LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Clackamas, OR
I am a Licensed Professional Counseling Associate (LPCA). My goal is to sit with you in your experience and empower you to heal. I believe that sometimes therapy can seem like a quick fix, when in reality, oftentimes healing requires a deep presence and validation of your story. It can involve unraveling what brought you here, and tending to whatever hurt that remains. It can be a hard journey to walk on your own, so I am here to walk through it with you.
I am a Licensed Professional Counseling Associate (LPCA). My goal is to sit with you in your experience and empower you to heal. I believe that sometimes therapy can seem like a quick fix, when in reality, oftentimes healing requires a deep presence and validation of your story. It can involve unraveling what brought you here, and tending to whatever hurt that remains. It can be a hard journey to walk on your own, so I am here to walk through it with you.
I am passionate about working with folks around body liberation and/or LGBTQ+ identities and experiences.
Seeking therapeutic support can be a crucial step in a journey towards growth and healing. You are the expert of you - You can help decide what your process in therapy will look like - whether that is getting support around a life transition, seeking coping strategies for pandemic fatigue, managing anxiety, processing body image concerns, navigating boundary issues in relationships, exploring expansive identities, or struggling with feelings of shame, I am here to listen without judgment and sit beside you with care. My hope is to hold space and offer tools along the way that help to build upon your unique identities and strengths.
I am passionate about working with folks around body liberation and/or LGBTQ+ identities and experiences.
Seeking therapeutic support can be a crucial step in a journey towards growth and healing. You are the expert of you - You can help decide what your process in therapy will look like - whether that is getting support around a life transition, seeking coping strategies for pandemic fatigue, managing anxiety, processing body image concerns, navigating boundary issues in relationships, exploring expansive identities, or struggling with feelings of shame, I am here to listen without judgment and sit beside you with care. My hope is to hold space and offer tools along the way that help to build upon your unique identities and strengths.
My approach is trauma-informed, sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, culturally responsive, and More info: manabatllc
I’m a sex therapy-focused LCSW licensed in multiple states. I provide a safe, affirming space to address sexual concerns, intimacy, desire, arousal, orgasm, sexual pain, trauma, gender identity, and relationship challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and tailored to your needs.
My approach is trauma-informed, sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, culturally responsive, and More info: manabatllc
I’m a sex therapy-focused LCSW licensed in multiple states. I provide a safe, affirming space to address sexual concerns, intimacy, desire, arousal, orgasm, sexual pain, trauma, gender identity, and relationship challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and tailored to your needs.
I identify as Queer and Biracial myself, and often support folx in these realms.
I'm mostly interested and curious about what brings you to therapy now. I find that most folx have ideas around relationships or areas of their life/emotional wellbeing that they would like to explore and understand. In time, you may have more insight and intention around how you want to engage, heal, or set intentions for moving forward.
I identify as Queer and Biracial myself, and often support folx in these realms.
I'm mostly interested and curious about what brings you to therapy now. I find that most folx have ideas around relationships or areas of their life/emotional wellbeing that they would like to explore and understand. In time, you may have more insight and intention around how you want to engage, heal, or set intentions for moving forward.
Common areas I support include:
Gender identity and LGBTQIA+ mental health
Anxiety, depression, and life transitions
Relationship issues and non monogamy
Trauma, PTSD, and complex trauma
Building self-compassion and emotional resilience
My approach is affirming, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that every person has the inner strength to heal and grow. Whether you’re exploring open relationships, coping with grief, processing complex trauma, or managing anxiety, I offer a safe, judgment-free space to explore your experiences and create meaningful change.
Common areas I support include:
Gender identity and LGBTQIA+ mental health
Anxiety, depression, and life transitions
Relationship issues and non monogamy
Trauma, PTSD, and complex trauma
Building self-compassion and emotional resilience
My approach is affirming, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that every person has the inner strength to heal and grow. Whether you’re exploring open relationships, coping with grief, processing complex trauma, or managing anxiety, I offer a safe, judgment-free space to explore your experiences and create meaningful change.
