LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Carson City, NV
Would you like to start taking a closer look at a difficult experience? I admire your courage and willingness to move forward. Whether to manage a recent event or to address an issue that continues to impact you from the past, therapy can be a helpful process. I feel especially attuned to issues of trauma, depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, ruminating thoughts, grief and imperfection. I provide a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental approach to help you grow from your struggles, utilizing your strengths to build resilience to heal from pain to move into kindness and love for yourself and others.
Would you like to start taking a closer look at a difficult experience? I admire your courage and willingness to move forward. Whether to manage a recent event or to address an issue that continues to impact you from the past, therapy can be a helpful process. I feel especially attuned to issues of trauma, depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, ruminating thoughts, grief and imperfection. I provide a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental approach to help you grow from your struggles, utilizing your strengths to build resilience to heal from pain to move into kindness and love for yourself and others.
My interests include Asian American struggles, challenges unique to the LGBTQIA+ community, and religious trauma.
I am glad you are here! It can take time to share one’s feelings or identify them, and I create a safe environment that allows my clients to express themselves, feel, connect, and grow in self-awareness. Working alongside anyone seeking healing and growth is a gift and privilege. If you are looking for someone who can walk alongside you and help process what lies beneath the surface, I would be honored to be that person. For those interested in utilizing EMDR to recover from trauma or difficult experiences, I am EMDR-trained through EMDRIA.
My interests include Asian American struggles, challenges unique to the LGBTQIA+ community, and religious trauma.
I am glad you are here! It can take time to share one’s feelings or identify them, and I create a safe environment that allows my clients to express themselves, feel, connect, and grow in self-awareness. Working alongside anyone seeking healing and growth is a gift and privilege. If you are looking for someone who can walk alongside you and help process what lies beneath the surface, I would be honored to be that person. For those interested in utilizing EMDR to recover from trauma or difficult experiences, I am EMDR-trained through EMDRIA.
My ideal client is someone who feels stuck—perhaps weighed down by anxiety, depression, trauma, or the stress of major life changes and is ready to find a way forward. They may be navigating difficult relationships, adjusting to new roles, managing the effects of past experiences, or trying to break free from unhealthy patterns. What they want most is to feel balanced, confident, and connected again to rediscover their strengths and live a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
My ideal client is someone who feels stuck—perhaps weighed down by anxiety, depression, trauma, or the stress of major life changes and is ready to find a way forward. They may be navigating difficult relationships, adjusting to new roles, managing the effects of past experiences, or trying to break free from unhealthy patterns. What they want most is to feel balanced, confident, and connected again to rediscover their strengths and live a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
I proudly provide an affirming space for LGBTQ individuals and support clients navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges.
My ideal client may feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in trauma patterns, or struggling with self-worth. Many are teens, or young adults navigating identity, family conflict, emotional dysregulation, or depression. They want to feel heard, understood, and empowered. They’re looking for tools to manage stress, build resilience, and break cycles of pain so they can feel more connected, confident, and free to live authentically.
I proudly provide an affirming space for LGBTQ individuals and support clients navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges.
My ideal client may feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in trauma patterns, or struggling with self-worth. Many are teens, or young adults navigating identity, family conflict, emotional dysregulation, or depression. They want to feel heard, understood, and empowered. They’re looking for tools to manage stress, build resilience, and break cycles of pain so they can feel more connected, confident, and free to live authentically.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Reno, I work with men, women, teens, young adults, couples, and families who are seeking to improve the quality of their relationships and their lives. Whether you are working to ease the symptoms of depression or anxiety, healing from grief and loss, resolving trauma, or seeking to deepen a relationship with yourself and others, I can help you move forward in an accepting and engaging environment.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Reno, I work with men, women, teens, young adults, couples, and families who are seeking to improve the quality of their relationships and their lives. Whether you are working to ease the symptoms of depression or anxiety, healing from grief and loss, resolving trauma, or seeking to deepen a relationship with yourself and others, I can help you move forward in an accepting and engaging environment.
My ideal clients are children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, PTSD, grief, LGBTQIA+ concerns, relationship conflict, identity issues, or major life transitions.
I help clients manage anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, PTSD, grief, relationship issues, and identity concerns through evidence-based, culturally responsive therapy. I offer wide ranges of therapy using CBT, ACT, trauma-focused, relational, and mindfulness-based approaches to support healing, resilience, and personal growth.
My ideal clients are children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, PTSD, grief, LGBTQIA+ concerns, relationship conflict, identity issues, or major life transitions.
I help clients manage anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, PTSD, grief, relationship issues, and identity concerns through evidence-based, culturally responsive therapy. I offer wide ranges of therapy using CBT, ACT, trauma-focused, relational, and mindfulness-based approaches to support healing, resilience, and personal growth.
My approach is centered in building strong relationships with my clients, working collaboratively to address concerns, and fostering an environment of trust and understanding- with humor sprinkled along the way. I enjoy working with those wanting to decrease anxiety, increase self-confidence, and find their own unique inner power. Together we will work towards building your healthy coping skills and identify what is important for you to live your best life.
