LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Albuquerque, NM
As a queer therapist, I have particular interest in and dedication to working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
My practice is grounded in the belief that we heal through attuned relationship. I hold the therapeutic alliance in high regard and value co-creating space for exploration with clients. Depending on what you bring to our sessions, attachment-based, existential, psychodynamic, or interpersonal techniques may be incorporated.
As a queer therapist, I have particular interest in and dedication to working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
My practice is grounded in the belief that we heal through attuned relationship. I hold the therapeutic alliance in high regard and value co-creating space for exploration with clients. Depending on what you bring to our sessions, attachment-based, existential, psychodynamic, or interpersonal techniques may be incorporated.
My practice maintains a focus on highly functioning individuals whose difficulties may not always be visible to others. Have you ever felt like you're barely holding it together? Maybe you've never been to therapy before but something is compelling you to do so now. Or maybe you've tried it before, but you're looking for a more customized approach. I utilize evidence based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness-based therapies and self-compassion, to help my clients achieve lasting change.
My practice maintains a focus on highly functioning individuals whose difficulties may not always be visible to others. Have you ever felt like you're barely holding it together? Maybe you've never been to therapy before but something is compelling you to do so now. Or maybe you've tried it before, but you're looking for a more customized approach. I utilize evidence based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness-based therapies and self-compassion, to help my clients achieve lasting change.
Are you neurodivergent and/or LGBTQ+ and feel overwhelmed, burnt out, or simply that the world wasn’t designed for you?
I offer individual telehealth therapy for adults, teens, and kids across NM. My approach is trauma-informed, humanistic, and existential, integrating queer theory and anti-oppressive frameworks. In our sessions, we’ll use tools like ACT, narrative therapy, and even humor and creativity to help you build skills and connect with your inner wisdom and purpose.
Are you neurodivergent and/or LGBTQ+ and feel overwhelmed, burnt out, or simply that the world wasn’t designed for you?
I offer individual telehealth therapy for adults, teens, and kids across NM. My approach is trauma-informed, humanistic, and existential, integrating queer theory and anti-oppressive frameworks. In our sessions, we’ll use tools like ACT, narrative therapy, and even humor and creativity to help you build skills and connect with your inner wisdom and purpose.
I offer a variety of modalities including lgbtq and Nuero Divergent affirming care, with additional training in trauma, ADHD, autism, grief, and attachment.
We may be a good fit if you are looking for a therapist who will work to meet you where you are, affirm your individual needs, and work collaboratively with you through the therapeutic process. I particularly enjoy helping clients explore issues related to gender, attachment, non monogamy, and autistic burnout. I enjoy working with client's who want to learn and practice a variety of new coping skills and to explore different facets of themselves. I work with all ages and particularly enjoy working with teens and young adults.
I offer a variety of modalities including lgbtq and Nuero Divergent affirming care, with additional training in trauma, ADHD, autism, grief, and attachment.
We may be a good fit if you are looking for a therapist who will work to meet you where you are, affirm your individual needs, and work collaboratively with you through the therapeutic process. I particularly enjoy helping clients explore issues related to gender, attachment, non monogamy, and autistic burnout. I enjoy working with client's who want to learn and practice a variety of new coping skills and to explore different facets of themselves. I work with all ages and particularly enjoy working with teens and young adults.
Hi my name is Skip Loehr and my work is grounded in the belief that healing is relational. I am an Albuquerque-based relationship therapist supporting couples, individuals, and adult family/friend relationships in becoming more secure, authentic, and connected. I offer clients a safe, collaborative space to expand their capacity for meaningful connection with self and others.
My therapeutic approach is influenced by my training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT), the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Attachment Theory
Hi my name is Skip Loehr and my work is grounded in the belief that healing is relational. I am an Albuquerque-based relationship therapist supporting couples, individuals, and adult family/friend relationships in becoming more secure, authentic, and connected. I offer clients a safe, collaborative space to expand their capacity for meaningful connection with self and others.
My therapeutic approach is influenced by my training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT), the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Attachment Theory
I am a trans non-binary, bisexual, demisexual, autistic, Queer, disabled survivor.
I always start with a person-centered approach given the value I place on client’s lived experiences as the most important pieces to inform our work. People are going to have varying needs with varying accessibility concerns. I believe in shifting how I do therapy based on each individual.
I am a trans non-binary, bisexual, demisexual, autistic, Queer, disabled survivor.
I always start with a person-centered approach given the value I place on client’s lived experiences as the most important pieces to inform our work. People are going to have varying needs with varying accessibility concerns. I believe in shifting how I do therapy based on each individual.
You may be navigating the effects of trauma, exploring your identity, or both. I offer trauma-informed, identity-affirming therapy in a grounded, judgment-free space where we'll focus on what feels most important to you. Whether you’re processing past experiences, exploring gender or sexuality, or wanting to feel more at home in your body, our work centers on safety and self-trust.