I have extensive experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly those exploring gender and sexuality later in life.
I work from a place of compassion and non-judgment. My approach is relational and client-centered, drawing on Control Mastery Theory, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness practices. I bring a unique perspective to my practice giving me deep insight into how systems, cultures, and identities shape our lived experiences.
I have extensive experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly those exploring gender and sexuality later in life.
I work from a place of compassion and non-judgment. My approach is relational and client-centered, drawing on Control Mastery Theory, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness practices. I bring a unique perspective to my practice giving me deep insight into how systems, cultures, and identities shape our lived experiences.
As a lesbian and someone who has navigated gender incongruence, my lived experience strengthens the support I offer.
I specialize in supporting gender-diverse children, teens, young adults, and the families who love them. Identity exploration can bring excitement, confusion, hope, and worry all at once—no one should navigate that alone. I help young people feel safe to discover who they are, whether they’re coming out, socially transitioning, or exploring medical options. I also help families understand, support, and stay connected through every step. Through virtual therapy in Oregon and Washington, I provide a space where authenticity is celebrated and growth is nurtured.
As a lesbian and someone who has navigated gender incongruence, my lived experience strengthens the support I offer.
I specialize in supporting gender-diverse children, teens, young adults, and the families who love them. Identity exploration can bring excitement, confusion, hope, and worry all at once—no one should navigate that alone. I help young people feel safe to discover who they are, whether they’re coming out, socially transitioning, or exploring medical options. I also help families understand, support, and stay connected through every step. Through virtual therapy in Oregon and Washington, I provide a space where authenticity is celebrated and growth is nurtured.
When you are struggling to have effective and healthy coping skills, understanding what your emotions are telling you, or just need to love yourself more, please come talk to me. If you are looking to understand yourself, your emotions, the forces around you affecting you, and how to break free, recover, and live as your authentic self, I can help. Whether you are experiencing depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, trauma, suicidal ideation, ridged thinking patterns, the patriarchy, misogyny, or capitalism, I can offer help and support.
When you are struggling to have effective and healthy coping skills, understanding what your emotions are telling you, or just need to love yourself more, please come talk to me. If you are looking to understand yourself, your emotions, the forces around you affecting you, and how to break free, recover, and live as your authentic self, I can help. Whether you are experiencing depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, trauma, suicidal ideation, ridged thinking patterns, the patriarchy, misogyny, or capitalism, I can offer help and support.
I work with adults who feel impacted by past experiences that continue to shape their thoughts, relationships, or sense of self today. Many of my clients come in feeling stuck, caught in old patterns rooted in family dynamics, belief systems, or relationships that no longer fit.
You might be:
• Processing childhood/developmental trauma
• Struggling with relationship patterns, boundaries, or trust
• Healing from religious trauma or faith-related harm
• Navigating life transitions such as identity shifts, relationship changes, or major decisions
• Feeling anxious, self-critical, disconnected, or overwhelmed without fully knowing why
I work with adults who feel impacted by past experiences that continue to shape their thoughts, relationships, or sense of self today. Many of my clients come in feeling stuck, caught in old patterns rooted in family dynamics, belief systems, or relationships that no longer fit.
You might be:
• Processing childhood/developmental trauma
• Struggling with relationship patterns, boundaries, or trust
• Healing from religious trauma or faith-related harm
• Navigating life transitions such as identity shifts, relationship changes, or major decisions
• Feeling anxious, self-critical, disconnected, or overwhelmed without fully knowing why
Supporting teens, adults and families with certifications in adoption studies, trauma resilience, and jungian psychology, and I have expertise on therapy for the LGBTQ population.
You want to appear like you’re happy, calm and confident, but deep down you feel like life is passing you by and you can’t keep up. You may be fed up with feeling disconnected from yourself, burned out, or like you can’t enjoy life. You might not even remember a time when things didn’t feel this way. One thing is for sure: you’re ready to feel relief. You’re ready to feel like yourself again. You’re ready to find fulfillment, understanding and safety in relationships. Most of all you’re ready to stop feeling detached and anxious and start feeling, calm, connected and engaged with life.
