LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Glenbrook, NV
I work with adults who feel stuck in the aftermath of unresolved trauma, whether from a single event or a lifetime of difficult experiences. My ideal clients are those who feel like they are "just getting by" but are ready for lasting change. You might experience sudden triggers, persistent anxiety, or a heavy emotional burden that feels impossible to shed. If you want a path to healing that prioritizes your autonomy and doesn't force you to relive every painful detail through retelling, we may be a great fit. I support those seeking a structured, evidence-based approach to reclaiming their present.
I work with adults who feel stuck in the aftermath of unresolved trauma, whether from a single event or a lifetime of difficult experiences. My ideal clients are those who feel like they are "just getting by" but are ready for lasting change. You might experience sudden triggers, persistent anxiety, or a heavy emotional burden that feels impossible to shed. If you want a path to healing that prioritizes your autonomy and doesn't force you to relive every painful detail through retelling, we may be a great fit. I support those seeking a structured, evidence-based approach to reclaiming their present.
If you are tired of not being over the trauma of your childhood or what happened in adulthood, I want to get you: living in the moment, happy, trusting yourself, and connected with others. My holistic approach gives fast relief with humor, storytelling, hypnotherapy, and memory reconsolidation.
If you are tired of not being over the trauma of your childhood or what happened in adulthood, I want to get you: living in the moment, happy, trusting yourself, and connected with others. My holistic approach gives fast relief with humor, storytelling, hypnotherapy, and memory reconsolidation.
I tailor my approach to you as the individual client based on your unique situation and needs. My therapy tool box includes years of collected training and practice in various modalities including cognitive-behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral, exposure-response, Internal Family Systems, and psychodynamic therapies with all ages, populations, and issues. Clients can expect to leave sessions with me feeling seen, heard and validated, curious about what is happening within themselves, and with tools and steps to move forward with more confidence and better sense of self.
I tailor my approach to you as the individual client based on your unique situation and needs. My therapy tool box includes years of collected training and practice in various modalities including cognitive-behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral, exposure-response, Internal Family Systems, and psychodynamic therapies with all ages, populations, and issues. Clients can expect to leave sessions with me feeling seen, heard and validated, curious about what is happening within themselves, and with tools and steps to move forward with more confidence and better sense of self.
Everything is more difficult when our relationships are strained, when we feel unsettled, or when life presents overwhelming circumstances. If you want to feel heard, supported, and understood, I am here to be a grounding force. I will support you through whatever is weighing you down, or holding you back from living your best life. Whether you wish to heal from experiences or trauma in the past, or need support with something you're facing in the here-and-now, you deserve kindness, compassion, understanding and empathy. I am here for you!
Everything is more difficult when our relationships are strained, when we feel unsettled, or when life presents overwhelming circumstances. If you want to feel heard, supported, and understood, I am here to be a grounding force. I will support you through whatever is weighing you down, or holding you back from living your best life. Whether you wish to heal from experiences or trauma in the past, or need support with something you're facing in the here-and-now, you deserve kindness, compassion, understanding and empathy. I am here for you!
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.
Any of these thoughts sound familiar? What if I harm someone? What if I harm myself? What if I act on an urge to do something I really don’t want to do? What if I am a bad person and just fooling everyone? What if I touched something that could contaminate me or my family? What if I want to act on that sexual thought I really didn’t like? What if I go to jail for something I did but forgot or didn't know? What if that thing I did will come back to haunt me? What if I cheat on my partner? What if I am with the 'wrong' partner even though I love my partner? What if my sexual orientation will change even though I don't want it to?
Any of these thoughts sound familiar? What if I harm someone? What if I harm myself? What if I act on an urge to do something I really don’t want to do? What if I am a bad person and just fooling everyone? What if I touched something that could contaminate me or my family? What if I want to act on that sexual thought I really didn’t like? What if I go to jail for something I did but forgot or didn't know? What if that thing I did will come back to haunt me? What if I cheat on my partner? What if I am with the 'wrong' partner even though I love my partner? What if my sexual orientation will change even though I don't want it to?
