Non-Binary Therapists in Washington, DC
Are you navigating the intersection of being queer and neurodivergent in a world that doesn’t seem to have been built for you? Learning to love all the parts of yourself is so much more challenging when you’re surrounded by systems and structures that aren’t affirming or flexible. Many of us in these communities navigate issues such as sensory sensitivity, relationship struggles, chronic dysregulation, and executive dysfunction. As a queer neurodivergent person, I understand the complexities and unique challenges you may face. Compassion is at the center of my approach.
Are you navigating the intersection of being queer and neurodivergent in a world that doesn’t seem to have been built for you? Learning to love all the parts of yourself is so much more challenging when you’re surrounded by systems and structures that aren’t affirming or flexible. Many of us in these communities navigate issues such as sensory sensitivity, relationship struggles, chronic dysregulation, and executive dysfunction. As a queer neurodivergent person, I understand the complexities and unique challenges you may face. Compassion is at the center of my approach.
You want to live more fully as yourself while carrying the weight of past pain, identity, and relationships. You may be exploring queerness, intimacy, or belonging while also moving through stress, grief, or shame. At times you long for closeness yet fear rejection, or worry that your needs are too much. You’re ready to feel grounded, trust yourself, and experience relationships that truly nourish you. Your hope goes beyond relief, you want joy, freedom, and deeper connection.
You want to live more fully as yourself while carrying the weight of past pain, identity, and relationships. You may be exploring queerness, intimacy, or belonging while also moving through stress, grief, or shame. At times you long for closeness yet fear rejection, or worry that your needs are too much. You’re ready to feel grounded, trust yourself, and experience relationships that truly nourish you. Your hope goes beyond relief, you want joy, freedom, and deeper connection.
Have you ever felt disconnected from yourself or unsure of who you are or where you belong? My ideal clients are navigating trauma, identity exploration, relationship challenges, or major life transitions. Many feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns shaped by past experiences or systemic stress. They are seeking affirming, trauma-informed support that honors their nervous system, identity, and lived experience, with the goal of building self-trust, emotional clarity, and a stronger sense of safety and belonging.
Have you ever felt disconnected from yourself or unsure of who you are or where you belong? My ideal clients are navigating trauma, identity exploration, relationship challenges, or major life transitions. Many feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns shaped by past experiences or systemic stress. They are seeking affirming, trauma-informed support that honors their nervous system, identity, and lived experience, with the goal of building self-trust, emotional clarity, and a stronger sense of safety and belonging.
Now accepting video clients from Minnesota! ! ! I believe that we all have the resources to succeed within ourselves. Therapy connects us to our strengths and our resilience. As a client-centered therapist, I am honored to collaborate with you and help you reach your mental health goals. I am non-binary (agender) and work often with people who identify under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. I am body- and sex- positive, kink-aware, and poly-friendly, and my practice philosophy is grounded in intersectional and feminist theory.
Now accepting video clients from Minnesota! ! ! I believe that we all have the resources to succeed within ourselves. Therapy connects us to our strengths and our resilience. As a client-centered therapist, I am honored to collaborate with you and help you reach your mental health goals. I am non-binary (agender) and work often with people who identify under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. I am body- and sex- positive, kink-aware, and poly-friendly, and my practice philosophy is grounded in intersectional and feminist theory.
Chris Quam Sherman
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, ERYT200, CPT, GFI
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20006
What if the things that always made you different (ie your neurodivergence, gender identity, sexual orientation) were not an indicator that you were wrong or broken? Who you are is a gift. You do not have to hide or become less of who you are. Through therapy we will uncover and use your unique strengths to move towards growth and healing.
What if the things that always made you different (ie your neurodivergence, gender identity, sexual orientation) were not an indicator that you were wrong or broken? Who you are is a gift. You do not have to hide or become less of who you are. Through therapy we will uncover and use your unique strengths to move towards growth and healing.
