LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Bullard, TX
My goals in therapy center around two ideas: helping you feel better and helping you get better. Life gets complicated for all of us (either throughout our lives or during parts of our lives). Sometimes we just need someone else to help guide us through it and teach us a new way to approaching our difficulties. One part involves helping you gain confidence that you can have control of your life, & the other involves challenging your beliefs and world views that keep you from living life to the fullest. Helping you feel better involves compassionate listening and understanding your concerns through your worldview.
My goals in therapy center around two ideas: helping you feel better and helping you get better. Life gets complicated for all of us (either throughout our lives or during parts of our lives). Sometimes we just need someone else to help guide us through it and teach us a new way to approaching our difficulties. One part involves helping you gain confidence that you can have control of your life, & the other involves challenging your beliefs and world views that keep you from living life to the fullest. Helping you feel better involves compassionate listening and understanding your concerns through your worldview.
My clinical work has centered on supporting individuals navigating trauma and its impacts. Trauma can affect more than how we remember the past; it can shape our present relationships, stress levels, reactions, health, and internal world. You may feel stuck in patterns you don't understand, struggle to feel safe or connected, or find that past experiences continue to affect your life today. My goal is to help you process these experiences and move toward the freedom of living in the here and now.
My clinical work has centered on supporting individuals navigating trauma and its impacts. Trauma can affect more than how we remember the past; it can shape our present relationships, stress levels, reactions, health, and internal world. You may feel stuck in patterns you don't understand, struggle to feel safe or connected, or find that past experiences continue to affect your life today. My goal is to help you process these experiences and move toward the freedom of living in the here and now.
Have you experienced something traumatic, stressful or life-altering? Do you feel unfulfilled, drained or overwhelmed? Do you feel frustrated, lost or hopeless? Are your thoughts negative & cruel? Do you worry about worst-case scenarios? Do your emotions seem uncontrollable? Do you struggle to connect to others, or find joy in things you once loved? My approach to therapy is conversational, down-to-earth, & grounded in genuine human connection. I bring 14+ yrs of clinical knowledge & evidence-based practices to sessions w/o making therapy feel overly formal.
Have you experienced something traumatic, stressful or life-altering? Do you feel unfulfilled, drained or overwhelmed? Do you feel frustrated, lost or hopeless? Are your thoughts negative & cruel? Do you worry about worst-case scenarios? Do your emotions seem uncontrollable? Do you struggle to connect to others, or find joy in things you once loved? My approach to therapy is conversational, down-to-earth, & grounded in genuine human connection. I bring 14+ yrs of clinical knowledge & evidence-based practices to sessions w/o making therapy feel overly formal.
I understand that seeking support can feel overwhelming, and I am glad you are making your mental health a priority. I am here to help you find meaningful change. I believe that every individual’s journey is unique, and I strive to create a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where you can heal. I provide evidence-based and inclusive counseling in Whitehouse, TX. I offer convenient weekday evening and Saturday appointments to accommodate your schedule.
I understand that seeking support can feel overwhelming, and I am glad you are making your mental health a priority. I am here to help you find meaningful change. I believe that every individual’s journey is unique, and I strive to create a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where you can heal. I provide evidence-based and inclusive counseling in Whitehouse, TX. I offer convenient weekday evening and Saturday appointments to accommodate your schedule.
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Hello! I am Brittany, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience helping individuals navigate life's challenges. I understand that seeking therapy takes courage, and I honor the strength it takes to begin the process of change. My approach is grounded in compassion, warmth, and curiosity. Together, we'll explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences to help you gain insight, foster healing, and move toward meaningful growth.
Hello! I am Brittany, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience helping individuals navigate life's challenges. I understand that seeking therapy takes courage, and I honor the strength it takes to begin the process of change. My approach is grounded in compassion, warmth, and curiosity. Together, we'll explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences to help you gain insight, foster healing, and move toward meaningful growth.
I specialize in working on women's issues, trauma, issues impacting LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those exploring different paths to parenthood and/or experiencing infertility.
You have read the books and followed the advice, but something still feels off. Those older wounds can activate and impact your today worries. Sometimes this world feels unsafe. You are ready for it all to let up so you can catch a breath. It can be exhausting.
From this place, we can begin to explore your inner landscape at a pace that feels safe, grounding, and respectful while creating a supportive, trauma-informed telehealth space. You can achieve healing, growth, and connection to your Self and others.
I specialize in working on women's issues, trauma, issues impacting LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those exploring different paths to parenthood and/or experiencing infertility.
You have read the books and followed the advice, but something still feels off. Those older wounds can activate and impact your today worries. Sometimes this world feels unsafe. You are ready for it all to let up so you can catch a breath. It can be exhausting.
From this place, we can begin to explore your inner landscape at a pace that feels safe, grounding, and respectful while creating a supportive, trauma-informed telehealth space. You can achieve healing, growth, and connection to your Self and others.
You may be successful, dependable, and the person everyone turns to, yet privately feel overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck or unsure of who you are beyond what you do for others. I specialize in supporting high-achieving women and men as they work through childhood experiences, relationship patterns, identity, self-worth, and the pressure to always be strong. Together, we’ll create space to understand your story, reconnect with yourself, and move toward a life that feels more authentic, fulfilling and aligned with who you are and not who you’ve had to become.
