Bisexual Therapists in Provo, UT

Hi! I am a bisexual , cisgender woman and love to CELEBRATE my queer community! My goal as a therapist is to help clients find healing from within to become empowered to make changes in their external world. My approach includes an element of play and/or art, to help clients have new emotional experiences through the therapeutic approaches of Internal Family Systems and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Dr Mark Malan, PhD, MPH, DACS and Colette Malan, MSW, LCSW, CST are a husband and wife clinical team specializing in sexology and psychotherapy. Mark is a Board Certified Clinical Sexologist and IPC Certified Couple Communications Facilitator. Colette is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Psychotherapist.

I am an AASECT certified sex therapist and psychotherapist specializing in marriage and family therapy. My husband, Dr. Mark Malan, are a husband-wife clinical team helping people to have better marriages, happier families, and more rewarding love lives. I provide marriage and sex therapy. I help people with low sexual desire, sexual pain, inability to orgasm, vaginismus, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and all the other sexual dysfunctions.

I am passionate about helping gay, lesbian, bisexual , transgender, and queer clients in a variety of areas. I often help clients build and maintain healthy relationships, work through depression, stress, or anxiety, navigate relationships with less accepting family or friends, deal with difficulties surrounding coming out, overcome sexual challenges, and manage shame, discrimination and stigma. I frequently write letters of support for transgender or gender non-conforming individuals who wish to gain access to hormone replacement therapy or surgeries.

We offer services and therapy to the LGBTQ community and their families. We provide mental health and couple/family therapy in a safe environment for all. We would love to talk with you about your needs. Feel free to call us - we are happy to talk with you about our services and our therapists in order to find someone that you would feel comfortable meeting with. Some of our clients meet with a different therapist each week depending on their needs.

I believe psychotherapy is the art of helping others to find inner peace and reach personal goals. Sadness, anxiety, anger and other non-peaceful feelings often result from trauma or difficult life events. How to deal with these feelings? It's very helpful to talk it over with, and get guidance from, someone who has insight and understanding -- and psychotherapy skills. This is what I consider to be my mission, to guide you toward resolving difficult situations and to improve your personal and relationship satisfaction -- and, to increase self-esteem, inner peace, confidence, and happiness.

My PhD training as a counseling psychologist affords me flexibility to support multiple life concerns, and at the root of my work is the belief that relationships are capable of healing. I build strong alliances with those whom I serve in order to best meet client directed goals and foster sustained change. I adhere to evidence-based practices in psychology, and research evidence strongly supports the importance of building a strong therapeutic alliance. Everyone has a unique lens through which they see the world and I strive to see the world as my clients do to provide the best care.

Are you feeling stuck? Has anxiety, depression, or stress begun to overwhelm you? Are you struggling in your relationships? Have you had traumatic experiences that are threatening your mental health and well being? Are you questioning your identity - personal, sexual, romantic, gender, or religious? Or are you looking to level up your skills, increase your personal growth, and finally become the person you want to be? These are just a few of the issues where I can offer you the support and the tools needed to create healthy, long-lasting change.

Ever feel like a "stranger in a strange land"? I know how disorienting and heartbreaking it can be to find yourself living a chapter of your life you never expected. Whether you are adjusting to new parenthood, experiencing shifts in your religious beliefs, changes in relationships, disappointment in your sexual experience, or feeling alienated within your cultural milieu, I believe that healing occurs through learning to listen to and honor yourself. I love the Tolkien quote: "Not all who wander are lost." My hope is that after our time together you will honor your "wandering" and feel that your path forward has been illuminated.

My client often has experiences of loss, pain, even abuse that take away predictability of safety. These losses can cause significant fears leading them to question who they are and who they can trust. Be it a lost or difficult relationship, a break with a religion you grew up in, or a change in how you see yourself at this new phase of life, together we can ease those fears and identify the next steps to making life feel easier, more fulfilling, and a genuine fit for who you are.