Welcome! I’m Lennie. I am passionate about supporting LGBTQ+ communities–particularly transgender and gender nonconforming–and those healing from trauma, experiencing grief and loss, and coping with cancer and chronic illnesses. I believe that there is no one “right” path to recovery and healing, and that everyone has the right to pursue an enjoyable quality of life. Regardless of whether you are searching for therapy for the hundredth time or the first time, as a first defense or a last-ditch effort, and whether you have specific goals in mind or just want to try it out and see if it works for you–you are welcomed!
Welcome! I’m Lennie. I am passionate about supporting LGBTQ+ communities–particularly transgender and gender nonconforming–and those healing from trauma, experiencing grief and loss, and coping with cancer and chronic illnesses. I believe that there is no one “right” path to recovery and healing, and that everyone has the right to pursue an enjoyable quality of life. Regardless of whether you are searching for therapy for the hundredth time or the first time, as a first defense or a last-ditch effort, and whether you have specific goals in mind or just want to try it out and see if it works for you–you are welcomed!
I'm Jenn (they/them), a queer, nonbinary, social worker offering therapy and clinical supervision. I'm drawn to supporting folks as they navigate grief in all its forms (death-related loss, breakups, identity shifts, life transitions, estrangement, and the subtle losses that reshape us). I also work with people who are living with serious illness and are facing end of life, creating a space for meaning making and reflection.
I believe the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of healing. My approach is casual and person-centered. It is grounded in the belief that you already carry the wisdom you need.
I'm Jenn (they/them), a queer, nonbinary, social worker offering therapy and clinical supervision. I'm drawn to supporting folks as they navigate grief in all its forms (death-related loss, breakups, identity shifts, life transitions, estrangement, and the subtle losses that reshape us). I also work with people who are living with serious illness and are facing end of life, creating a space for meaning making and reflection.
I believe the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of healing. My approach is casual and person-centered. It is grounded in the belief that you already carry the wisdom you need.
I’m queer, gay, neurodivergent, & a non-linear thinker. I offer therapy for those tired of masking, pretending, performing, or polishing themselves just to get by. In a world that rewards fake smiles and emotional shutdown, being real is radical. I help you to reconnect with your body—not as a problem to fix, but as a source of truth, power, & resilience. Your emotions aren’t flaws; they’re signals. You don’t have to hold it all together to deserve support. You don’t have to fake calm to be okay. I’m here to help you feel what’s real, unmask safely, and discover the next honest step forward.
I’m queer, gay, neurodivergent, & a non-linear thinker. I offer therapy for those tired of masking, pretending, performing, or polishing themselves just to get by. In a world that rewards fake smiles and emotional shutdown, being real is radical. I help you to reconnect with your body—not as a problem to fix, but as a source of truth, power, & resilience. Your emotions aren’t flaws; they’re signals. You don’t have to hold it all together to deserve support. You don’t have to fake calm to be okay. I’m here to help you feel what’s real, unmask safely, and discover the next honest step forward.
Hi, I’m Sarah Beth (she/they). I’m a White genderqueer therapist who provides individual, couples, and family therapy in person and online. I specialize in individual & family therapy for queer and transgender youth and their families. I provide a safe, affirming, and age-appropriate space for nurturing, acceptance, and self-exploration. I understand therapy as one tool among many for supporting youth and adults to find more joy and resilience in their daily lives. I support clients to increase their capacity to be active participants in building a better world, through attunement to relationships with self and others.
Hi, I’m Sarah Beth (she/they). I’m a White genderqueer therapist who provides individual, couples, and family therapy in person and online. I specialize in individual & family therapy for queer and transgender youth and their families. I provide a safe, affirming, and age-appropriate space for nurturing, acceptance, and self-exploration. I understand therapy as one tool among many for supporting youth and adults to find more joy and resilience in their daily lives. I support clients to increase their capacity to be active participants in building a better world, through attunement to relationships with self and others.
