Transgender Therapists in Long Island City, NY
I worked in two LGBTQ non-profit organizations in China, where I supported gender nonconforming individuals, lesbian, bisexual women, and transgender individuals.
As an autistic non-binary therapist specializing in serving LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, and neurodivergent people, I understand the challenges of finding a therapist who truly gets you. With a focus on queer issues and identity exploration, I aim to create a safe and inclusive space for all. I adopt a feminist approach that promotes open dialogue about social issues and encourages advocacy to reclaim agency.
I worked in two LGBTQ non-profit organizations in China, where I supported gender nonconforming individuals, lesbian, bisexual women, and transgender individuals.
As an autistic non-binary therapist specializing in serving LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, and neurodivergent people, I understand the challenges of finding a therapist who truly gets you. With a focus on queer issues and identity exploration, I aim to create a safe and inclusive space for all. I adopt a feminist approach that promotes open dialogue about social issues and encourages advocacy to reclaim agency.
I provide letters for folks who are seeking gender affirming care and surgery prep sessions.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like they’ve lost touch with themselves. I provide therapy to adults and LGBTQ+ folks facing depression, anxiety or PTSD. As a trans identifying therapist, I believe in cultivating safety and trust, providing space for you to feel fully seen and affirmed. I will work with you to develop personalized tools to help you feel deeper connections to yourself, the people in your life and things that you love. Offering in person and virtual sessions!
I provide letters for folks who are seeking gender affirming care and surgery prep sessions.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like they’ve lost touch with themselves. I provide therapy to adults and LGBTQ+ folks facing depression, anxiety or PTSD. As a trans identifying therapist, I believe in cultivating safety and trust, providing space for you to feel fully seen and affirmed. I will work with you to develop personalized tools to help you feel deeper connections to yourself, the people in your life and things that you love. Offering in person and virtual sessions!
I offer a kind and direct presence to help individuals and couples work through potentially unhelpful or ineffective feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. I help clients experience more joy in their life and feel more capable. In session, I bring a combination of humor, authenticity, and radical relating to support you in making decisions more aligned with the kind of life you wish to lead. My ideal clients are ones open to self-exploration and discovery, interested in working on patterns of shame and codependency, and willing to work toward change.
I offer a kind and direct presence to help individuals and couples work through potentially unhelpful or ineffective feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. I help clients experience more joy in their life and feel more capable. In session, I bring a combination of humor, authenticity, and radical relating to support you in making decisions more aligned with the kind of life you wish to lead. My ideal clients are ones open to self-exploration and discovery, interested in working on patterns of shame and codependency, and willing to work toward change.
Hello and welcome! Pursuing therapy is a major step in caring for your mental health, and finding a therapist who is a good match is of utmost importance. I work with clients ages 16 and up, and focus on building trusting therapeutic relationships. In a nutshell, my approach focuses on helping people break out of patterns that are no longer serving them and connecting them to their power in the present moment. As a queer nonbinary clinician, I have particular expertise in working with LGBQ+ and TGNC populations, as well as supporting people in navigating kink, non-monogamy, and alternative relationship structures.
Hello and welcome! Pursuing therapy is a major step in caring for your mental health, and finding a therapist who is a good match is of utmost importance. I work with clients ages 16 and up, and focus on building trusting therapeutic relationships. In a nutshell, my approach focuses on helping people break out of patterns that are no longer serving them and connecting them to their power in the present moment. As a queer nonbinary clinician, I have particular expertise in working with LGBQ+ and TGNC populations, as well as supporting people in navigating kink, non-monogamy, and alternative relationship structures.
You may be navigating gender identity, sexuality, non-monogamy, trauma, mood challenges, or complex relationship dynamics and finding that most spaces do not fully understand you.
My work focuses on trauma and PTSD, mood disorders, neurodivergence, sex and intimacy concerns, substance use, and relationship challenges, especially non-monogamy. Together, we move beyond surface-level insight to create meaningful, sustained change, both internally and in your relationships.
You may be navigating gender identity, sexuality, non-monogamy, trauma, mood challenges, or complex relationship dynamics and finding that most spaces do not fully understand you.
