Transgender Therapists in San Jose, CA
Therapy is an amazing placebo. You do not NEED a therapist to learn, transform, and grow your awareness of yourself. I firmly believe whatever it is you are seeking to learn, change, or make peace with, you can do it. The benefit of working with a trained therapist who sees you, gives your sense of agency and innate wisdom the respect it deserves, and offers an outside perspective on your experience informed by evidenced-based theory and practice, is that the pace of growth is greatly accelerated.
Therapy is an amazing placebo. You do not NEED a therapist to learn, transform, and grow your awareness of yourself. I firmly believe whatever it is you are seeking to learn, change, or make peace with, you can do it. The benefit of working with a trained therapist who sees you, gives your sense of agency and innate wisdom the respect it deserves, and offers an outside perspective on your experience informed by evidenced-based theory and practice, is that the pace of growth is greatly accelerated.
The single most healing part of therapy is the relationship you have with your therapist: feeling like you know and trust them on a personal level. I believe the therapeutic relationship is a real, significant relationship, just a different kind of one. As such, much of my work is around building and strengthening the relationship. My style works best with people who have tried out other therapists and found their styles too limited or regimented; wanting someone who more deeply and actively shows up in the room with you. I see us as two experts collaborating: I, an expert of therapy, and you, the expert of yourself.
The single most healing part of therapy is the relationship you have with your therapist: feeling like you know and trust them on a personal level. I believe the therapeutic relationship is a real, significant relationship, just a different kind of one. As such, much of my work is around building and strengthening the relationship. My style works best with people who have tried out other therapists and found their styles too limited or regimented; wanting someone who more deeply and actively shows up in the room with you. I see us as two experts collaborating: I, an expert of therapy, and you, the expert of yourself.
Laura Johnston
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, NCC
1 Endorsed
San Jose, CA 95125
Waitlist for new clients
Hi, I’m Laura. I bring warmth, curiosity, and humor to my work with deep thinkers and feelers of all backgrounds. I'm especially passionate about working with neurodivergent adults, creative folks, and the queer community. We are all complex beings and a dynamic approach is needed to honor that. Who and how you are is welcome.
Hi, I’m Laura. I bring warmth, curiosity, and humor to my work with deep thinkers and feelers of all backgrounds. I'm especially passionate about working with neurodivergent adults, creative folks, and the queer community. We are all complex beings and a dynamic approach is needed to honor that. Who and how you are is welcome.
Sliding scale slots available! Are you a trans, nonbinary, or polyamorous adult wanting to be seen in your full identity? An adult seeking an ADHD or Autism diagnosis - or struggling with one? A queer Muslim seeking a therapist who gets both your faith and your queerness? Chronically ill and tired of explaining your body to uninformed therapists? I’d love to support your intersectional journey in exploring your queerness and neurodivergence, navigating faith & family, deepening your relationships, obtaining HRT/GAS letters, and receiving formal adult ADHD & Autism assessments. You’ve found a therapist who truly understands you here.
Sliding scale slots available! Are you a trans, nonbinary, or polyamorous adult wanting to be seen in your full identity? An adult seeking an ADHD or Autism diagnosis - or struggling with one? A queer Muslim seeking a therapist who gets both your faith and your queerness? Chronically ill and tired of explaining your body to uninformed therapists? I’d love to support your intersectional journey in exploring your queerness and neurodivergence, navigating faith & family, deepening your relationships, obtaining HRT/GAS letters, and receiving formal adult ADHD & Autism assessments. You’ve found a therapist who truly understands you here.
Hello, my name is Kenyai O’Neal, but please feel free to call me Kayo. My areas of specialization include relational gestalt, psychosynthesis, liberation psychology, creative expression, and solution-focused approaches. I primarily work with individuals who identify as queer, neurodivergent, and as people of color. I am available to provide support for individuals, couples, adolescents, and teenagers. I see therapy as a safe space for self-exploration—examining the positive, challenging, and uncomfortable aspects of oneself in order to foster understanding and change.
Hello, my name is Kenyai O’Neal, but please feel free to call me Kayo. My areas of specialization include relational gestalt, psychosynthesis, liberation psychology, creative expression, and solution-focused approaches. I primarily work with individuals who identify as queer, neurodivergent, and as people of color. I am available to provide support for individuals, couples, adolescents, and teenagers. I see therapy as a safe space for self-exploration—examining the positive, challenging, and uncomfortable aspects of oneself in order to foster understanding and change.
