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Therapy for LGBTQ+ Clients — An AEDP Approach

Welcome. You don’t have to navigate this alone.

If you identify as LGBTQ+, you deserve a therapeutic space where your identity is honored, your emotions are welcomed, and your story is met with compassion—not judgment.

Using AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), I offer a deeply affirming, experiential approach designed to heal the emotional wounds caused by fear, shame, rejection, trauma, and disconnection.

In AEDP, healing happens through relationship, in the moment. You and I work together to process emotions that may have been too overwhelming or unsafe to feel alone—and to cultivate the resilience already inside you.

How AEDP Supports LGBTQ+ Clients

LGBTQ+ individuals often move through the world carrying burdens that were never meant to be carried alone: internalized shame, non-affirmation, family rejection, minority stress, or trauma from discrimination.

AEDP is uniquely suited to address these experiences because it focuses on:

Undoing Aloneness

You don’t have to protect yourself or perform here. AEDP is built on the therapist staying emotionally present, helping you feel supported and connected as you explore vulnerable emotions.

Transforming Core Emotions

Rather than suppressing or avoiding emotions, we move toward them—safely, gently, and at your pace. This helps release stuck pain and allows deeper truths (strength, pride, clarity, hope) to emerge.

Celebrating Authentic Identity

Your gender identity, sexuality, expression, and lived experiences are seen, affirmed, and respected. AEDP provides a secure base for you to show up as your whole self without having to explain, minimize, or justify who you are.

Rewiring Old Beliefs

Wounds from family rejection, cultural messages, or traumatic experiences can create internal narratives of “not enough,” “too much,” or “not acceptable.” AEDP helps reshape these narratives through emotional processing and corrective emotional experiences.

Common Concerns We Can Work Through Together

Therapy from an AEDP lens can support a wide range of experiences, including:

Exploring or affirming LGBTQ+ identity
Coming out at any stage of life
Internalized homophobia or transphobia
Shame, guilt, and self-criticism
Relationship patterns & attachment trauma
Minority stress and chronic vigilance
Religious or cultural trauma
Healing from bullying, discrimination, or microaggressions
Strengthening pride, confidence, and self-compassion

Whether you’re questioning, exploring, or deeply grounded in your identity, therapy meets you exactly where you are.

What AEDP Therapy Feels Like

AEDP is different from traditional talk therapy. You may notice:

I stay actively engaged and connected with you
We slow down together to track what’s happening emotionally and physically
You’re encouraged to feel—not alone—but supported
We celebrate moments of relief, joy, pride, and transformation
Change feels embodied, not just intellectual
You feel more connected to your true self over time

AEDP creates space for safety, clarity, and emotional transformation—without forcing anything before you’re ready.

Affirming, Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Care

This is a space where:

Your pronouns and identity are respected
Your boundaries matter
Your emotional pace leads the work
Your lived experience is honored as truth

You deserve therapy where you don’t have to shrink, hide, or protect yourself. AEDP offers a relational, emotionally deep foundation that allows you to grow, heal, and thrive.

You deserve to feel whole. You deserve to feel supported. You deserve to feel you.

If you’re ready to explore therapy, I’m here to help you reconnect with your internal strengths, heal past wounds, and build a life grounded in authenticity and self-trust.

Book a consultation

Let’s explore whether AEDP therapy feels right for you.