My work focuses on trauma and PTSD, mood disorders, neurodivergence, sex and intimacy concerns, substance use, and relationship challenges, especially non-monogamy. Together, we move beyond surface-level insight to create meaningful, sustained change, both internally and in your relationships.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC-D) practicing in New York. I work with diverse adults with various presenting issues including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and life transitions. I have experience treating clients with issues relating to perfectionism, identity and self-esteem, and burnout. I also specialize in navigating complex trauma, relationship and family conflicts, and immigrant and first-generation multicultural issues. I utilize an integrative approach, drawing from psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral theories to form individualized treatment plans.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC-D) practicing in New York. I work with diverse adults with various presenting issues including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and life transitions. I have experience treating clients with issues relating to perfectionism, identity and self-esteem, and burnout. I also specialize in navigating complex trauma, relationship and family conflicts, and immigrant and first-generation multicultural issues. I utilize an integrative approach, drawing from psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral theories to form individualized treatment plans.
Listen, I get it. Your 40s and 50s hit different. Between parenting a child with special needs, caring for aging parents, running your business—or juggling all of it—you're stretched impossibly thin. You're anxious, burned out, maybe carrying trauma, while everyone leans on you. I see you holding it all together, and I'm here to tell you: you deserve support too. Together, we'll find calm in your chaos, set boundaries without the guilt trip, and reconnect you with what YOU need. Therapy isn't selfish—it's survival. Let's stop just getting through the day and start actually living again.
Listen, I get it. Your 40s and 50s hit different. Between parenting a child with special needs, caring for aging parents, running your business—or juggling all of it—you're stretched impossibly thin. You're anxious, burned out, maybe carrying trauma, while everyone leans on you. I see you holding it all together, and I'm here to tell you: you deserve support too. Together, we'll find calm in your chaos, set boundaries without the guilt trip, and reconnect you with what YOU need. Therapy isn't selfish—it's survival. Let's stop just getting through the day and start actually living again.
Gail Marina Giunta Mental Health Counseling, PLLC
Counselor, LMHC, MA, BFA
2 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11106
I help people who feel stuck and stressed who are ready to work on significant healing and change. Develop Goals to reduce: anxiety, OCD/negative rumination, low self esteem-self worth. Core childhood wounds, trauma, relationship issues: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery. Arts & Entertainment, Sports High Performance clients. Social Anxiety. Financial Stress. Life Transitions: Quarter life; Empty Nest; Career change. Overwhelm, Not feeling Enough, Perfectionism. ADHD. Addiction & negative coping. Build healthier life skills. Women's Health: postpartum, IVF, PMMD to Menopause. Cancer.
LGBTq+
Individual adults
I help people who feel stuck and stressed who are ready to work on significant healing and change. Develop Goals to reduce: anxiety, OCD/negative rumination, low self esteem-self worth. Core childhood wounds, trauma, relationship issues: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery. Arts & Entertainment, Sports High Performance clients. Social Anxiety. Financial Stress. Life Transitions: Quarter life; Empty Nest; Career change. Overwhelm, Not feeling Enough, Perfectionism. ADHD. Addiction & negative coping. Build healthier life skills. Women's Health: postpartum, IVF, PMMD to Menopause. Cancer.
LGBTq+
Individual adults
As a therapist, I am committed to providing compassionate and evidence-based care to my clients. I strive to create a safe and supportive environment in which clients can explore their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and empower them to make positive changes in their lives. I am well-versed in addressing a wide range of mental health and substance use concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, harm reduction and abstinence. I take a holistic approach to therapy utilizing a variety of therapeutic modalities and strategies to ensure that I am meeting the individualized needs of each client.
As a therapist, I am committed to providing compassionate and evidence-based care to my clients. I strive to create a safe and supportive environment in which clients can explore their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and empower them to make positive changes in their lives. I am well-versed in addressing a wide range of mental health and substance use concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, harm reduction and abstinence. I take a holistic approach to therapy utilizing a variety of therapeutic modalities and strategies to ensure that I am meeting the individualized needs of each client.
Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Do you want to feel better, be less stressed, feel more positive, handle your thoughts and feelings more effectively? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, I can help. I am a supportive and empowering therapist. I provide a warm and supportive environment that stresses collaboration, mutual respect and trust. If you are you ready to start: developing healthy coping skills, change negative behavioral patterns, improve personal/romantic relationships, work on problem solving techniques and reduce stress. Please reach out so we can discuss and how to meet your goals.
Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Do you want to feel better, be less stressed, feel more positive, handle your thoughts and feelings more effectively? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, I can help. I am a supportive and empowering therapist. I provide a warm and supportive environment that stresses collaboration, mutual respect and trust. If you are you ready to start: developing healthy coping skills, change negative behavioral patterns, improve personal/romantic relationships, work on problem solving techniques and reduce stress. Please reach out so we can discuss and how to meet your goals.
Many of my clients have come to me seeking safety with a provider who is eager to understand them after not having success with traditional talk-therapy in the past. I want to empower clients to advocate for their needs, confront their fears, and overcome obstacles to achieving their goals. I have worked extensively with individuals from diverse backgrounds, seeking support for a variety of concerns including relationship issues, and life transitions, to crisis prevention/intervention, and childhood sexual abuse, emotional neglect, medical trauma, domestic abuse, intergenerational trauma, and disability/race/gender-based violence.
Many of my clients have come to me seeking safety with a provider who is eager to understand them after not having success with traditional talk-therapy in the past. I want to empower clients to advocate for their needs, confront their fears, and overcome obstacles to achieving their goals. I have worked extensively with individuals from diverse backgrounds, seeking support for a variety of concerns including relationship issues, and life transitions, to crisis prevention/intervention, and childhood sexual abuse, emotional neglect, medical trauma, domestic abuse, intergenerational trauma, and disability/race/gender-based violence.
I work with all types of clients (couples, children, individuals) but especially marginalized groups (especially LGBTQ+) who need a place to feel comfortable, accepted, understood and respected. A place where feelings are valued, validated and matter. You may have been displaced, made to feel wrong, unaccepted and unwelcome. You want a safe space where you can express yourself freely and not be judged as society and others may have judged you. A place where you can be heard and work on feeling proud and wonderful with who you are and process negative experiences so you can be fully your authentic self and enjoy a fulfilling life.
I work with all types of clients (couples, children, individuals) but especially marginalized groups (especially LGBTQ+) who need a place to feel comfortable, accepted, understood and respected. A place where feelings are valued, validated and matter. You may have been displaced, made to feel wrong, unaccepted and unwelcome. You want a safe space where you can express yourself freely and not be judged as society and others may have judged you. A place where you can be heard and work on feeling proud and wonderful with who you are and process negative experiences so you can be fully your authentic self and enjoy a fulfilling life.
Do you feel trapped in a cycle of anxiety? Do you feel like everything you try leads to the same result? Whether you have used therapy in the past or have been silently coping yourself; I am here to help you regain control and experience relief from the patterns and habits that are keeping you stuck. While I have experience working with many individuals, I am particularly skilled in the treatment of OCD and anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse. Built through empathy, respect and non judgment, I will create a safe space for us to work together to address your specific needs.
Do you feel trapped in a cycle of anxiety? Do you feel like everything you try leads to the same result? Whether you have used therapy in the past or have been silently coping yourself; I am here to help you regain control and experience relief from the patterns and habits that are keeping you stuck. While I have experience working with many individuals, I am particularly skilled in the treatment of OCD and anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse. Built through empathy, respect and non judgment, I will create a safe space for us to work together to address your specific needs.
Daisy Malik is a compassionate Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers personalized and holistic therapeutic services to individuals across New York. By focusing on the unique needs of each client, Daisy ensures that every treatment plan is tailored specifically to their circumstances. She is committed to fostering a warm and inviting atmosphere where clients can feel comfortable exploring their mental health challenges. Whether navigating anxiety, depression, or issues related to identity, Daisy employs a collaborative approach that prioritizes the client-provider relationship to enhance healing and growth.
Daisy Malik is a compassionate Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers personalized and holistic therapeutic services to individuals across New York. By focusing on the unique needs of each client, Daisy ensures that every treatment plan is tailored specifically to their circumstances. She is committed to fostering a warm and inviting atmosphere where clients can feel comfortable exploring their mental health challenges. Whether navigating anxiety, depression, or issues related to identity, Daisy employs a collaborative approach that prioritizes the client-provider relationship to enhance healing and growth.
I'm a licensed clinical psychologist, working virtually with clients in NY and KS. My clients often come to me for support with LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent concerns, as well as trauma, depression, and relational issues.
I'm a licensed clinical psychologist, working virtually with clients in NY and KS. My clients often come to me for support with LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent concerns, as well as trauma, depression, and relational issues.