As a pastoral psychotherapist and theologian--who also happens to be queer and transgender--I am deeply connected to my faith that leans towards thoughts in Christian mysticism.
Sudden and dramatic life transitions can rock our world, causing us to frequently feel disoriented and unsettled. Whether such moments are encountered through loss of a loved one, divorce, trauma, substance recovery or something equally profound, ones faith, meaning, purpose, and direction is often called on as a means to sustain us. I welcome the opportunity to work with you to heuristically discover and strengthen your inner-self and potentiality.
As a pastoral psychotherapist and theologian--who also happens to be queer and transgender--I am deeply connected to my faith that leans towards thoughts in Christian mysticism.
Sudden and dramatic life transitions can rock our world, causing us to frequently feel disoriented and unsettled. Whether such moments are encountered through loss of a loved one, divorce, trauma, substance recovery or something equally profound, ones faith, meaning, purpose, and direction is often called on as a means to sustain us. I welcome the opportunity to work with you to heuristically discover and strengthen your inner-self and potentiality.
I want to help you explore what's true for you, listen without feeling protective/becoming defensive, and learn to feel safer in relationships (with others but also with yourself.) I have 15 years of experience in mental health treatment settings and I specialize in eating disorder recovery, healing relational trauma, and gender affirming care.
I am committed to supporting you and/or your loved one as you explore & affirm your gender identity. I am trauma-informed and will incorporate internal family systems (IFS) if that modality feels right for you. I provide surgery consultations and approval letters as needed or requested.
I want to help you explore what's true for you, listen without feeling protective/becoming defensive, and learn to feel safer in relationships (with others but also with yourself.) I have 15 years of experience in mental health treatment settings and I specialize in eating disorder recovery, healing relational trauma, and gender affirming care.
I am committed to supporting you and/or your loved one as you explore & affirm your gender identity. I am trauma-informed and will incorporate internal family systems (IFS) if that modality feels right for you. I provide surgery consultations and approval letters as needed or requested.
Kintsugi — the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold — offers a powerful metaphor for the therapeutic journey. Rather than hiding our cracks, we illuminate them. In this way, trauma is not just something to survive — it can become the gold that reconnects us to our deepest, most authentic self. I believe that the pain we carry can become the very source of our wisdom, clarity, and strength. My work is grounded in presence, compassion, and respect for your unique path.
Kintsugi — the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold — offers a powerful metaphor for the therapeutic journey. Rather than hiding our cracks, we illuminate them. In this way, trauma is not just something to survive — it can become the gold that reconnects us to our deepest, most authentic self. I believe that the pain we carry can become the very source of our wisdom, clarity, and strength. My work is grounded in presence, compassion, and respect for your unique path.
We all deserve a safe, compassionate space to process and explore, whether we are healing from difficult life events or simply taking a pause to reflect on our life. I deeply believe in holistic and intersectional care, where a client doesn’t have to leave any of their identities at the door and their whole self including mind, body, and spirit is recognized and affirmed. My approach to therapy is honest, anti-oppressive, and empowering. I strongly believe therapy should be a collaborative experience - I always encourage the client to take the lead in shaping the therapy space into whatever they need it to be!
We all deserve a safe, compassionate space to process and explore, whether we are healing from difficult life events or simply taking a pause to reflect on our life. I deeply believe in holistic and intersectional care, where a client doesn’t have to leave any of their identities at the door and their whole self including mind, body, and spirit is recognized and affirmed. My approach to therapy is honest, anti-oppressive, and empowering. I strongly believe therapy should be a collaborative experience - I always encourage the client to take the lead in shaping the therapy space into whatever they need it to be!
You’re exhausted from carrying so much while trying to appear “fine” to everyone else. Relationship struggles, identity exploration, anxiety, grief, or life transitions may leave you feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unsure how to keep coping. Over time, even work, school, sleep, and relationships can begin to feel harder to manage. I work with teens, young adults, and adults who are tired of struggling alone and want support that feels compassionate and affirming. Together, we create space to process emotions, build healthier coping tools, and help you feel more grounded, understood, and connected.