You may be successful, dependable, and the person everyone turns to, yet privately feel overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck or unsure of who you are beyond what you do for others. I specialize in supporting high-achieving women and men as they work through childhood experiences, relationship patterns, identity, self-worth, and the pressure to always be strong. Together, we’ll create space to understand your story, reconnect with yourself, and move toward a life that feels more authentic, fulfilling and aligned with who you are and not who you’ve had to become.
Life is a lot. Being human is complicated. And some days? It’s just plain exhausting.
If you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, worried about your kid, or quietly wondering if you’re doing any of this “right”… welcome. You’re in the right place.
Life is a lot. Being human is complicated. And some days? It’s just plain exhausting.
If you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, worried about your kid, or quietly wondering if you’re doing any of this “right”… welcome. You’re in the right place.
I also have significant experience working with LGBTQ and identity-related concerns.
I serve clients in Texas, Colorado, and Washington. Are you working with challenging experiences and past traumas? The ways in which we choose to make meaning of these experiences are fundamentally personal choices. My approach is non-judgmental. I offer traditional psychotherapy, EMDR, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic integration therapy.
I also have significant experience working with LGBTQ and identity-related concerns.
I serve clients in Texas, Colorado, and Washington. Are you working with challenging experiences and past traumas? The ways in which we choose to make meaning of these experiences are fundamentally personal choices. My approach is non-judgmental. I offer traditional psychotherapy, EMDR, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic integration therapy.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone. Therapy with me is collaborative, down-to-earth, and tailored to you. I value creating a space where you can show up exactly as you are. No masks, no judgment. If you’re ready to feel more grounded, connected, and understood, I’d be honored to walk alongside you in your journey.
My style is relational, intuitive, and refreshingly honest...direct when needed, warm always, and often sprinkled with humor. I’ll meet you where you are, challenge what’s no longer working, and help you build insight, self-trust, and real change in a space that feels human, grounded, and real.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone. Therapy with me is collaborative, down-to-earth, and tailored to you. I value creating a space where you can show up exactly as you are. No masks, no judgment. If you’re ready to feel more grounded, connected, and understood, I’d be honored to walk alongside you in your journey.
My style is relational, intuitive, and refreshingly honest...direct when needed, warm always, and often sprinkled with humor. I’ll meet you where you are, challenge what’s no longer working, and help you build insight, self-trust, and real change in a space that feels human, grounded, and real.
I love to work with survivors, overthinkers, overfeelers, the LGBTQ+ community, and anyone who has always felt a little “different” than others.
I use an integrated approach to foster confidence, autonomy and healing in my relationships with clients. I often utilize solution-focused narrative therapy, CPT, attachment theory and EMDR. I have a pragmatic, affirming and gently challenging approach. I am a neurodivergent and queer identified therapist. I am LGBTQ+ affirming.
I love to work with survivors, overthinkers, overfeelers, the LGBTQ+ community, and anyone who has always felt a little “different” than others.
I use an integrated approach to foster confidence, autonomy and healing in my relationships with clients. I often utilize solution-focused narrative therapy, CPT, attachment theory and EMDR. I have a pragmatic, affirming and gently challenging approach. I am a neurodivergent and queer identified therapist. I am LGBTQ+ affirming.
Rachel Spurgeon
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
1 Endorsed
Tyler, TX 75703
Waitlist for new clients
Life can be difficult for everyone, but it becomes even more so when you struggle to get out of bed, can't stop worrying about if you've made a friend angry or if something bad is going to happen, trigger flashbacks, or any other plethora of symptoms you might experience because of a mental health issue. I'm here to help individuals understand their mental health and cope with the symptoms so they can take back their lives and live them to their fullest.
Life can be difficult for everyone, but it becomes even more so when you struggle to get out of bed, can't stop worrying about if you've made a friend angry or if something bad is going to happen, trigger flashbacks, or any other plethora of symptoms you might experience because of a mental health issue. I'm here to help individuals understand their mental health and cope with the symptoms so they can take back their lives and live them to their fullest.
Ricardo Velazquez
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MS, LCDC-I, LPC-A, NCC
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Sunday Appointment Available! The worry seems to never stop, not when the day is over, not when the problem is solved, and not even when things are going well. You notice yourself overthinking conversations, running through possible scenarios in your head, and worrying about all of the “what-ifs." You have a constant sense that something needs your attention, leaving you feeling irritable and on edge. You find yourself seeking reassurance, double-checking decisions, or thinking through every possible outcome so you don’t get caught off guard; yet, all of that planning still doesn’t bring relief.
Sunday Appointment Available! The worry seems to never stop, not when the day is over, not when the problem is solved, and not even when things are going well. You notice yourself overthinking conversations, running through possible scenarios in your head, and worrying about all of the “what-ifs." You have a constant sense that something needs your attention, leaving you feeling irritable and on edge. You find yourself seeking reassurance, double-checking decisions, or thinking through every possible outcome so you don’t get caught off guard; yet, all of that planning still doesn’t bring relief.