The current climate of our society has been a stressful and enduring situation for people which has lead to or uncovered trauma, anxiety, or other overwhelming thoughts. It can be difficult to navigate these mental health stressors by ourselves or even with the support of friends and family. This is why reaching out for professional support can be impactful as you are able to discuss stressors in an empathic space and gain healthy coping skills.
The current climate of our society has been a stressful and enduring situation for people which has lead to or uncovered trauma, anxiety, or other overwhelming thoughts. It can be difficult to navigate these mental health stressors by ourselves or even with the support of friends and family. This is why reaching out for professional support can be impactful as you are able to discuss stressors in an empathic space and gain healthy coping skills.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unsure how to move forward. Whether you’re exploring your gender or sexual identity, navigating transition, or feeling stuck in old patterns, you deserve a space where your full self is affirmed and understood.
My style is warm, collaborative, and queer- and trans-affirming. I help clients explore identity, build self-trust, and create more authentic ways of living. I specialize in supporting LGBTQ+ (queer)/ transgender/nonbinary/questioning individuals, as well as young adults and students navigating major life transitions, anxiety, and identity development.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unsure how to move forward. Whether you’re exploring your gender or sexual identity, navigating transition, or feeling stuck in old patterns, you deserve a space where your full self is affirmed and understood.
My style is warm, collaborative, and queer- and trans-affirming. I help clients explore identity, build self-trust, and create more authentic ways of living. I specialize in supporting LGBTQ+ (queer)/ transgender/nonbinary/questioning individuals, as well as young adults and students navigating major life transitions, anxiety, and identity development.
You don’t have to perform your pain to be seen. You don’t have to overgive to be loved.
I work with the LGBTQ, BIPOC, neurodivergent, immigrants, kink/BDSM community, polyamorous or nonmonogamous folks, and survivors who are done with shrinking, burning out, or wondering if they’re "too much." You might be holding grief, longing, or rage that never had a safe place to land, especially if your identity has been shaped by generational trauma, family obligation, or code-switching for safety.
As a relational, trauma-informed and somatic therapist, I hold space for both the ache and the aliveness in you. I am trained in EMDR and IFS.
You don’t have to perform your pain to be seen. You don’t have to overgive to be loved.
I work with the LGBTQ, BIPOC, neurodivergent, immigrants, kink/BDSM community, polyamorous or nonmonogamous folks, and survivors who are done with shrinking, burning out, or wondering if they’re "too much." You might be holding grief, longing, or rage that never had a safe place to land, especially if your identity has been shaped by generational trauma, family obligation, or code-switching for safety.
As a relational, trauma-informed and somatic therapist, I hold space for both the ache and the aliveness in you. I am trained in EMDR and IFS.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, neurodivergence, and LGBTQ+ identity as they explore self, relationships, and belonging. I approach this work with care and understanding, paying close attention to how past experiences, cultural identity, and systems shape each person’s life. I work collaboratively to support expression, insight, and personal growth in a nonjudgmental and affirming space where individuals feel safe, respected, and heard throughout the therapeutic process.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, neurodivergence, and LGBTQ+ identity as they explore self, relationships, and belonging. I approach this work with care and understanding, paying close attention to how past experiences, cultural identity, and systems shape each person’s life. I work collaboratively to support expression, insight, and personal growth in a nonjudgmental and affirming space where individuals feel safe, respected, and heard throughout the therapeutic process.
I love working with LGBTQIA+ folks! I especially love working with fellow nonbinary people. I enjoy work with all humans across the lifespan, sexuality and gender spectrum on issues ranging from relationship concerns to life transitions, identity formation, and grief. I support you where you are and where you wish to be.
I love working with LGBTQIA+ folks! I especially love working with fellow nonbinary people. I enjoy work with all humans across the lifespan, sexuality and gender spectrum on issues ranging from relationship concerns to life transitions, identity formation, and grief. I support you where you are and where you wish to be.