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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.
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.
I work with individuals, couples, and families affected by trauma, chronic illness, and/or anxiety. I work from a trauma-informed, whole-body perspective drawing upon approaches such as mindfulness, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. If you are reading this, you may feel tired of old patterns you find yourself in and overwhelmed by how to change them, or scared of the uncertainty of change. You are dealing with personal stressors on top of the impact of the pandemic and current events. Managing the discomfort that comes with change is hard, but necessary to move through life in a way that is satisfying and enjoyable.
I work with individuals, couples, and families affected by trauma, chronic illness, and/or anxiety. I work from a trauma-informed, whole-body perspective drawing upon approaches such as mindfulness, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. If you are reading this, you may feel tired of old patterns you find yourself in and overwhelmed by how to change them, or scared of the uncertainty of change. You are dealing with personal stressors on top of the impact of the pandemic and current events. Managing the discomfort that comes with change is hard, but necessary to move through life in a way that is satisfying and enjoyable.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern with meaningful life experience, I hold space for those feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to begin. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, grief, trauma, and relationship challenges. My ideal clients are open to growth and seeking clarity and connection. Together, we create a supportive, collaborative space to explore challenges, build coping skills, strengthen self-esteem, and move toward a more grounded, empowered self.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern with meaningful life experience, I hold space for those feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to begin. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, stress, life transitions, grief, trauma, and relationship challenges. My ideal clients are open to growth and seeking clarity and connection. Together, we create a supportive, collaborative space to explore challenges, build coping skills, strengthen self-esteem, and move toward a more grounded, empowered self.
My person-centered approach, grounded is flexible and responsive to what you, the client, bring to the table, what your goals in therapy are, and what “forks in the road” you are faced with.
I have a strong background in dealing with trauma in all forms, from the most severe to the seemingly small but incredibly painful psychological cuts that injure our relationships with our own selves and with others. I rely on creating a strong therapeutic relationship with my clients, one based on honesty, deference to their autonomy, and respect for their privacy.
My person-centered approach, grounded is flexible and responsive to what you, the client, bring to the table, what your goals in therapy are, and what “forks in the road” you are faced with.
I have a strong background in dealing with trauma in all forms, from the most severe to the seemingly small but incredibly painful psychological cuts that injure our relationships with our own selves and with others. I rely on creating a strong therapeutic relationship with my clients, one based on honesty, deference to their autonomy, and respect for their privacy.
Financial Psychology for Professionals & Globally Mobile Clients. You’re smart, capable, and self-aware, but your financial behavior doesn’t match your level of insight. You know what you should be doing, yet patterns like overthinking, avoidance, or internal conflict keep getting in the way. I work with high-functioning professionals and globally mobile clients who want to understand the deeper patterns shaping their relationship with money and finally change them.
Available for residents of California, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
Financial Psychology for Professionals & Globally Mobile Clients. You’re smart, capable, and self-aware, but your financial behavior doesn’t match your level of insight. You know what you should be doing, yet patterns like overthinking, avoidance, or internal conflict keep getting in the way. I work with high-functioning professionals and globally mobile clients who want to understand the deeper patterns shaping their relationship with money and finally change them.
Available for residents of California, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
Now accepting new clients/ Ahora aseptando nuevos clientes What are your needs and what are your goals in life? Obstacles holding you back or holding your relationships down? Life can become unmanageable at times, and I understand life can become difficult. There is hope, you can become the best version of you without depression without anxiety, without having conflict with loved ones or feelings of fear from trauma. Setting goals is part of our first session, so you know the area you are working towards to being a version of you, you are happier with. www.connectedtherapynv.com
Now accepting new clients/ Ahora aseptando nuevos clientes What are your needs and what are your goals in life? Obstacles holding you back or holding your relationships down? Life can become unmanageable at times, and I understand life can become difficult. There is hope, you can become the best version of you without depression without anxiety, without having conflict with loved ones or feelings of fear from trauma. Setting goals is part of our first session, so you know the area you are working towards to being a version of you, you are happier with. www.connectedtherapynv.com
Hello! I'm so glad you're here. I am a heart-centered therapist who often works with folks who are feeling stuck and experiencing inner conflict and pain with confusion on where to begin. Together we will co-create an authentic space where you feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood. We will gain clarity around your experience and find a path forward that leads to more joy, ease, and authenticity. I believe that everyone has deep, intrinsic wisdom into their own healing. I love assisting my clients in connecting with that inner knowing that can lead them to greater meaning and fulfillment.