To all you Texas queerdos, weirdos, gamers, & outsiders, I challenge you to embrace & value your "other-ness." You may have been told you're wrong, strange, stupid, immature, selfish, etc. since you can first remember. You may think you need to constantly change yourself & what you're doing to please others - or even exist among others. You may feel you're too needy, high-maintenance, or [messed]-up compared to others around you. I see you. You don't have to keep relentlessly trying to make it on your own - this isn't a From Software game after all!
To all you Texas queerdos, weirdos, gamers, & outsiders, I challenge you to embrace & value your "other-ness." You may have been told you're wrong, strange, stupid, immature, selfish, etc. since you can first remember. You may think you need to constantly change yourself & what you're doing to please others - or even exist among others. You may feel you're too needy, high-maintenance, or [messed]-up compared to others around you. I see you. You don't have to keep relentlessly trying to make it on your own - this isn't a From Software game after all!
I love working with youth who have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, communication issues, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I enjoy working with kids that are "miscellaneous" or fit outside of the box. My approach is non-traditional, and it works well with kids who have had negative experiences in therapy, or hate the concept of therapy in general. I incorporate play therapy, art, and fidget toys in my sessions.
I love working with youth who have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, communication issues, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I enjoy working with kids that are "miscellaneous" or fit outside of the box. My approach is non-traditional, and it works well with kids who have had negative experiences in therapy, or hate the concept of therapy in general. I incorporate play therapy, art, and fidget toys in my sessions.
Hello! My name is Katie Green, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
Hello! My name is Katie Green, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
You may look like you have it together—but inside feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained. I work with individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, and depression, especially when it shows up as overthinking, people-pleasing, or difficulty in relationships.
You may look like you have it together—but inside feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained. I work with individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, and depression, especially when it shows up as overthinking, people-pleasing, or difficulty in relationships.
I also practice from a queer-affirming and culturally aware perspective, so your identity and experiences are respected here.
I offer counseling in both English and Spanish and want clients to feel comfortable expressing themselves in the language that feels most comfortable to them.
Ofrezco mis servicios en inglés y español, y quiero que clientes se sientan cómodos expresándose en el idioma con el que se sientan más cómodos. As we work together, we will focus on helping you make sense of your experiences in a way that actually feels meaningful to you. The goal is not to “fix” you, but to help you feel more grounded, clearer, and more connected to yourself over time.
I also practice from a queer-affirming and culturally aware perspective, so your identity and experiences are respected here.
I offer counseling in both English and Spanish and want clients to feel comfortable expressing themselves in the language that feels most comfortable to them.
Ofrezco mis servicios en inglés y español, y quiero que clientes se sientan cómodos expresándose en el idioma con el que se sientan más cómodos. As we work together, we will focus on helping you make sense of your experiences in a way that actually feels meaningful to you. The goal is not to “fix” you, but to help you feel more grounded, clearer, and more connected to yourself over time.
Beauty For Ashes Trauma Therapy and
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
2 Endorsed
Tyler, TX 75703
My name is Melinda Switzer, MA, LPC, NCC, AACC; Beauty for Ashes Trauma Therapy and Treatment would like to accompany you on your healing journey. “Book with me now by clicking on my website”. I am a non-judgmental, Christian therapist, everyone is welcome and deserves to be able to manage their lives. This can be accomplished by creating a life worth living for themselves and their families, without the shadow of trauma looming over them and affecting everything they do.
My name is Melinda Switzer, MA, LPC, NCC, AACC; Beauty for Ashes Trauma Therapy and Treatment would like to accompany you on your healing journey. “Book with me now by clicking on my website”. I am a non-judgmental, Christian therapist, everyone is welcome and deserves to be able to manage their lives. This can be accomplished by creating a life worth living for themselves and their families, without the shadow of trauma looming over them and affecting everything they do.
I specialize in teen and young adult counseling- trauma, depression, anxiety, LGBTQIA+ populations, borderline personality disorder, and more.
You've struggled with some heavy stuff and yet you are here. You are stronger than any hard day you have ever had. Maybe you have never felt truly seen or heard. But that ends today.
I see you and I want you to know that you are not alone. We all have negative experiences that have brought us to our knees and have made us feel inadequate. The inner pain and struggles that you experience do not make you any less worthy of having a life worth living. Don't let your past have a hold on you. You hold the power within yourself to overcome anything that has come your way. I am here to support you and help guide you every step of the way.
I specialize in teen and young adult counseling- trauma, depression, anxiety, LGBTQIA+ populations, borderline personality disorder, and more.
You've struggled with some heavy stuff and yet you are here. You are stronger than any hard day you have ever had. Maybe you have never felt truly seen or heard. But that ends today.
I see you and I want you to know that you are not alone. We all have negative experiences that have brought us to our knees and have made us feel inadequate. The inner pain and struggles that you experience do not make you any less worthy of having a life worth living. Don't let your past have a hold on you. You hold the power within yourself to overcome anything that has come your way. I am here to support you and help guide you every step of the way.
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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.