LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Walkertown, NC
Loving Reconnections Behavioral Health PA
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, BA, Psy
Serves Area
I wholeheartedly believe in the resilience of the human spirit and that each of us are imbued with the desire to achieve, to connect and have peace. Change is usually associated with stress and we are not fond of it; we find comfort in our routine even when that routine is allowing us to feel overwhelmed, underappreciated and at its worst, neglected or abused. Change is what inspires and produces growth. Without growth, we whither and shrink away becoming someone whom we barely recognize. We are life forces and energy that need growth in order to realize our fullest potential
I wholeheartedly believe in the resilience of the human spirit and that each of us are imbued with the desire to achieve, to connect and have peace. Change is usually associated with stress and we are not fond of it; we find comfort in our routine even when that routine is allowing us to feel overwhelmed, underappreciated and at its worst, neglected or abused. Change is what inspires and produces growth. Without growth, we whither and shrink away becoming someone whom we barely recognize. We are life forces and energy that need growth in order to realize our fullest potential
I offer clinical supervision and counseling services. My supportive supervision focuses on mentorship and skill development, aimed at enhancing your counseling practice while nurturing your authentic self. Together, we will navigate the nuances of practice, empowering you to grow both personally and professionally.
For counseling clients, if you are experiencing feelings of self-doubt, anxiety, or inadequacy, I provide a safe, holistic, and culturally sensitive space to explore these emotions. Through our work, we will set healthy boundaries and foster self-love.
I offer clinical supervision and counseling services. My supportive supervision focuses on mentorship and skill development, aimed at enhancing your counseling practice while nurturing your authentic self. Together, we will navigate the nuances of practice, empowering you to grow both personally and professionally.
For counseling clients, if you are experiencing feelings of self-doubt, anxiety, or inadequacy, I provide a safe, holistic, and culturally sensitive space to explore these emotions. Through our work, we will set healthy boundaries and foster self-love.
People are as diverse as the families from which they come. Each person brings one's own history, ethnic background, familial order, spirituality and personality to the counseling experience. Many individuals begin their counseling journey when they are experiencing current issues; others may be seeking further self-development. I strive to meet each other as a unique person. My overall goal is to accompany and to promote well-being and wholeness for any client whom I have the privilege to work. This client would welcome feedback and demonstrate the desire for personal growth.
People are as diverse as the families from which they come. Each person brings one's own history, ethnic background, familial order, spirituality and personality to the counseling experience. Many individuals begin their counseling journey when they are experiencing current issues; others may be seeking further self-development. I strive to meet each other as a unique person. My overall goal is to accompany and to promote well-being and wholeness for any client whom I have the privilege to work. This client would welcome feedback and demonstrate the desire for personal growth.
I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist and a trauma-informed therapist.
My approach to therapy is warm, interactive, collaborative and sometimes playful. My goal is to help clients find healing and to give them hope for the future. I believe we can all benefit from embracing our inner child more.
I am here to support you on your journey to healing and creating a life worth living.
I am an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist and a trauma-informed therapist.
My approach to therapy is warm, interactive, collaborative and sometimes playful. My goal is to help clients find healing and to give them hope for the future. I believe we can all benefit from embracing our inner child more.
I am here to support you on your journey to healing and creating a life worth living.
It is anxiety-provoking to put ourselves in a position of vulnerability and open up about our struggles. I believe taking this risk can be well worth it if you connect with the right person. As a therapist I am someone who will listen to you with respect and provide validation of your emotional experiences. I will also encourage you to consider alternative ways of interpreting your experiences. I am someone who has had her own challenges with anxiety and depression and grew up in a family with their own mental health issues.
It is anxiety-provoking to put ourselves in a position of vulnerability and open up about our struggles. I believe taking this risk can be well worth it if you connect with the right person. As a therapist I am someone who will listen to you with respect and provide validation of your emotional experiences. I will also encourage you to consider alternative ways of interpreting your experiences. I am someone who has had her own challenges with anxiety and depression and grew up in a family with their own mental health issues.
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Winston Salem Couples
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC-S
1 Endorsed
Winston Salem, NC 27103
Relationships are hard work, but you're in the right place. Whether you've been married for years or just dating and considering making a commitment, we can help. Couples who come to see us often have a strong desire to be closer to their partner but have found themselves locked in a pattern of stressful interaction, which leads to the problems they are hoping to address in counseling. Together we navigate the process of understanding the cycles couples get stuck in and identify what needs to change in order to build a safe, intimate, and loving connection.