Psychotherapy can help you make sense of complicated feelings, gain insight into relational patterns, and begin to move forward in areas of your life where you feel stuck. My focus is to help you untangle struggles, revise problematic narratives about yourself, and re-orient you toward your values. I offer individual and couples therapy, psychological assessments (including ADHD and ASD), and gender affirming evaluation services.
My integrative approach is informed by psychodynamic, behavioral, and trauma informed theories. I am trained in EMDR. Above all, I value the therapeutic relationship and your personal growth.
Psychotherapy can help you make sense of complicated feelings, gain insight into relational patterns, and begin to move forward in areas of your life where you feel stuck. My focus is to help you untangle struggles, revise problematic narratives about yourself, and re-orient you toward your values. I offer individual and couples therapy, psychological assessments (including ADHD and ASD), and gender affirming evaluation services.
My integrative approach is informed by psychodynamic, behavioral, and trauma informed theories. I am trained in EMDR. Above all, I value the therapeutic relationship and your personal growth.
Given the current political landscape, I'm opening a small access-rate therapy offering: 20 therapy sessions at $70 per session, which is about 42% off my lowest community rate. Working with a DBT-centered, queer, neurodivergent therapist often feels both grounding and empowering. You gain practical, evidence-based tools for navigating intense emotions while being fully seen, respected, and affirmed in your identity. Sessions blend structured DBT skills—such as mindfulness or distress tolerance—with a warm, nonjudgmental space where your identities are understood as integral to your life story, not something to explain or defend.
Given the current political landscape, I'm opening a small access-rate therapy offering: 20 therapy sessions at $70 per session, which is about 42% off my lowest community rate. Working with a DBT-centered, queer, neurodivergent therapist often feels both grounding and empowering. You gain practical, evidence-based tools for navigating intense emotions while being fully seen, respected, and affirmed in your identity. Sessions blend structured DBT skills—such as mindfulness or distress tolerance—with a warm, nonjudgmental space where your identities are understood as integral to your life story, not something to explain or defend.
Infinite Zen Holistic
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, ABS, LICSW, LCSW-S, CCATP, CST
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Is your relationship experiencing frequent conflict/arguing, issues with sex and intimacy or differences in sexual desire? Let's work together! I am a sex-positive, non-monogamous, BDSM/KINK, LGBTQIA+ affirming relationship therapist. Perhaps you want to improve intimacy, or maybe you're unsure about the future of your relationship. An important aspect of therapy is examining our inner world, relationships, thoughts and feelings in a safe non-judgmental space. Using an integrative approach, I aim to create a positive therapeutic relationship that promotes healing with compassionate self-exploration. IFS therapist. Let's Chat!
Is your relationship experiencing frequent conflict/arguing, issues with sex and intimacy or differences in sexual desire? Let's work together! I am a sex-positive, non-monogamous, BDSM/KINK, LGBTQIA+ affirming relationship therapist. Perhaps you want to improve intimacy, or maybe you're unsure about the future of your relationship. An important aspect of therapy is examining our inner world, relationships, thoughts and feelings in a safe non-judgmental space. Using an integrative approach, I aim to create a positive therapeutic relationship that promotes healing with compassionate self-exploration. IFS therapist. Let's Chat!
Are you a child of a dysfunctional family, see yourself playing roles of a caretaker, people pleaser, fawner or avoidant of conflict? Do you wonder how these roles began? Perhaps you recognize their origin but feel uncertain how to step outside of these roles that feel inauthentic. Do you ever think to yourself, “I don’t feel like I know my ‘true self’”? You may desire to show up differently but not sure where or how to begin. I assure you; these questions and thoughts make complete sense to me, and I am here to work alongside you as we walk the path towards discovering your inner wisdom, truth and power to heal your past wounds.