Many of the people who find their way to therapy with me have spent years feeling like they're "too much": too sensitive, too emotional, too intense, or simply different. They often carry a quiet belief that something about them needs to change. They may appear capable on the outside while privately questioning themselves at every turn.
Therapy offers a different possibility. Instead of learning how to become less yourself, we begin by understanding yourself with curiosity and compassion. Because every part of you belongs—even the parts you've learned to hide.
Many of the people who find their way to therapy with me have spent years feeling like they're "too much": too sensitive, too emotional, too intense, or simply different. They often carry a quiet belief that something about them needs to change. They may appear capable on the outside while privately questioning themselves at every turn.
Therapy offers a different possibility. Instead of learning how to become less yourself, we begin by understanding yourself with curiosity and compassion. Because every part of you belongs—even the parts you've learned to hide.
Emotions make us who we are, but sooner or later, the world teaches us ways of dealing with feelings that end up hurting us. We devise brilliant adaptations to belong, achieve, or survive, only to find out one day that those solutions have become a problem. If we learn (as most of us do) that some of our emotions are unwelcome, "wrong," or "too much," we also learn to avoid them, suppress them, panic about them, project them onto others, numb them with addictions, drown them out with love or accolades, or shame ourselves for them. Our adaptations can accumulate until what once looked like a haven can start to feel like a cage.
Emotions make us who we are, but sooner or later, the world teaches us ways of dealing with feelings that end up hurting us. We devise brilliant adaptations to belong, achieve, or survive, only to find out one day that those solutions have become a problem. If we learn (as most of us do) that some of our emotions are unwelcome, "wrong," or "too much," we also learn to avoid them, suppress them, panic about them, project them onto others, numb them with addictions, drown them out with love or accolades, or shame ourselves for them. Our adaptations can accumulate until what once looked like a haven can start to feel like a cage.
Stephanie serves adolescents and adults in the following areas: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, trauma, and substance abuse and addiction. Stephanie focuses on holistic healing, strength-based, and person-centered approach to guide her practice. Stephanie aims to bring attention to multicultural issues and is LGBTQIA and BIPOC affirming. Stephanie emphasizes a non-judgmental and safe environment to encourage healing that results in a genuine and authentic self.
Stephanie serves adolescents and adults in the following areas: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, trauma, and substance abuse and addiction. Stephanie focuses on holistic healing, strength-based, and person-centered approach to guide her practice. Stephanie aims to bring attention to multicultural issues and is LGBTQIA and BIPOC affirming. Stephanie emphasizes a non-judgmental and safe environment to encourage healing that results in a genuine and authentic self.
Hola Hola. My name is Jean Carlos Osorio and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of professional experience and I am also the Founder/Clinical Director of Minds Together, LCSW.P.C. A private group outpatient mental health clinic that provides individual/couple and group therapeutic services in three different locations in Queens, Ny. We have our offices in Astoria, Forest Hills and Jackson Heights. We accept most Medicaid/Commercial insurance plans and provide out of network services. We provide face to face and Telehealth services.
Hola Hola. My name is Jean Carlos Osorio and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of professional experience and I am also the Founder/Clinical Director of Minds Together, LCSW.P.C. A private group outpatient mental health clinic that provides individual/couple and group therapeutic services in three different locations in Queens, Ny. We have our offices in Astoria, Forest Hills and Jackson Heights. We accept most Medicaid/Commercial insurance plans and provide out of network services. We provide face to face and Telehealth services.
You must be exhausted from life's many challenges and confusion about the state of your life. I am available to help you navigate and bring meaning to your life by listening and validating your feelings as well as providing compassion and support to do the hard work necessary for wellness. Each day is a new present, but traumas from our family origins may prevent us from moving forward. I will work patiently with you to set goals in therapy and work through loss and trauma.
You must be exhausted from life's many challenges and confusion about the state of your life. I am available to help you navigate and bring meaning to your life by listening and validating your feelings as well as providing compassion and support to do the hard work necessary for wellness. Each day is a new present, but traumas from our family origins may prevent us from moving forward. I will work patiently with you to set goals in therapy and work through loss and trauma.
See more therapy options for Long Island City
Nearby Transgender Therapists Searches for Long Island City
- Astoria
- Corona
- Elmhurst
- Forest Hills
- Glendale
- Jackson Heights
- Middle Village
- New York
- Rego Park
- Ridgewood
- Sunnyside
- Woodside
Transgender Therapists
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.
What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.
How can I recognize a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognize a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.