You may be navigating the effects of trauma, exploring your identity, or both. I offer trauma-informed, identity-affirming therapy in a grounded, judgment-free space where we'll focus on what feels most important to you. Whether you’re processing past experiences, exploring gender or sexuality, or wanting to feel more at home in your body, our work centers on safety and self-trust.
I work especially with LGBTQIA+ folks, leaders, women of all stripes, and late-diagnosed/high-masking autists.
I offer 1:1 counseling, EMDR, couples counseling using the Gottman Method, and support for existential/spiritual matters including end of life, religious harm, and anxiety. My approach is trauma informed, which means I prioritize creating a safe, supportive, and empowering environment that honors your autonomy and pace.
I work especially with LGBTQIA+ folks, leaders, women of all stripes, and late-diagnosed/high-masking autists.
I offer 1:1 counseling, EMDR, couples counseling using the Gottman Method, and support for existential/spiritual matters including end of life, religious harm, and anxiety. My approach is trauma informed, which means I prioritize creating a safe, supportive, and empowering environment that honors your autonomy and pace.
I have a special passion for working with women, new mothers, young people, and LGBTQIA+ folx who want a space where they feel safe to honor their truest selves, and also try new things.
I offer warm, collaborative therapy using ACT, CBT, IFS/parts work, DBT skills, and relational therapy. I help clients heal inner-child wounds, manage anxiety and panic, strengthen communication, and build boundaries that feel realistic and sustainable. My work is affirming, personalized, and grounded in genuine care.
I have a special passion for working with women, new mothers, young people, and LGBTQIA+ folx who want a space where they feel safe to honor their truest selves, and also try new things.
I offer warm, collaborative therapy using ACT, CBT, IFS/parts work, DBT skills, and relational therapy. I help clients heal inner-child wounds, manage anxiety and panic, strengthen communication, and build boundaries that feel realistic and sustainable. My work is affirming, personalized, and grounded in genuine care.
I am a queer-friendly and non-binary Clinical Mental Health Intern at Umoja Behavioral Health.
I'm especially passionate about working with teens and young adults navigating personal issues, life transitions, LGBTQIA+/gender/ queer identity concerns, and intergenerational patterns. I strive to create a nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard, supported, and empowered to grow at their own pace.
I am a queer-friendly and non-binary Clinical Mental Health Intern at Umoja Behavioral Health.
I'm especially passionate about working with teens and young adults navigating personal issues, life transitions, LGBTQIA+/gender/ queer identity concerns, and intergenerational patterns. I strive to create a nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard, supported, and empowered to grow at their own pace.
From battling addiction, anxiety, and depression to navigating LGBTQ issues and life transitions, I'm here to guide.
Everyone has vulnerabilities, but imagine a life where your vulnerabilities have become your strengths. Although it may seem overwhelming now, with the right support, your pain can be transformed into an incredible source of personal growth. From my own experiences and those I have supported on their unique journeys, I have seen the true potential of transformation. For this reason, I offer more than just therapy - together, we will create a safe and compassionate space where you can confront your challenges, empower yourself, and transform your life.
From battling addiction, anxiety, and depression to navigating LGBTQ issues and life transitions, I'm here to guide.
Everyone has vulnerabilities, but imagine a life where your vulnerabilities have become your strengths. Although it may seem overwhelming now, with the right support, your pain can be transformed into an incredible source of personal growth. From my own experiences and those I have supported on their unique journeys, I have seen the true potential of transformation. For this reason, I offer more than just therapy - together, we will create a safe and compassionate space where you can confront your challenges, empower yourself, and transform your life.
Realizing our own needs for acceptance and validation can be hard, especially when we have not been taught to ask for them ourselves. If you feel like you are bursting at the seams with new ideas but don't know where to start or are feeling pressured by new life transitions or impending crises, therapy may be a helpful place to lay your cards on the table and decide the next step.
Realizing our own needs for acceptance and validation can be hard, especially when we have not been taught to ask for them ourselves. If you feel like you are bursting at the seams with new ideas but don't know where to start or are feeling pressured by new life transitions or impending crises, therapy may be a helpful place to lay your cards on the table and decide the next step.
As a counselor specializing in anxiety and PTSD, I offer compassionate support tailored specifically for the queer community.
As a queer individual myself, I am passionate about providing a safe space for other queer people to address their anxiety, PTSD, and self-esteem issues. Utilizing evidence-based techniques such as EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), we will work to rewire the stuck parts of your brain.
As a counselor specializing in anxiety and PTSD, I offer compassionate support tailored specifically for the queer community.
As a queer individual myself, I am passionate about providing a safe space for other queer people to address their anxiety, PTSD, and self-esteem issues. Utilizing evidence-based techniques such as EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), we will work to rewire the stuck parts of your brain.
Melissa Flores is a bilingual licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a client-centered and trauma-informed approach, graduated magna cum laude from one of Touro's MFT masters programs, and has provided psychotherapy for 8 years to a wide range of people. Melissa has experience working with individuals of all ages, couples, and families. She creates a creative, collaborative, and safe environment for clients to feel encouraged to step outside of their comfort zone and thrive. Melissa provides individual, couples, and family therapy as well as groups for organizations, anger management, parenting classes, and couples groups.
