Therapy works best when you don’t have to wonder whether you’ll be accepted for who you are. Yet many LGBTQIA+ clients describe past experiences where they felt only partially understood.

My commitment is simple: to create a space where your identity is respected, honored, and welcomed.

A Safe and Affirming Space

Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community can come with unique challenges:

• Family rejection

• Religious or cultural pressure

• Discrimination or bullying

• The weight of internalized shame

These experiences don’t just live in your mind. They impact your body, nervous system, and sense of self.

As a trauma therapist, I recognize how these wounds show up in everyday life. Anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, and chronic self-doubt are often rooted in environments where authenticity wasn’t safe.

In our work together, you don’t have to shrink or explain away who you are. You get to bring your whole self into the room.

Healing Beyond Talk

Talking about your story matters — but words alone don’t always release the pain. That’s why I integrate trauma-informed, body-based approaches, including:

• Brainspotting — helps locate and release trauma stored in the body and nervous system. Many LGBTQIA+ clients find it powerful for working through rejection, fear, or chronic stress. 

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) — supports you in connecting with the different “parts” of yourself, including those that had to hide, protect, or silence your truth. Read more about IFS here.

• EMDR — a research-backed method for reducing the charge of painful memories so they no longer control the present.

These modalities go deeper than coping skills. They help you release what your body has been holding, so you can feel safer, calmer, and more present.

What We Might Work On

Every client’s story is unique, but some common themes include:

• Untangling religious or spiritual trauma that told you your identity was “wrong”

• Navigating the stress of coming out — whether to family, at work, or in community

• Healing internalized shame that affects self-worth and relationships

• Managing anxiety or depression connected to being unseen or misunderstood

• Setting boundaries and breaking free from codependency patterns

Because I specialize in codependency and trauma, we may also explore how old patterns of caretaking or people-pleasing developed — and how to reclaim your own voice. For more, you might explore Understanding LGBTQIA Developmental Trauma and Codependency: A Journey Toward Healing which unpacks working through this specific kind of trauma. 

Gender and Identity at Your Pace

If you’re trans, non-binary, gender-expansive, or still exploring language for your identity, therapy doesn’t have to push you into definitions or timelines.

Together, we can:

• Hold space for grief after years of invalidation

• Address the stress of ongoing misgendering

• Celebrate the relief of living more authentically

You deserve a therapist who won’t pathologize your identity, but instead honors the full spectrum of who you are.

Why Affirming Therapy Matters

Research shows LGBTQIA+ individuals face higher rates of anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms — not because of who they are, but because of the harm they’ve endured.

Affirming therapy can help interrupt the cycle of:

• Shame

• Silence

• Self-erasure

Healing is about restoring safety in your body, reconnecting with your truth, and building a foundation of self-trust.

Moving Forward

Healing isn’t about rushing to “fix” yourself. It’s about:

• Giving space to the parts of you that were never fully seen

• Helping your nervous system learn what safety feels like again

• Building a new relationship with yourself rooted in worth and self-compassion

If you’re looking for LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy in Texas — whether in-person in Houston or online statewide — I’d be honored to walk with you.

When you’re ready, reach out. Together, we can create a space where your story, your identity, and your healing matter.