Relationships are hard work, but you're in the right place. Whether you've been married for years or just dating and considering making a commitment, we can help. Couples who come to see us often have a strong desire to be closer to their partner but have found themselves locked in a pattern of stressful interaction, which leads to the problems they are hoping to address in counseling. Together we navigate the process of understanding the cycles couples get stuck in and identify what needs to change in order to build a safe, intimate, and loving connection.
My lived experience as a highly sensitive, introverted, chronically ill, queer woman has given me experience with the messages our world tells us about what it means to be different –- that we are somehow broken or unworthy.
I offer online therapy in NC for people struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, to help them discover their magic and live more authentically. Is perfectionism is holding you back from taking that next step? Need to set better boundaries but feeling like its a lost cause? Overthinking leaving you feeling burnt out and over it? Wouldn’t it be nice if all those critical voices could chill out and give you some peace? Regardless of how self-doubt is showing up in your day to day, we can work together to find your strengths, trust your intuition, and recognize your unique gifts.
My lived experience as a highly sensitive, introverted, chronically ill, queer woman has given me experience with the messages our world tells us about what it means to be different –- that we are somehow broken or unworthy.
I offer online therapy in NC for people struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, to help them discover their magic and live more authentically. Is perfectionism is holding you back from taking that next step? Need to set better boundaries but feeling like its a lost cause? Overthinking leaving you feeling burnt out and over it? Wouldn’t it be nice if all those critical voices could chill out and give you some peace? Regardless of how self-doubt is showing up in your day to day, we can work together to find your strengths, trust your intuition, and recognize your unique gifts.
Imagine life is like a journey completely in your control but you feel stuck. Choices you make dictate life’s obstacles and they can be tricky. Life’s journey comes with no instruction pamphlet or ready-made companions. A path unfolds and you decide what to do and who to trust along the way. As you journey you begin to see things you want, potential companions, places you want to explore, and tools you can use to make travels simpler. There are so many choices to make with no time to stop and contemplate the best decision; you have to keep going by making choices every day, about everything. Decisions and deadlines do not wait.
Imagine life is like a journey completely in your control but you feel stuck. Choices you make dictate life’s obstacles and they can be tricky. Life’s journey comes with no instruction pamphlet or ready-made companions. A path unfolds and you decide what to do and who to trust along the way. As you journey you begin to see things you want, potential companions, places you want to explore, and tools you can use to make travels simpler. There are so many choices to make with no time to stop and contemplate the best decision; you have to keep going by making choices every day, about everything. Decisions and deadlines do not wait.
My goal as a counselor is to support individuals as they discover their purpose, learn how to solve their own problems, and build lasting relationships. Through our counseling relationship, we will identify avenues to overcome obstacles in your life, and help you to reach your areas for success! We will learn how to communicate your needs, feelings, and thoughts to those around you in a healthy way. I provide a safe and nurturing environment to freely share and explore past and current thoughts. I specialize in eating disorders, mood disorders, trauma, attachment-related issues, anxiety and depression. Let's find a resolution!
My goal as a counselor is to support individuals as they discover their purpose, learn how to solve their own problems, and build lasting relationships. Through our counseling relationship, we will identify avenues to overcome obstacles in your life, and help you to reach your areas for success! We will learn how to communicate your needs, feelings, and thoughts to those around you in a healthy way. I provide a safe and nurturing environment to freely share and explore past and current thoughts. I specialize in eating disorders, mood disorders, trauma, attachment-related issues, anxiety and depression. Let's find a resolution!
Life doesn’t slow down just because you need a minute. Jobs change, family needs pile up, health stuff shows up, and you’re somehow supposed to keep functioning. If you’ve been running on fumes, feeling low, wired, irritable, or noticing you’re coping with spending, substances, or shutting down, you’re not the only one. Therapy can help you reset and figure out what actually helps now.
Life doesn’t slow down just because you need a minute. Jobs change, family needs pile up, health stuff shows up, and you’re somehow supposed to keep functioning. If you’ve been running on fumes, feeling low, wired, irritable, or noticing you’re coping with spending, substances, or shutting down, you’re not the only one. Therapy can help you reset and figure out what actually helps now.
