Transgender Therapists in Bellevue, TN
Whether you are navigating the complexities of religious trauma, narcissistic family dynamics, or the burnout of being a healthcare professional, your struggles are signals—not character flaws. In our work, we’ll go beyond the surface; unlearning rigid expectations of perfection and quieting the voice of shame. When a plant wilts, we don’t blame the plant; we look at the soil, the light, and the water. As a trauma therapist, I help you identify the missing "nutrients" in your life. My goal is that you leave our sessions not just with insight, but with a body that feels like home and a heart that feels seen.
Whether you are navigating the complexities of religious trauma, narcissistic family dynamics, or the burnout of being a healthcare professional, your struggles are signals—not character flaws. In our work, we’ll go beyond the surface; unlearning rigid expectations of perfection and quieting the voice of shame. When a plant wilts, we don’t blame the plant; we look at the soil, the light, and the water. As a trauma therapist, I help you identify the missing "nutrients" in your life. My goal is that you leave our sessions not just with insight, but with a body that feels like home and a heart that feels seen.
My clientele consists of children, adolescents, and adults. I use a variety of approaches in working with my clients in an attempt to find the most efficacious approach to meet the particular client's needs. As a psychologist, I also perform psychological evaluations for diagnostic purposes. For example, I evaluate cognitive ability, learning disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and many other issues. Finding oneself can be a daunting task in our complex society. I aspire to help my clients achieve self understanding, a sense of efficacy, and develop tools to assist them in navigating life's challenges on their own.
My clientele consists of children, adolescents, and adults. I use a variety of approaches in working with my clients in an attempt to find the most efficacious approach to meet the particular client's needs. As a psychologist, I also perform psychological evaluations for diagnostic purposes. For example, I evaluate cognitive ability, learning disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and many other issues. Finding oneself can be a daunting task in our complex society. I aspire to help my clients achieve self understanding, a sense of efficacy, and develop tools to assist them in navigating life's challenges on their own.
At Horizon Counseling your well-being is our top priority. We believe in creating a safe, nurturing space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, fostering growth and healing at your own pace. We see not only your struggles, but also your strengths. Our compassionate, trauma-informed therapists provide expert care for children, teens, and adults throughout Middle Tennessee and online. We strive to honor your story, meet you where you are, and tailor a plan that supports your unique journey toward growth, resilience, and brighter days!
At Horizon Counseling your well-being is our top priority. We believe in creating a safe, nurturing space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, fostering growth and healing at your own pace. We see not only your struggles, but also your strengths. Our compassionate, trauma-informed therapists provide expert care for children, teens, and adults throughout Middle Tennessee and online. We strive to honor your story, meet you where you are, and tailor a plan that supports your unique journey toward growth, resilience, and brighter days!
It takes incredible courage to begin exploring the parts of yourself you’ve had to push away or keep hidden. My goal is to empower you. I have a strong passion for walking alongside people as they explore meaningful life questions, especially those connected to complex trauma, perfectionism, sexuality, neurodivergence, and attachment wounds. I especially enjoy supporting individuals in exploring their relationship with substance use with curiosity and a mindful approach. Together, we focus on self-empowerment while gently exploring the connection between your mind and body. I utilize EMDR, somatic awareness, mindfulness, and ACT.
It takes incredible courage to begin exploring the parts of yourself you’ve had to push away or keep hidden. My goal is to empower you. I have a strong passion for walking alongside people as they explore meaningful life questions, especially those connected to complex trauma, perfectionism, sexuality, neurodivergence, and attachment wounds. I especially enjoy supporting individuals in exploring their relationship with substance use with curiosity and a mindful approach. Together, we focus on self-empowerment while gently exploring the connection between your mind and body. I utilize EMDR, somatic awareness, mindfulness, and ACT.
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Are you gender diverse and seeking support? Are you struggling with your identity or determining what social, medical, or legal steps to take (or not take)? Are you struggling with your family/friends, the world at large, or navigating life as a gender diverse person? Jack's private practice is solely devoted to folx who identify as gender diverse and is designed to offer you the support you need through either on-going counseling/coaching or offering expertise in WPATH referral letters (all letters are written in just one session under an informed consent assessment model).
Are you gender diverse and seeking support? Are you struggling with your identity or determining what social, medical, or legal steps to take (or not take)? Are you struggling with your family/friends, the world at large, or navigating life as a gender diverse person? Jack's private practice is solely devoted to folx who identify as gender diverse and is designed to offer you the support you need through either on-going counseling/coaching or offering expertise in WPATH referral letters (all letters are written in just one session under an informed consent assessment model).