You’re exhausted from carrying so much while trying to appear “fine” to everyone else. Relationship struggles, identity exploration, anxiety, grief, or life transitions may leave you feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unsure how to keep coping. Over time, even work, school, sleep, and relationships can begin to feel harder to manage. I work with teens, young adults, and adults who are tired of struggling alone and want support that feels compassionate and affirming. Together, we create space to process emotions, build healthier coping tools, and help you feel more grounded, understood, and connected.
As a transgender therapist, I primarily work with LGBTQIA+ clients and understand the challenges of navigating a world shaped by cis-heterosupremacy.
I help by listening to you, learning who you are and what you need, collaborating with you, and providing an appropriate response to bring out your best self as you see it. Feminism, disability rights, and racial justice inform my practice to address both personal and systemic factors impacting your mental health. I empower you to take agency where you can.
As a transgender therapist, I primarily work with LGBTQIA+ clients and understand the challenges of navigating a world shaped by cis-heterosupremacy.
I help by listening to you, learning who you are and what you need, collaborating with you, and providing an appropriate response to bring out your best self as you see it. Feminism, disability rights, and racial justice inform my practice to address both personal and systemic factors impacting your mental health. I empower you to take agency where you can.
The majority of my clients identify as LGBTQIA+, Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and I work with individuals of all ages. Clients tend to be navigating mental health symptoms like low mood and motivation, panic, worries and dissociation. Common issues are related to daily stressors like financial, work/school stressors; social anxiety (family of origin, immigration and cultural stressors), and self-esteem. Symptoms are frequently related to existing within mainstream expectations of cisgender, white, heteropatriarchy, able-bodied, financially privileged, capitalist culture.
The majority of my clients identify as LGBTQIA+, Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and I work with individuals of all ages. Clients tend to be navigating mental health symptoms like low mood and motivation, panic, worries and dissociation. Common issues are related to daily stressors like financial, work/school stressors; social anxiety (family of origin, immigration and cultural stressors), and self-esteem. Symptoms are frequently related to existing within mainstream expectations of cisgender, white, heteropatriarchy, able-bodied, financially privileged, capitalist culture.
Whether you have a specific something that is bothering you or a more vague sense that something is off, it's impacting your life and worth addressing. Dreamwork, processing the past, and tracking patterns to understand them would all be utilized as part of my approach to your concerns. Our work would address unconscious patterns and conflicts that contribute to your pain, without neglecting the impacts of your conscious thoughts, outer circumstances, and the impact of systemic harms.
Whether you have a specific something that is bothering you or a more vague sense that something is off, it's impacting your life and worth addressing. Dreamwork, processing the past, and tracking patterns to understand them would all be utilized as part of my approach to your concerns. Our work would address unconscious patterns and conflicts that contribute to your pain, without neglecting the impacts of your conscious thoughts, outer circumstances, and the impact of systemic harms.
Anne Seveska - Intimacy and Sex Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST, KAP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Sexuality is part of our core identity. I provide a judgment-free space to help foster connections to love, intimacy, desire, and pleasure. I work with sexual connection, sexual trauma, kink, fertility (IUI, IVF, adoption, etc). and sex post-partum. I also offer support to address male confidence, premature ejaculation, and anxiety. I love facilitating couples healing from infidelity and individuals making sense of complex sexual histories. I see cis-hetero & LGBTQIA+ populations in traditional or non-traditional relationships.
Sexuality is part of our core identity. I provide a judgment-free space to help foster connections to love, intimacy, desire, and pleasure. I work with sexual connection, sexual trauma, kink, fertility (IUI, IVF, adoption, etc). and sex post-partum. I also offer support to address male confidence, premature ejaculation, and anxiety. I love facilitating couples healing from infidelity and individuals making sense of complex sexual histories. I see cis-hetero & LGBTQIA+ populations in traditional or non-traditional relationships.
I am passionate about providing queer and neurodivergent affirming care to clients in an expansive way. My priority is to create a safe and supportive space to help you heal from past wounds and find a path toward embodying your most authentic self. My work aims to dismantle white supremacy, capitalism & ableism & help you unlearn harmful internalized beliefs instilled by these systems of oppression. I guide you in learning to care for your unique wellbeing in order to live with less suffering & more freedom. I believe in and hold space for each person's potential to heal & grow.
