You are not the reason why
you are in pain.
Think of all the negative messages you experience every day from systemic homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and shame.
LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy holds space for you to overcome the negative consequences of growing up in a culture that fears and suppresses your aliveness.
Most people who start LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy with us feel stuck repeating the same painful patterns. Perhaps you can relate. Maybe your creativity is nonexistent or you're noticing that you complain a lot about feeling stressed, tired, and unfulfilled.
Stuck in negativity and feeling worried all the time, you may feel like life is exhausting.
Do you feel stressed, moody, overwhelmed?
Do any of the following resonate with you?
If these sound true for you, we want you to know that internalized homophobia and transphobia leave their marks on you. And if you’re a BIPOC queer person, the wounds of racism only compound the damage. We are here to embrace you however you identify and help create a space for you to heal.
You don’t have to keep putting yourself last, caring for everyone else before you take care of yourself.
LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy can help you accept who you are.
It’s possible to feel better. Imagine a life where you could…
Live life as who you really are.
LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy helps you rise above your challenges and start moving towards your ideal life with less suffering and more fulfillment.
You will get the effective skills you need to find your way through difficult feelings and situations and feel safer in your relationships.
Even if you are not sure how a therapist could help you, LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy may be able to help.
We are passionate about helping people on the LGBTQ+ continuum achieve wholeness and personhood not mirrored by our hetero and cisnormative society. Our clients discover much different can life be when you can be yourself and be fully accepted for who you are.
We are Echo Park Creative Psychology and we are therapists and humans who are here to help.
How does LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy work?
LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy consists of 50-minute, one-on-one sessions that help you work through your concerns. In addition to listening, your therapist will guide you towards skills that actually help you to manage difficult thoughts and feelings, they play an active role.
Here’s how it will work step-by-step:
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First, your therapist will provide a safe, accepting space so that you will feel comfortable sharing your struggles with them.
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Through hearing your story, your therapist will start to get a picture of what your challenges are.
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Next your therapist will start by helping you with immediate concerns like managing difficult emotions and challenging life situations.
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You will also work together to discover what your goals are in therapy and in life.
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Keeping your unique goals in mind, you’ll figure out what’s needed to help you reach them.
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Over the course of your sessions, you will start making progress towards the life you desire.
Let’s get started.
Ready to start feeling better?
If you feel life is exhausting, LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy could help.
Schedule a call in our online scheduler, have a free phone or video consultation call, then schedule your first session.
We can get through this together.