My approach is centered in building strong relationships with my clients, working collaboratively to address concerns, and fostering an environment of trust and understanding- with humor sprinkled along the way. I enjoy working with those wanting to decrease anxiety, increase self-confidence, and find their own unique inner power. Together we will work towards building your healthy coping skills and identify what is important for you to live your best life.
Kristi has expertise in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and is an LGBTQ+ Ally.
Chances are that you have come here looking for someone to support you and your family through the rockier parts of life. Kristi is a well-trained, committed professional who specializes in working with children and their families to regain balance at home and school. She believes that, as humans, we all come to a place where we need someone understanding and compassionate that can provide guidance. Sometimes a professional with knowledge and experience in child development, attachment difficulties and the importance of play is just what you need. That's where Kristi and the staff at Journey Within can help!
Kristi has expertise in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and is an LGBTQ+ Ally.
Chances are that you have come here looking for someone to support you and your family through the rockier parts of life. Kristi is a well-trained, committed professional who specializes in working with children and their families to regain balance at home and school. She believes that, as humans, we all come to a place where we need someone understanding and compassionate that can provide guidance. Sometimes a professional with knowledge and experience in child development, attachment difficulties and the importance of play is just what you need. That's where Kristi and the staff at Journey Within can help!
Emily Spalding
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Carson City, NV 89701
Waitlist for new clients
Therapy is built upon a safe and trusted relationship between the client and therapist. This is my primary goal to create that environment for your therapy journey. I believe that having someone outside of ourselves, without bias can facilitate one's healing. I provide a kind and gentle approach in order to support clients. My goal is to help clients to make lifestyle changes, and gain tools, all while gaining insight and healing towards their past and present to better their future, mental health, relationship with self, and interpersonal relationships.
Therapy is built upon a safe and trusted relationship between the client and therapist. This is my primary goal to create that environment for your therapy journey. I believe that having someone outside of ourselves, without bias can facilitate one's healing. I provide a kind and gentle approach in order to support clients. My goal is to help clients to make lifestyle changes, and gain tools, all while gaining insight and healing towards their past and present to better their future, mental health, relationship with self, and interpersonal relationships.
Sandstone Therapy’s exceptional practitioners provide individuals, couples, and families relief from suffering through an accessible, confidential, humanistic and culturally aware helping alliance. We work with a wide variety of clients and problems, so please reach out to see if we can help!
Sandstone Therapy’s exceptional practitioners provide individuals, couples, and families relief from suffering through an accessible, confidential, humanistic and culturally aware helping alliance. We work with a wide variety of clients and problems, so please reach out to see if we can help!
EMDR Certified through EMDRIA with experience treating depression, anxiety, relationship issues, life transitions, and unresolved past trauma. Therapeutic approach is individualized to the client's needs and motivation to change. Every client is unique and deserves a person centered, and compassionate experience.
EMDR Certified through EMDRIA with experience treating depression, anxiety, relationship issues, life transitions, and unresolved past trauma. Therapeutic approach is individualized to the client's needs and motivation to change. Every client is unique and deserves a person centered, and compassionate experience.
My name is Alan Hixon, and I am a Nevada Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I worked as an independent contractor with mental health agencies and then transitioned to private practice in 2023. My private practice is located in Carson City, Nevada, and easily accessible for people living in the surrounding rural communities. I offer evidenced based cognitive and behavioral outpatient psychotherapy treatment services, which includes individual therapy sessions and family sessions with the child or adolescent’s caregivers, and I offer individual psychotherapy treatment services for adults.
My name is Alan Hixon, and I am a Nevada Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I worked as an independent contractor with mental health agencies and then transitioned to private practice in 2023. My private practice is located in Carson City, Nevada, and easily accessible for people living in the surrounding rural communities. I offer evidenced based cognitive and behavioral outpatient psychotherapy treatment services, which includes individual therapy sessions and family sessions with the child or adolescent’s caregivers, and I offer individual psychotherapy treatment services for adults.
Feeling stuck in anxiety, OCD, or depression can be exhausting. You might be avoiding situations, dealing with intrusive thoughts, or feeling caught in cycles of fear and overthinking. I specialize in helping people work through anxiety-related concerns using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and ERP. Our work together is active, supportive, and collaborative. We’ll practice responding differently to anxiety, gently face fears at your pace, and focus on meaningful, real-life change. Sessions are structured and goal-focused, helping you apply what we discuss to everyday life. If you’re ready to move forward, I’m here to help
Feeling stuck in anxiety, OCD, or depression can be exhausting. You might be avoiding situations, dealing with intrusive thoughts, or feeling caught in cycles of fear and overthinking. I specialize in helping people work through anxiety-related concerns using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and ERP. Our work together is active, supportive, and collaborative. We’ll practice responding differently to anxiety, gently face fears at your pace, and focus on meaningful, real-life change. Sessions are structured and goal-focused, helping you apply what we discuss to everyday life. If you’re ready to move forward, I’m here to help
Life's journey can be rough, but no one has to do it alone. My goal is to help clients find hope, healing, and peace while making the changes they want to see in their lives. While accomplishing this is never easy, it can be done by focusing on clients' strengths, learning self-compassion, and building a solid support system.