Supporting teens, adults and families with certifications in adoption studies, trauma resilience, and jungian psychology, and I have expertise on therapy for the LGBTQ population.
You want to appear like you’re happy, calm and confident, but deep down you feel like life is passing you by and you can’t keep up. You may be fed up with feeling disconnected from yourself, burned out, or like you can’t enjoy life. You might not even remember a time when things didn’t feel this way. One thing is for sure: you’re ready to feel relief. You’re ready to feel like yourself again. You’re ready to find fulfillment, understanding and safety in relationships. Most of all you’re ready to stop feeling detached and anxious and start feeling, calm, connected and engaged with life.
I have extensive experience working with veterans, immigrants, new parents, medical staff, people living with cancer or terminal illness, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and men.
Hello and welcome to my Psychology Today profile. I have been a clinical social worker since 2008 and have maintained a private psychotherapy practice since 2017. I provide evidence-informed psychotherapy to adults with a broad range of mental health conditions, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, adjustment difficulties, and life transitions.
I have extensive experience working with veterans, immigrants, new parents, medical staff, people living with cancer or terminal illness, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and men.
Hello and welcome to my Psychology Today profile. I have been a clinical social worker since 2008 and have maintained a private psychotherapy practice since 2017. I provide evidence-informed psychotherapy to adults with a broad range of mental health conditions, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, adjustment difficulties, and life transitions.
Mental health care was not built with everyone in mind — and for many BIPOC individuals and families, that absence is carried in the body: in unprocessed grief, generational wounds, microaggressions, cultural misdiagnosis, and systems that never made room for your healing. I am a trauma specialist with 15+ years at the intersection of identity, culture, and psychological pain. My practice is a direct response to that gap — grounded in a decolonized, trauma-informed framework that honors your cultural identity, challenges what has harmed you, and treats trauma where it lives: in the mind, the body, and the spirit.
Mental health care was not built with everyone in mind — and for many BIPOC individuals and families, that absence is carried in the body: in unprocessed grief, generational wounds, microaggressions, cultural misdiagnosis, and systems that never made room for your healing. I am a trauma specialist with 15+ years at the intersection of identity, culture, and psychological pain. My practice is a direct response to that gap — grounded in a decolonized, trauma-informed framework that honors your cultural identity, challenges what has harmed you, and treats trauma where it lives: in the mind, the body, and the spirit.
As your individual therapist, I partner with you as you work through the challenges that may be impacting your life such as trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, family conflict, cultural identity and big life changes. Together we will explore all aspects of wellness and work through the things that are getting in the way of you building the life you want.
As your individual therapist, I partner with you as you work through the challenges that may be impacting your life such as trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, family conflict, cultural identity and big life changes. Together we will explore all aspects of wellness and work through the things that are getting in the way of you building the life you want.
Clients come to therapy feeling like they're struggling to move forward in life, or missing the answers to make life better. I help increase motivation, understand symptoms, and find lasting solutions. Healing is possible for those willing to engage, learn, and grow. I love to collaborate creatively to decrease the isolation of mental health symptoms. Sometimes in life, we forget to allow ourselves to heal, set boundaries, or face emotions that we suppress/manage through unhealthy behaviors. My clients increase ability to manage and address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
Clients come to therapy feeling like they're struggling to move forward in life, or missing the answers to make life better. I help increase motivation, understand symptoms, and find lasting solutions. Healing is possible for those willing to engage, learn, and grow. I love to collaborate creatively to decrease the isolation of mental health symptoms. Sometimes in life, we forget to allow ourselves to heal, set boundaries, or face emotions that we suppress/manage through unhealthy behaviors. My clients increase ability to manage and address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
I have over fifteen years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I have worked with adults experiencing depression, anxiety, complex trauma, domestic violence, substance use, and relationship/marital struggles. I have experience working with adolescents experiencing depression and anxiety, complex trauma, conduct disorder, separation from family, adoption, and involvement in the juvenile justice and DHS systems. My experience comes from working in county mental health systems, non-profit systems, and private practice.