If you are searching for a space to collaboratively explore your authenticity & personal power, you are not alone. If you are longing for a place to process the layers of systemic injustices that impact each of us personally, relationally, & globally, again, you are not alone. If you desire to connect more deeply with yourself, your values, your story, your relationships, your community, and/or your politics, you are in good company. Now more than ever, therapy can be a space to dive into these topics. As a feminist, non-binary, & neurodivergent person, I believe that my clients are the best experts on their lives.
If you are searching for a space to collaboratively explore your authenticity & personal power, you are not alone. If you are longing for a place to process the layers of systemic injustices that impact each of us personally, relationally, & globally, again, you are not alone. If you desire to connect more deeply with yourself, your values, your story, your relationships, your community, and/or your politics, you are in good company. Now more than ever, therapy can be a space to dive into these topics. As a feminist, non-binary, & neurodivergent person, I believe that my clients are the best experts on their lives.
I love working with clients who are curious to see what life looks like on the other side of "stuck." Trauma, depression, anxiety, and so many other things that bring us to therapy, often feel so overwhelming and insurmountable, we don't know what to do or where to start.
If you're feeling "stuck," you're not alone. I’ve found that the parts of ourselves we most want to keep hidden are the parts that need to be seen and loved before we can begin to heal. You can do the messy and hard work of giving yourself permission to be seen and loved.
I love working with clients who are curious to see what life looks like on the other side of "stuck." Trauma, depression, anxiety, and so many other things that bring us to therapy, often feel so overwhelming and insurmountable, we don't know what to do or where to start.
If you're feeling "stuck," you're not alone. I’ve found that the parts of ourselves we most want to keep hidden are the parts that need to be seen and loved before we can begin to heal. You can do the messy and hard work of giving yourself permission to be seen and loved.
I love working with clients who have a readiness to gain greater self awareness, and those who have a deep desire to know and accept themselves. I have a heart for working with individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as those who have ADHD/ASD. As a member of these communities myself I know that many of us were taught to dislike ourselves or to try and blend in and I hope to offer each client who steps into my office a sense of safety and understanding.
I love working with clients who have a readiness to gain greater self awareness, and those who have a deep desire to know and accept themselves. I have a heart for working with individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as those who have ADHD/ASD. As a member of these communities myself I know that many of us were taught to dislike ourselves or to try and blend in and I hope to offer each client who steps into my office a sense of safety and understanding.
As a kinky, non-binary, neurodivergent, and polyamorous human I understand the difficulty in finding a clinician who understands you and respects your lived experience. As a therapist, I create a therapeutic space that is intersectional, sacred, and honoring of the innate knowledge and ability to heal that we hold in our bodies. I operate from an anti-capitalist and anti-colonial framework and utilize neuroscience and attachment science to help clients understand the effects of oppression and trauma on our minds and bodies in order to heal and build a pleasurable life.
As a kinky, non-binary, neurodivergent, and polyamorous human I understand the difficulty in finding a clinician who understands you and respects your lived experience. As a therapist, I create a therapeutic space that is intersectional, sacred, and honoring of the innate knowledge and ability to heal that we hold in our bodies. I operate from an anti-capitalist and anti-colonial framework and utilize neuroscience and attachment science to help clients understand the effects of oppression and trauma on our minds and bodies in order to heal and build a pleasurable life.
There is beauty in the complexity of our lives, and often difficulty too. Sometimes, our inner resources and life's challenges don't align, leaving us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or incapable. My intent is to help you to find more freedom, ease, and wholeness in these moments. I am skilled in working with experiences of complex trauma and chronic pain/illness, depression, and anxiety. I am experienced in working with members of the LGBTQIA+ and ENM communities, neurodivergent folks, and those whose lives question social norms. My approach emphasizes depth, gentleness, creativity, and awareness.
There is beauty in the complexity of our lives, and often difficulty too. Sometimes, our inner resources and life's challenges don't align, leaving us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or incapable. My intent is to help you to find more freedom, ease, and wholeness in these moments. I am skilled in working with experiences of complex trauma and chronic pain/illness, depression, and anxiety. I am experienced in working with members of the LGBTQIA+ and ENM communities, neurodivergent folks, and those whose lives question social norms. My approach emphasizes depth, gentleness, creativity, and awareness.