***2 Openings Available*** I believe relationships are the most potent development and protective context for development; as such I view relationship as the primary source of strength and healing. I help couples and families to improve communication and trust to buffer against depression, suicide, and many other stressors. Couple and families that want to feel closer to one another and address the behaviors, depression, suicidality keeping them apart should feel hope and support through our work--we will specifically target the causes and consequences of these issues.

As an emotionally-focused therapist, my primary goal is to help you to identify the core emotions, thoughts, and perceptions that may be holding you back from the happiness and relationships you desire in your life. We often have conflicting feelings within ourselves that create problems in our personal lives and how we view ourselves. My goal is to help you explore these on a deeper level, find ways to cope, and find a greater sense of purpose and personal worth. I have an easygoing, empathetic approach, and believe therapy is meant to be a place of non-judgment, openness and acceptance.

Uncertainty is inevitable but suffering doesn't have to be. There is a pathway forward through the distress of disconnection, grief and loss, faith transitions, and anxiety. Transforming painful feelings of inadequacy, unworthiness, or unmet needs can occur by creating connections through emotional processing. Therapy is tailored to your specific goals and needs with: deepening relational connection, anxiety, addictions, grief/loss, faith transition, emotional challenges, and family therapy. Creating a validating and respectful therapeutic experience is central to inviting growth and change.

Many people feel unhappy and disconnected from themselves and the people they love. If you are wondering if there is anything you can do to strengthen yourself and your relationships, there are answers. New coping skills can help you see yourself and your relationships differently, new brain techniques can help resolve old traumas, and current research can bring understanding. It's never too late to look at your life differently and change what's happening in your world.

**Online Sessions Only** Life often hands us many changes and challenges, and sometimes we feel like we have to face it alone. I believe we do not have to face these challenges of life alone, and it is okay to ask for help. I take a client-centered approach to meet individuals where they are, help them feel supported and guided through their challenges, and assist them in reaching their individual goals. I strive to help individuals feel more hopeful and empowered to face the challenges of life and ultimately find peace and healing.

You are worth it. I can help you find healing, peace and happiness. I work with people struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, identity struggles, betrayal trauma, pornography addiction, marriage issues, spiritual identity, faith crisis, mixed faith marriages, and problematic patterns that prevent you from being happy. I work particularly well with teens and their parents–and have experience working in adolescent residential treatment. I also work well with issues relating to adoption and attachment.

I like to come at therapy kind of like I would a drummer at a jam session. I'm there to find a groove with another voice. I want to communicate with you and help you to open up and learn to express yourself. We will seek understanding first and then we will find a way to encourage healing and growth that is unique to you and builds a stronger identity. I am strengths-based and I like to find existing skills to help a client build a new way of thinking and interacting with their body. This is also a very effective way of beginning the process of healing symptoms of PTSD in conjunction with other evidence based trauma treatments.

With a strong knowledge in couples and families, I have had great success in working with marital issues, divorce recovery (how to manage co-parenting and life after divorce) mental health disorders and challenges, issues with sexuality, self-harm, trauma recovery, and mood disorders both individually and within the family system. My systems approach and integration of Christian principles, if desired, have helped thousands to lead stronger healthier, more productive lives.

Have you ever felt sad or depressed? Felt alone or unloved? Felt so afraid or scared that you prevent yourself from doing things? Have you felt like your life was spinning out of control and you don't know how to stop it from crashing? Have you experienced negative things in your life that have changed you as a person? Sadly, you're not alone. How would it feel to be able to create balance in your life and feel like you're more in control? How would if feel to know that with life's challenges, you can be confident to know you can handle whatever is thrown at you? Now is the time to find your strength and take control of your life.

I can help you begin to accept how wonderful of a person you are and who you can become. I believe that you are a wonderful person and that we all are. However, we tend to reject ourselves and that can create feelings of depression and anxiety. We can achieve self-acceptance by first discovering where this rejection came from and making small adjustments to the way that we view our worlds. I have a very special place in my heart for those who struggle with pornography addiction. I can work with you to remove shame and guilt and free yourself from the cycle of addiction.