I have over fifteen years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I have worked with adults experiencing depression, anxiety, complex trauma, domestic violence, substance use, and relationship/marital struggles. I have experience working with adolescents experiencing depression and anxiety, complex trauma, conduct disorder, separation from family, adoption, and involvement in the juvenile justice and DHS systems. My experience comes from working in county mental health systems, non-profit systems, and private practice.
With both professional and lived experience, I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and chronically ill communities.
I have 5 years of experience in nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, universities, and research settings. I believe in the power of community and healing in affirming spaces. Outside of work, I enjoy queer media, concerts, nature, exploring new food spots, spending time with my chosen family, and playing with my calico cat, Reese.
With both professional and lived experience, I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and chronically ill communities.
I have 5 years of experience in nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, universities, and research settings. I believe in the power of community and healing in affirming spaces. Outside of work, I enjoy queer media, concerts, nature, exploring new food spots, spending time with my chosen family, and playing with my calico cat, Reese.
All of our therapists have a passion for working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community!
We utilize evidenced based practices and trauma informed care to ensure our clients can achieve relief from their mental health symptoms and see progress towards their goals. We work hard to ensure we can build a safe trusting relationship together. Our therapists meet clients where they are at and work towards the goals that clients have for their lives.
All of our therapists have a passion for working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community!
We utilize evidenced based practices and trauma informed care to ensure our clients can achieve relief from their mental health symptoms and see progress towards their goals. We work hard to ensure we can build a safe trusting relationship together. Our therapists meet clients where they are at and work towards the goals that clients have for their lives.
I am a queer therapist specializing in LGBTQ+ wellbeing.
My gentle, interactive approach centers the unique experiences and strengths of the adults and teens I work with. In our time together, we may explore patterns, get creative, set meaningful goals, or experiment with new skills. I do not believe my role is to have all the answers. Instead, I hope to offer a supportive space as a witness and guide.
I am a queer therapist specializing in LGBTQ+ wellbeing.
My gentle, interactive approach centers the unique experiences and strengths of the adults and teens I work with. In our time together, we may explore patterns, get creative, set meaningful goals, or experiment with new skills. I do not believe my role is to have all the answers. Instead, I hope to offer a supportive space as a witness and guide.
I have especially enjoyed my work with queer and genderqueer folks to support them in receiving affirming care while also working toward mental health goals.
I believe that all humans are capable of growth and healing if given a safe and nurturing environment. I work with individuals of all ages, gender identities, and backgrounds to process and heal from trauma, cope with the stress of life, and manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and ASD. All are welcome and deserve affirming care.
I have especially enjoyed my work with queer and genderqueer folks to support them in receiving affirming care while also working toward mental health goals.
I believe that all humans are capable of growth and healing if given a safe and nurturing environment. I work with individuals of all ages, gender identities, and backgrounds to process and heal from trauma, cope with the stress of life, and manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and ASD. All are welcome and deserve affirming care.
My space is LGBTQ+-affirming, grounded, and steady so you don’t have to figure things out alone.
My ideal client is someone who feels disconnected from themselves—struggling with identity, dissociation, memory gaps, or uncertainty about why they react the way they do. They want a therapist who understands complexity and offers patience, grounding, and steady guidance as they sort through the overwhelm. I’m part of a like-minded group practice that prioritizes compassion, collaboration, and creating a safe, steady place for clients to understand their inner world and rebuild trust in themselves at a pace that feels right.
My space is LGBTQ+-affirming, grounded, and steady so you don’t have to figure things out alone.
My ideal client is someone who feels disconnected from themselves—struggling with identity, dissociation, memory gaps, or uncertainty about why they react the way they do. They want a therapist who understands complexity and offers patience, grounding, and steady guidance as they sort through the overwhelm. I’m part of a like-minded group practice that prioritizes compassion, collaboration, and creating a safe, steady place for clients to understand their inner world and rebuild trust in themselves at a pace that feels right.
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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.