I enjoy working with LGBTQ+ adolescents and adults in claiming joy and authenticity, parents hoping to better understand their gender diverse child and their own gender expectations, and women navigating life transitions.
Do you question the beliefs and systems that have shaped how you see yourself? Embracing authenticity and challenging internalized narratives requires safety, curiosity, and support. I offer adolescents (12+) and adults a soft place to land as they explore their authentic selves and embrace life beyond limiting expectations. Whether you are navigating life transitions or making sense of past experiences, I support my clients in recognizing their resilience and identifying opportunities for growth and healing.
I enjoy working with LGBTQ+ adolescents and adults in claiming joy and authenticity, parents hoping to better understand their gender diverse child and their own gender expectations, and women navigating life transitions.
Do you question the beliefs and systems that have shaped how you see yourself? Embracing authenticity and challenging internalized narratives requires safety, curiosity, and support. I offer adolescents (12+) and adults a soft place to land as they explore their authentic selves and embrace life beyond limiting expectations. Whether you are navigating life transitions or making sense of past experiences, I support my clients in recognizing their resilience and identifying opportunities for growth and healing.
Feeling frustrated? Overwhelmed? Anxious? Not sure how to engage effectively with your children? Whether it is school/peer anxiety, relationship issues, parent/child/sibling conflict, or something completely different, I welcome the opportunity to help children, teens, and adults work through life's challenges. I will help to highlight focus areas and to identify smaller steps to make the process feel manageable as you work toward your goal.
Feeling frustrated? Overwhelmed? Anxious? Not sure how to engage effectively with your children? Whether it is school/peer anxiety, relationship issues, parent/child/sibling conflict, or something completely different, I welcome the opportunity to help children, teens, and adults work through life's challenges. I will help to highlight focus areas and to identify smaller steps to make the process feel manageable as you work toward your goal.
Our work is dedicated to helping ALL people develop healthy, satisfying, productive, and meaningful lives. Though it can be difficult to make the decision to begin therapy, we have found that those who have sought help and take responsibility for their emotional health and relationships have achieved remarkable results. People come to us for a variety of reasons: they may be in transition, experiencing work stress, grieving a loss, struggling with religious or family ideals which no longer suit them, a new parent experiencing anxiety. Some have begun to feel daily life is stagnant, seeking more direction and purpose in their lives.
Our work is dedicated to helping ALL people develop healthy, satisfying, productive, and meaningful lives. Though it can be difficult to make the decision to begin therapy, we have found that those who have sought help and take responsibility for their emotional health and relationships have achieved remarkable results. People come to us for a variety of reasons: they may be in transition, experiencing work stress, grieving a loss, struggling with religious or family ideals which no longer suit them, a new parent experiencing anxiety. Some have begun to feel daily life is stagnant, seeking more direction and purpose in their lives.
Alliha
Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, M.S, LCMHCA
1 Endorsed
Greensboro, NC 27403
Waitlist for new clients
-I am currently waitlisted, but please feel free to reach out for a consult to join my waitlist!
I am experienced with and enjoy working with a wide variety of interests and concerns. However, my areas of specialty include sexual wellness, trauma, and women's issues. My passion lies in working with sexual wellness, such as various sexual/ gender/ relationship orientations, pleasure, dysfunction, BDSM/ Kink, fetish, trauma, and so on. I have completed over 150 continuing education credits in sex therapy and am currently under supervision to pursue AASECT certification as a Certified Sex Therapist.
-I am currently waitlisted, but please feel free to reach out for a consult to join my waitlist!
I am experienced with and enjoy working with a wide variety of interests and concerns. However, my areas of specialty include sexual wellness, trauma, and women's issues. My passion lies in working with sexual wellness, such as various sexual/ gender/ relationship orientations, pleasure, dysfunction, BDSM/ Kink, fetish, trauma, and so on. I have completed over 150 continuing education credits in sex therapy and am currently under supervision to pursue AASECT certification as a Certified Sex Therapist.
As a proud, openly transgender femme, I love providing space to explore the fullness of your humanity, not just your trans or queer identity.
My goal as a therapist is to help you heal, build healthier relationships, and befriend the parts of you that feel shameful or unloveable in order to access the gold buried within. I primarily use somatic IFS, and incorporate ACT, psychodynamic approaches, and other techniques to attune to your unique needs. I am trained in inferential CBT (I-CBT) for OCD.