I am passionate about providing queer and neurodivergent affirming care to clients in an expansive way. My priority is to create a safe and supportive space to help you heal from past wounds and find a path toward embodying your most authentic self. My work aims to dismantle white supremacy, capitalism & ableism & help you unlearn harmful internalized beliefs instilled by these systems of oppression. I guide you in learning to care for your unique wellbeing in order to live with less suffering & more freedom. I believe in and hold space for each person's potential to heal & grow.
At Bridges Therapy Group of California, we’re dedicated to matching you with the perfect therapist for you and ensuring that your insurance will truly pay for your sessions. We are contracted, in-network providers with all the insurers listed below. We verify your benefits before you start so there are no surprises to you.
At Bridges Therapy Group of California, we’re dedicated to matching you with the perfect therapist for you and ensuring that your insurance will truly pay for your sessions. We are contracted, in-network providers with all the insurers listed below. We verify your benefits before you start so there are no surprises to you.
Finding the right therapist for you can feel daunting! You might wonder if it's possible for someone to really get you & if opening up is even worth the risk. I connect well with those who feel set apart from those around them & have difficulty connecting with others. We come to know & understand ourselves in the context of relationships. Without authentic connections, we can end up feeling really stuck; disconnected from those around us & from ourselves. Through the experience of being with another person in a safe & accepting space, the therapeutic relationship offers a unique & meaningful opportunity for self-discovery & healing.
Finding the right therapist for you can feel daunting! You might wonder if it's possible for someone to really get you & if opening up is even worth the risk. I connect well with those who feel set apart from those around them & have difficulty connecting with others. We come to know & understand ourselves in the context of relationships. Without authentic connections, we can end up feeling really stuck; disconnected from those around us & from ourselves. Through the experience of being with another person in a safe & accepting space, the therapeutic relationship offers a unique & meaningful opportunity for self-discovery & healing.
I specialize in working with multi-hyphenates, artists, musicians, performers, high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs, queer, trans, and gender-expansive folks, as well as neurodivergent and highly sensitive people. Many of my clients are navigating poly/ENM and kink dynamics, spiritual or witchy paths, or healing from religious trauma, toxic work cultures, academia, controlling partners, or other high-control environments. Together, we’ll make sense of the anxiety and burnout that can leave you feeling numb, on edge, or like you’re watching your life from the outside and take brave, doable steps toward the future you want.
I specialize in working with multi-hyphenates, artists, musicians, performers, high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs, queer, trans, and gender-expansive folks, as well as neurodivergent and highly sensitive people. Many of my clients are navigating poly/ENM and kink dynamics, spiritual or witchy paths, or healing from religious trauma, toxic work cultures, academia, controlling partners, or other high-control environments. Together, we’ll make sense of the anxiety and burnout that can leave you feeling numb, on edge, or like you’re watching your life from the outside and take brave, doable steps toward the future you want.
At Bridges Therapy, we understand that life’s challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming. Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges or simply seeking personal growth, our dedicated team of over 50 experienced and compassionate mental health professionals is here to guide and support you on your path toward healing and happiness. Our practice uses a fully virtual model to offer affordable, accessible and effective mental health care for individuals across the state of California.
At Bridges Therapy, we understand that life’s challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming. Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges or simply seeking personal growth, our dedicated team of over 50 experienced and compassionate mental health professionals is here to guide and support you on your path toward healing and happiness. Our practice uses a fully virtual model to offer affordable, accessible and effective mental health care for individuals across the state of California.
As I see it, therapy can have a tremendous influence in a person's life. My style of therapy emphasizes the importance and validation of the client's life experiences. I utilize a compassionate approach where the client can feel comfortable to explore and examine their life in order to better understand patterns that may contribute to problems. I don't subscribe to a cookie cutter approach, rather offer a personalized form of treatment based on your personality and life experiences. I hope to provide the support that will help you find your own of healing.
As I see it, therapy can have a tremendous influence in a person's life. My style of therapy emphasizes the importance and validation of the client's life experiences. I utilize a compassionate approach where the client can feel comfortable to explore and examine their life in order to better understand patterns that may contribute to problems. I don't subscribe to a cookie cutter approach, rather offer a personalized form of treatment based on your personality and life experiences. I hope to provide the support that will help you find your own of healing.
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Transgender Therapists
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.
What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.
How can I recognize a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognize a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.