It's hard to survive in today's world. Complex trauma and dissociation are isolating. Most people I work with have already survived chronic relational trauma: childhood abuse and neglect, religious trauma, marginalization, and oppression. Therapy is meant to be healing, but often leaves folks with complex trauma feeling misunderstood. I specialize in complexity and helping people make sense of themselves and their stories, so they can relate to themselves and others more deeply. Those pieces of the mind and heart that are fragmented or confusing are often the most necessary for wholeness.
It's hard to survive in today's world. Complex trauma and dissociation are isolating. Most people I work with have already survived chronic relational trauma: childhood abuse and neglect, religious trauma, marginalization, and oppression. Therapy is meant to be healing, but often leaves folks with complex trauma feeling misunderstood. I specialize in complexity and helping people make sense of themselves and their stories, so they can relate to themselves and others more deeply. Those pieces of the mind and heart that are fragmented or confusing are often the most necessary for wholeness.
Many people come to therapy feeling constrained by expectations from family, culture, religion, relationships, or earlier versions of themselves. There’s often a quiet sense that something more authentic is trying to emerge, but anxiety, grief, shame, or familiar patterns make it hard to move forward.
I work with adults and teens in the Nashville area navigating life transitions, identity questions, and relationship challenges. My approach is grounded and relational, integrating psychological depth with space for spiritual exploration to support meaningful, lasting change.
Many people come to therapy feeling constrained by expectations from family, culture, religion, relationships, or earlier versions of themselves. There’s often a quiet sense that something more authentic is trying to emerge, but anxiety, grief, shame, or familiar patterns make it hard to move forward.
I work with adults and teens in the Nashville area navigating life transitions, identity questions, and relationship challenges. My approach is grounded and relational, integrating psychological depth with space for spiritual exploration to support meaningful, lasting change.
Life assures us struggle, hardships, grief, and loss, but these things don't have to be the end of our story. They can be our call to action. I want to help you develop the tools you need to create a rich, full, and healthy life of your own design. One where you not only meet your goals but enjoy the process. A diagnosis, a major life change, an experience of abuse or trauma, an identity outside the social norms we find ourselves in; these are not our limitations, they're just aspects of our starting point.
Life assures us struggle, hardships, grief, and loss, but these things don't have to be the end of our story. They can be our call to action. I want to help you develop the tools you need to create a rich, full, and healthy life of your own design. One where you not only meet your goals but enjoy the process. A diagnosis, a major life change, an experience of abuse or trauma, an identity outside the social norms we find ourselves in; these are not our limitations, they're just aspects of our starting point.
My role is to provide unconditional, affirming support throughout your therapy journey. I believe therapy works best when you are active in the process, and we work collaboratively to identify goals that feel meaningful and true to you. I bring genuineness, compassion, and at times a sense of humor into sessions, creating a space where you can show up fully as yourself.
My role is to provide unconditional, affirming support throughout your therapy journey. I believe therapy works best when you are active in the process, and we work collaboratively to identify goals that feel meaningful and true to you. I bring genuineness, compassion, and at times a sense of humor into sessions, creating a space where you can show up fully as yourself.
Are you feeling stuck in patterns that prevent you from thriving and succeeding in ways that deep down you know you can? Perhaps your relationships are suffering, or intimacy feels hard or scary. Whether it's anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, relationship problems, self-harm, addictions, or something else, my guess is these patterns emerged from a need to cope or survive. As a queer person, I know how hard finding an affirming and non-judgmental therapist can be, especially if you are LGBTQ+. A therapist who meets you exactly where you are right now can be the first step to building the life you want!
Are you feeling stuck in patterns that prevent you from thriving and succeeding in ways that deep down you know you can? Perhaps your relationships are suffering, or intimacy feels hard or scary. Whether it's anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, relationship problems, self-harm, addictions, or something else, my guess is these patterns emerged from a need to cope or survive. As a queer person, I know how hard finding an affirming and non-judgmental therapist can be, especially if you are LGBTQ+. A therapist who meets you exactly where you are right now can be the first step to building the life you want!
I also write Letters of Support for gender-affirming medical care.
For over ten years, I have been providing therapy to LGBTQ+ communities. I'm a white, queer, trans and non-binary therapist. I am passionate about providing a space for people to be celebrated for being their authentic selves. I honor and respect the strategies clients have learned that support them in coping and surviving. Together, we can develop more awareness of how these coping strategies serve you, and when it is supportive, work to find new ways of relating to yourself and others. My approach is relational; it is informed by the healing and motivating power of building loving and trusting connections.
I also write Letters of Support for gender-affirming medical care.