Hello! I'm so glad you're here. I am a heart-centered therapist who often works with folks who are feeling stuck and experiencing inner conflict and pain with confusion on where to begin. Together we will co-create an authentic space where you feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood. We will gain clarity around your experience and find a path forward that leads to more joy, ease, and authenticity. I believe that everyone has deep, intrinsic wisdom into their own healing. I love assisting my clients in connecting with that inner knowing that can lead them to greater meaning and fulfillment.
Specialist in relationships, life transitions, anxiety, eating issues and substance use. Yale University (magna cum laude), BA. California Institute for Integral Studies, MA. 20 years experience working with individuals and couples. Clinical supervisor. Trauma informed/trauma focused. I am affirming, non-judgmental and active in sessions. I integrate CBT, DBT, attachment, neuroscience, mindfulness and somatics to support you in shifting patterns that may no longer be serving you. ••Therapy must be a place where you are understood, respected and believed - and where you get help that is actually helpful for you.••
Specialist in relationships, life transitions, anxiety, eating issues and substance use. Yale University (magna cum laude), BA. California Institute for Integral Studies, MA. 20 years experience working with individuals and couples. Clinical supervisor. Trauma informed/trauma focused. I am affirming, non-judgmental and active in sessions. I integrate CBT, DBT, attachment, neuroscience, mindfulness and somatics to support you in shifting patterns that may no longer be serving you. ••Therapy must be a place where you are understood, respected and believed - and where you get help that is actually helpful for you.••
1-12 hour sessions for busy couples, using conflict to grow, learning to identify and express feelings, enhancing sexuality, working with sexual conflicts. Conduct men's therapy groups. Also work extensively with addictions and co-dependency
1-12 hour sessions for busy couples, using conflict to grow, learning to identify and express feelings, enhancing sexuality, working with sexual conflicts. Conduct men's therapy groups. Also work extensively with addictions and co-dependency
I will always want to understand how cultural factors have impacted your experience, and I am LGBTQ and sex worker allied.
Hello! My name is Lezah Pope, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about supporting people on their healing journeys. Traumatic life experiences can leave lasting wounds, and I believe that these points of pain can be transformed into strength and resilience. It is my commitment to be an ally alongside those who are seeking to integrate their pasts so that the present and future can feel meaningful and fulfilling.
I will always want to understand how cultural factors have impacted your experience, and I am LGBTQ and sex worker allied.
Hello! My name is Lezah Pope, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about supporting people on their healing journeys. Traumatic life experiences can leave lasting wounds, and I believe that these points of pain can be transformed into strength and resilience. It is my commitment to be an ally alongside those who are seeking to integrate their pasts so that the present and future can feel meaningful and fulfilling.
Do you want to change how you feel on a daily basis? Are there old patterns that are no longer serving you or your relationships with others? Life is full of transitions and situations that can feel overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Often, it can be difficult to find a name for our emotions. I enjoy working with people who are eager to learn more about themselves; yet are struggling to voice their needs and have learned to keep themselves connected by either over-giving, people pleasing or isolating. Together, we can work towards deconstructing internalized messages to help you find your authentic voice.
Do you want to change how you feel on a daily basis? Are there old patterns that are no longer serving you or your relationships with others? Life is full of transitions and situations that can feel overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Often, it can be difficult to find a name for our emotions. I enjoy working with people who are eager to learn more about themselves; yet are struggling to voice their needs and have learned to keep themselves connected by either over-giving, people pleasing or isolating. Together, we can work towards deconstructing internalized messages to help you find your authentic voice.
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.
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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.