As a proud, openly transgender femme, I love providing space to explore the fullness of your humanity, not just your trans or queer identity.
My goal as a therapist is to help you heal, build healthier relationships, and befriend the parts of you that feel shameful or unloveable in order to access the gold buried within. I primarily use somatic IFS, and incorporate ACT, psychodynamic approaches, and other techniques to attune to your unique needs. I am trained in inferential CBT (I-CBT) for OCD.
I offer unwavering support and knowledge about LGBTQIA+ relationships and unconventional relationship dynamics.
It's important to acknowledge that you are the authority in your own life, and I'm dedicated to meeting you exactly where you are to nurture trust in your capabilities and strengths.
I offer unwavering support and knowledge about LGBTQIA+ relationships and unconventional relationship dynamics.
It's important to acknowledge that you are the authority in your own life, and I'm dedicated to meeting you exactly where you are to nurture trust in your capabilities and strengths.
I work especially well with women, as well as queer, trans, and nonbinary folks, who struggle with perfectionism, overthinking, people-pleasing, and feeling responsible for others’ emotions.
I offer talk therapy that helps you slow down, understand your emotional patterns, soften your inner critic, and build more self-trust. Together we explore how you think, feel, and relate to others so life feels clearer, less overwhelming, and more grounded in who you are.
I work especially well with women, as well as queer, trans, and nonbinary folks, who struggle with perfectionism, overthinking, people-pleasing, and feeling responsible for others’ emotions.
I offer talk therapy that helps you slow down, understand your emotional patterns, soften your inner critic, and build more self-trust. Together we explore how you think, feel, and relate to others so life feels clearer, less overwhelming, and more grounded in who you are.
I also enjoy working with LGBTQ+ adolescents and adults (ages 16+) who are navigating a variety of issues including; chronic self-harm, suicidal ideation, trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
I believe every person has the ability to foster resilience and growth through exploration and nurturing of their unique strengths and abilities. I work primarily from a psychodynamic perspective with an emphasis on attachment and often include additional skills and techniques from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP).
I also enjoy working with LGBTQ+ adolescents and adults (ages 16+) who are navigating a variety of issues including; chronic self-harm, suicidal ideation, trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
I believe every person has the ability to foster resilience and growth through exploration and nurturing of their unique strengths and abilities. I work primarily from a psychodynamic perspective with an emphasis on attachment and often include additional skills and techniques from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP).
It's a gift to get to support folks through big life changes & challenging times, whether it's deconstructing from a high-control religion, coming out (even to oneself) as queer or trans, exploring new relationship structures like ethical non-monogamy / polyamory, and/or starting to understand oneself through the lens of neurodiversity.
My practice is rooted in DBT because dialectical thinking - the notion that multiple seemingly opposing things can coexist - changed my life. Lately I've grown more interested in bottom-up modalities that use the body as a resource for healing (like somatic therapy). I also love using IFS to help folks understand the multitudes we all contain.
It's a gift to get to support folks through big life changes & challenging times, whether it's deconstructing from a high-control religion, coming out (even to oneself) as queer or trans, exploring new relationship structures like ethical non-monogamy / polyamory, and/or starting to understand oneself through the lens of neurodiversity.
My practice is rooted in DBT because dialectical thinking - the notion that multiple seemingly opposing things can coexist - changed my life. Lately I've grown more interested in bottom-up modalities that use the body as a resource for healing (like somatic therapy). I also love using IFS to help folks understand the multitudes we all contain.
I'm queer and ADHD myself, so I understand that being neurodivergent and/or LGBTQIA+ is a complicated experience.
I view therapy as a path that we'll travel together, moving toward your own therapeutic goals at whatever pace is comfortable for you. As your therapist, my role is to be an expert guide and compassionate witness who is experienced in navigating similar challenges, helping you to identify tools and resources for the journey.
I'm queer and ADHD myself, so I understand that being neurodivergent and/or LGBTQIA+ is a complicated experience.
I view therapy as a path that we'll travel together, moving toward your own therapeutic goals at whatever pace is comfortable for you. As your therapist, my role is to be an expert guide and compassionate witness who is experienced in navigating similar challenges, helping you to identify tools and resources for the journey.
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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.