For over ten years, I have been providing therapy to LGBTQ+ communities. I'm a white, queer, trans and non-binary therapist. I am passionate about providing a space for people to be celebrated for being their authentic selves. I honor and respect the strategies clients have learned that support them in coping and surviving. Together, we can develop more awareness of how these coping strategies serve you, and when it is supportive, work to find new ways of relating to yourself and others. My approach is relational; it is informed by the healing and motivating power of building loving and trusting connections.
We work to expand mental health service options in the Deep South for marginalized folks by cultivating spaces honoring personal truth & experiences. We provide equitable services tailored to unique needs & circumstances. Our values & ethics are rooted in feminist principles, sex & body positivity, & trauma-focus. We believe therapy is a mutual process where we all learn & grow together. Our clinicians are affirming of experiences & worldviews shaped by race, LGBTQ+ identity, & disability in society. We routinely treat depression & anxiety, grief, neurodivergence, chronic illness, relationships, family issues, & addiction.
We work to expand mental health service options in the Deep South for marginalized folks by cultivating spaces honoring personal truth & experiences. We provide equitable services tailored to unique needs & circumstances. Our values & ethics are rooted in feminist principles, sex & body positivity, & trauma-focus. We believe therapy is a mutual process where we all learn & grow together. Our clinicians are affirming of experiences & worldviews shaped by race, LGBTQ+ identity, & disability in society. We routinely treat depression & anxiety, grief, neurodivergence, chronic illness, relationships, family issues, & addiction.
I am a queer, trans, autistic, trauma informed therapist. I place heavy emphasis on radical acceptance with all clients. My sessions are a judgement-free, fully accepting space. I also emphasize accountability and a realistic outlook on personal actions & emotions. We will work on both accepting and understanding the emotional responses happening and will work to create a more stable mental state by acknowledging when responses are based in reality versus based on internal struggles. I am a big advocate for psychoeducation and often find people can better process emotions and traumas when they understand the scientific basis.
I am a queer, trans, autistic, trauma informed therapist. I place heavy emphasis on radical acceptance with all clients. My sessions are a judgement-free, fully accepting space. I also emphasize accountability and a realistic outlook on personal actions & emotions. We will work on both accepting and understanding the emotional responses happening and will work to create a more stable mental state by acknowledging when responses are based in reality versus based on internal struggles. I am a big advocate for psychoeducation and often find people can better process emotions and traumas when they understand the scientific basis.
Whether you or a loved one are navigating the early stages of self-discovery, seeking support during your gender journey, or addressing mental health concerns within the context of your gender identity, I'm here to assist you on your path to self-realization and well-being.
I've been providing affirming and culturally competent therapy since 2022, was a medical social worker for 7 years prior to that. My mission is to create a therapeutic alliance that honors and validates your identity, empowering you to navigate the complexities of self-discovery and personal growth.
Whether you or a loved one are navigating the early stages of self-discovery, seeking support during your gender journey, or addressing mental health concerns within the context of your gender identity, I'm here to assist you on your path to self-realization and well-being.
I've been providing affirming and culturally competent therapy since 2022, was a medical social worker for 7 years prior to that. My mission is to create a therapeutic alliance that honors and validates your identity, empowering you to navigate the complexities of self-discovery and personal growth.
I specialize in working with LGBTQ/Queer individuals in areas such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, transgender and queer issues, and trauma.
As a therapist, my job is to empower you as you reach your goals. Your role is to show up as your authentic self and work at your own pace. Sessions are your space, and you get to choose how to use our time together, whether that's taking a moment to breathe, venting about the day, or celebrating a win.
I work primarily with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, and trauma. I work heavily with the LGBTQ+ community. I also provide kink-aware and affirming sex therapy to adults and couples. Being openly queer and neurodivergent myself, I understand the importance of having a space you feel accepted and heard.
I specialize in working with LGBTQ/Queer individuals in areas such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, transgender and queer issues, and trauma.
As a therapist, my job is to empower you as you reach your goals. Your role is to show up as your authentic self and work at your own pace. Sessions are your space, and you get to choose how to use our time together, whether that's taking a moment to breathe, venting about the day, or celebrating a win.
I work primarily with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, and trauma. I work heavily with the LGBTQ+ community. I also provide kink-aware and affirming sex therapy to adults and couples. Being openly queer and neurodivergent myself, I understand the importance of having a space you feel accepted and heard.
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- Antioch
- Berry Hill
- Brentwood
- Franklin
- Goodlettsville
- Hendersonville
- Hermitage
- La Vergne
- Madison
- Nashville
- Old Hickory
- Spring Hill
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.