Life's journey can be rough, but no one has to do it alone. My goal is to help clients find hope, healing, and peace while making the changes they want to see in their lives. While accomplishing this is never easy, it can be done by focusing on clients' strengths, learning self-compassion, and building a solid support system.
Our stories, our experiences, our environments, and the systems we live in all matter. I honor the inherent wholeness of everyone I work with. I hold continuous curiosity and unconditional positive regard with the belief that the client is the expert of their experience. Through the cultivation of a safe enough container, I encourage my clients to show up as their whole, authentic self as I show up as my whole, authentic self.
Our stories, our experiences, our environments, and the systems we live in all matter. I honor the inherent wholeness of everyone I work with. I hold continuous curiosity and unconditional positive regard with the belief that the client is the expert of their experience. Through the cultivation of a safe enough container, I encourage my clients to show up as their whole, authentic self as I show up as my whole, authentic self.
I recently relocated from Reno, NV to Carson City, NV.
I am pleased and honored to have availability to assist more clients during these challenging times. I don't know if I am the right therapist for you, but we can find out together. I am compassionate and warm. I see the humanity, vulnerability and courage in all of us. Shame often prevents us from taking the steps that we need to take to be more aligned with our life paths. Together we can break down the obstacles that are preventing you from your full potential. Our work together will be about integration of self not the avoidance of our unwanted or wounded parts.
I recently relocated from Reno, NV to Carson City, NV.
I am pleased and honored to have availability to assist more clients during these challenging times. I don't know if I am the right therapist for you, but we can find out together. I am compassionate and warm. I see the humanity, vulnerability and courage in all of us. Shame often prevents us from taking the steps that we need to take to be more aligned with our life paths. Together we can break down the obstacles that are preventing you from your full potential. Our work together will be about integration of self not the avoidance of our unwanted or wounded parts.
As an agency we have been supporting people via online sessions, with everything that falls “outside the box”. If you are encountering relationship problems, you may have found that it is easier to procrastinate rather than to seek the relationship advice and tools that you need. You may have even been waiting to seek consulting or coaching services for years. Meanwhile your relationship difficulties have only been getting worse. Our consulting services are designed to help you communicate better and make sustainable changes that will benefit you and your family throughout your lives to come back to loving one another.
As an agency we have been supporting people via online sessions, with everything that falls “outside the box”. If you are encountering relationship problems, you may have found that it is easier to procrastinate rather than to seek the relationship advice and tools that you need. You may have even been waiting to seek consulting or coaching services for years. Meanwhile your relationship difficulties have only been getting worse. Our consulting services are designed to help you communicate better and make sustainable changes that will benefit you and your family throughout your lives to come back to loving one another.
Are you a military service member, veteran, or significant other looking for a provider that understands the unique challenges and stressors of your military career and life style? Are you a first responder needing to process your experiences with someone that understands? Do you struggle with anxiety that keeps you from living the life you want? Are you tired of not being able to get a good night’s sleep? I am here to help.
Are you a military service member, veteran, or significant other looking for a provider that understands the unique challenges and stressors of your military career and life style? Are you a first responder needing to process your experiences with someone that understands? Do you struggle with anxiety that keeps you from living the life you want? Are you tired of not being able to get a good night’s sleep? I am here to help.
Food takes up more space in your life than you want it to. The day gets organized around trying to be “good,” avoid losing control, fix what happened yesterday, or finally get back on track. Restriction feels hopeful until it becomes exhausting. Emotional eating feels relieving until the shame sets in again.
There is overthinking before eating, guilt after eating, and a constant mental negotiation happening in between.
Food takes up more space in your life than you want it to. The day gets organized around trying to be “good,” avoid losing control, fix what happened yesterday, or finally get back on track. Restriction feels hopeful until it becomes exhausting. Emotional eating feels relieving until the shame sets in again.
There is overthinking before eating, guilt after eating, and a constant mental negotiation happening in between.
My name is Dr. Craig Wetterer and I am a licensed clinical psychologist in California and Nevada. My therapeutic approach is eclectic, drawing from cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused theoretical models. My focus areas in my practice include depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, adjustment to work stress and sleep disorders. My typical client is someone who is experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety, which is often connected to unexpected life events, or other circumstances that have overwhelmed the individual's coping ability.
My name is Dr. Craig Wetterer and I am a licensed clinical psychologist in California and Nevada. My therapeutic approach is eclectic, drawing from cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused theoretical models. My focus areas in my practice include depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, adjustment to work stress and sleep disorders. My typical client is someone who is experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety, which is often connected to unexpected life events, or other circumstances that have overwhelmed the individual's coping ability.
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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.