and struggles that affect our lives. How we allow these stressors to affect our lives is the most important. I am a LMFT with years of experience treating adults, couples, and families struggling with anxiety, trauma, parenting, life changes, people pleasing, poor boundaries, and maladaptive thinking patterns.
With my clients I like to explore their narrative, struggles, and dreams, and with that I create a working relationship to help with self and relational healing. My clients can expect a compassionate and collaborative space to heal from past wounds, that includes strengthening their emotional wellness, and focusing on lasting meaningful change both individually and relationally. Please visit my website to learn more about how we can work together.
With my clients I like to explore their narrative, struggles, and dreams, and with that I create a working relationship to help with self and relational healing. My clients can expect a compassionate and collaborative space to heal from past wounds, that includes strengthening their emotional wellness, and focusing on lasting meaningful change both individually and relationally. Please visit my website to learn more about how we can work together.
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Lesbian Therapists
What is lesbian-affirming therapy?
Lesbian-affirming therapy is a type of mental health support that fully affirms and reflects a client's lesbian identity. It is rooted in acceptance and does not attempt to change or question an individual's sexual orientation. In this type of therapy, clients work with a therapist who understands the unique experiences of lesbian women. This support is especially important, as research shows that lesbian individuals face higher rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges compared to heterosexual populations. Lesbian-affirming therapy acknowledges that lesbian individuals may encounter specific stressors—such as coming out challenges, family rejection, workplace discrimination, and minority stress—that require specialized understanding and intervention. Lesbian-affirming therapists often work with clients across all age groups, from adolescents navigating their emerging identity to adults and older individuals addressing life transitions and relationship concerns. Many therapists also provide couples therapy for lesbian partners, helping them navigate relationship dynamics, communication challenges, or external stressors that may impact their relationship. It is important to note that therapists provide talk therapy and counseling services but do not prescribe medication—if medication is needed for conditions like depression or anxiety, they will coordinate care with a psychiatrist or primary care physician who can provide psychiatric medication management alongside therapeutic support.
Why should I see a lesbian therapist?
Some clients prefer to work with lesbian therapists who may bring personal lived experience to the therapeutic relationship. Choosing to work with a lesbian therapist can offer a deeper sense of connection, comfort, and shared understanding. A therapist who identifies as lesbian may require clients to give less background explanation—whether it’s about navigating romantic relationships, feeling unseen in certain spaces, or processing the impact of past relationship challenges. However, a non-lesbian therapist with strong training and a sincere commitment to LGBTQ+ affirmation can be equally effective. The most important factor is finding a therapist who respects your identity and fosters trust, safety, and understanding. However, a non-lesbian therapist with strong training and a sincere commitment to LGBTQ+ affirmation can be equally effective. The most important factor is finding a therapist who respects your identity and fosters trust, safety, and understanding. Additionally, many lesbian-affirming therapists can connect clients to other providers or community-based resources—such as bisexual support groups or LGBTQ+ organizations—that offer additional affirming spaces for connection.
How do I find a lesbian therapist?
The Psychology Today online directory is a helpful tool for finding lesbian-affirming therapists. You can use search filters to identify therapists who specialize in LGBTQ+ care and work specifically with bisexual clients. You can also filter by clinical specialties, therapeutic approaches, accepted insurance, session costs, and languages spoken to find the right fit. Look for profiles where therapists explicitly mention working with lesbian clients, or where they describe their approach as identity-affirming, inclusive, or trauma-informed. Many providers will also list their own identities, which may help you find someone with shared lived experience if that is important to you. You can also look for credentials or continuing education in areas such as LGBTQ+ mental health, trauma-informed care, and intersectionality.