Melissa Flores is a bilingual licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a client-centered and trauma-informed approach, graduated magna cum laude from one of Touro's MFT masters programs, and has provided psychotherapy for 8 years to a wide range of people. Melissa has experience working with individuals of all ages, couples, and families. She creates a creative, collaborative, and safe environment for clients to feel encouraged to step outside of their comfort zone and thrive. Melissa provides individual, couples, and family therapy as well as groups for organizations, anger management, parenting classes, and couples groups.
Joanna is a Native American queer womxn of color attuned to the intersectionality of her existence which allows her firsthand experience to the unique intricacies of a person.
Joanna's therapeutic style is primarily rooted in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and a Systems Approach. With better understanding the origins of one's thoughts and behaviors is impacted by one's past and informs our present. With increased self-awareness comes the power to change how we experience life.
Joanna is a Native American queer womxn of color attuned to the intersectionality of her existence which allows her firsthand experience to the unique intricacies of a person.
Joanna's therapeutic style is primarily rooted in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and a Systems Approach. With better understanding the origins of one's thoughts and behaviors is impacted by one's past and informs our present. With increased self-awareness comes the power to change how we experience life.
We believe that everyone has a right to behavioral health care and support when times are difficult. At Roots to Ground Counseling we offer individual, couples and family therapy for tweens, teens and adults. Financial circumstance shouldn't stop you from getting the support you deserve and that is why we offer a very generous sliding scale!
We believe that everyone has a right to behavioral health care and support when times are difficult. At Roots to Ground Counseling we offer individual, couples and family therapy for tweens, teens and adults. Financial circumstance shouldn't stop you from getting the support you deserve and that is why we offer a very generous sliding scale!
You might be carrying grief or anxiety that didn’t begin with you—patterns in ancestral stories still unfolding. Maybe you’re navigating life at the intersections of race, queerness, migration, or spiritual awakening, and you’re seeking a healing space that honors all of you.
You might be carrying grief or anxiety that didn’t begin with you—patterns in ancestral stories still unfolding. Maybe you’re navigating life at the intersections of race, queerness, migration, or spiritual awakening, and you’re seeking a healing space that honors all of you.
I have extensive experience and affinity with LGBTQ and gender- queer people, and welcome individuals and couples from all walks of life.
I help individuals and couples better understand, trust, and communicate their emotions, needs, and longings. Our emotions, even the painful ones, provide us with important information about what we need and where we should be headed. At times we dismiss our own inner wisdom in an attempt to fit in, keep the peace, or protect ourselves from hurt, but we then miss out on creating the life and relationships we desire. I strongly believe that people heal and grow best in connection with others, and therapy provides the security and compassion necessary to make new discoveries about yourself that can lead to positive change.
I have extensive experience and affinity with LGBTQ and gender- queer people, and welcome individuals and couples from all walks of life.
I help individuals and couples better understand, trust, and communicate their emotions, needs, and longings. Our emotions, even the painful ones, provide us with important information about what we need and where we should be headed. At times we dismiss our own inner wisdom in an attempt to fit in, keep the peace, or protect ourselves from hurt, but we then miss out on creating the life and relationships we desire. I strongly believe that people heal and grow best in connection with others, and therapy provides the security and compassion necessary to make new discoveries about yourself that can lead to positive change.
Black Canvas Wholistic Therapy
Art Therapist, MA, LPAT, ATR-BC, SLC
6 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Are you looking for a non-traditional therapist? I integrate my spiritual life coaching training and the practice of art-making into the therapeutic process in a way that honors who you are wholistically. This wholistic approach is based on the psycho-spiritual therapeutic modality, which is grounded in the notion that “the soul is the starting point for balance.” This approach to treatment takes into consideration the WHOLE of who you are, be it physically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, culturally, etc. and examines how your lived experiences have impacted your mental health.
Are you looking for a non-traditional therapist? I integrate my spiritual life coaching training and the practice of art-making into the therapeutic process in a way that honors who you are wholistically. This wholistic approach is based on the psycho-spiritual therapeutic modality, which is grounded in the notion that “the soul is the starting point for balance.” This approach to treatment takes into consideration the WHOLE of who you are, be it physically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, culturally, etc. and examines how your lived experiences have impacted your mental health.
We welcome all & support a wide range of needs, including postpartum & perinatal care, depression, anxiety, couples therapy, gender & sexuality, self-esteem, meditation, work stress, art therapy, men’s issues, Kink/BDSM/ENM, & more.
Lived-Experienced therapists specialize in diverse areas to ensure high-quality therapeutic care.
We welcome all & support a wide range of needs, including postpartum & perinatal care, depression, anxiety, couples therapy, gender & sexuality, self-esteem, meditation, work stress, art therapy, men’s issues, Kink/BDSM/ENM, & more.
Lived-Experienced therapists specialize in diverse areas to ensure high-quality therapeutic care.
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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.