Are you a child of a dysfunctional family, see yourself playing roles of a caretaker, people pleaser, fawner or avoidant of conflict? Do you wonder how these roles began? Perhaps you recognize their origin but feel uncertain how to step outside of these roles that feel inauthentic. Do you ever think to yourself, “I don’t feel like I know my ‘true self’”? You may desire to show up differently but not sure where or how to begin. I assure you; these questions and thoughts make complete sense to me, and I am here to work alongside you as we walk the path towards discovering your inner wisdom, truth and power to heal your past wounds.
I think people are resourceful. Throughout our lives, we develop purposeful strategies to manage, survive, or thrive in our given circumstances. Therapy with me means having the space to be curious about your current strategies, understand where and how they developed, and to identify the ones that you feel are still working well and which you'd like to change to better align with what is most important to you today. I believe that therapy is just one of many ways a person can work on their healing. However, it is an enormously valuable space, and I’d be honored to share it with you.
I think people are resourceful. Throughout our lives, we develop purposeful strategies to manage, survive, or thrive in our given circumstances. Therapy with me means having the space to be curious about your current strategies, understand where and how they developed, and to identify the ones that you feel are still working well and which you'd like to change to better align with what is most important to you today. I believe that therapy is just one of many ways a person can work on their healing. However, it is an enormously valuable space, and I’d be honored to share it with you.
Hi there! I hold a strong commitment to co-creating a therapeutic space in which you feel safe to be your full self, whatever that means to you. I bring a non-judgmental presence to every session, ready to be the witness to your unique journey. Regardless of how you feel as you read this, I am here to remind you that you are on the right path. After all, by researching the right therapist for you, you are already showing up for yourself. As a queer therapist, I also enjoy working with the LGBTQ+ community and their families. I work with children to help develop emotional regulation skills, as well as teens and adults of all ages.
Hi there! I hold a strong commitment to co-creating a therapeutic space in which you feel safe to be your full self, whatever that means to you. I bring a non-judgmental presence to every session, ready to be the witness to your unique journey. Regardless of how you feel as you read this, I am here to remind you that you are on the right path. After all, by researching the right therapist for you, you are already showing up for yourself. As a queer therapist, I also enjoy working with the LGBTQ+ community and their families. I work with children to help develop emotional regulation skills, as well as teens and adults of all ages.
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Non-Binary Therapists
What are the advantages of seeing a non-binary therapist?
Working with a non-binary therapist can offer unique benefits for individuals seeking support around gender identity. Therapists who personally identify as non-binary may bring both professional training and personal insight to their work, creating a therapeutic space that some clients may find more affirming and welcoming. These therapists often have specialized knowledge in areas such as gender-affirming care, gender dysphoria, and navigating family or social acceptance. They may also be particularly skilled in helping clients find additional resources, such as affirming healthcare providers or community-based supports that align with and affirm their identity.
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
The gender of your therapist can matter, depending on your individual comfort preferences and therapeutic goals. While therapy outcomes are often driven by the therapist’s methodology and the strength of the therapeutic relationship, many people feel more at ease working with a therapist who shares or understands their gender identity, which can enhance trust and improve therapy outcomes. For clients who are non-binary or gender-diverse, working with a therapist of a similar identity may reduce the need to explain or justify their experiences and can increase the sense of being seen and understood. This dynamic may be especially important when addressing topics related to gender, sexuality, trauma, or relationships. Ultimately, what matters most is finding a therapist who is respectful and knowledgeable of your identity—regardless of their own gender.
How can I find a non-binary therapist?
The Psychology Today online directory is a helpful tool for identifying therapists who identify as non-binary. You can use filters to search by identity markers as well as by clinical specialty, therapeutic approach, insurance accepted, session costs, and languages spoken to help ensure a good fit. During an initial consultation or early sessions, consider asking about the therapist’s training in gender-affirming care, their experience with LGBTQ+ clients, and their therapeutic approach to identity-related topics. An effective therapist will be open and affirming in their responses. You can also look for credentials or continuing education in areas such as LGBTQ+ mental health, trauma-informed care, and intersectionality.