Psychotherapists - Licensed

I work with individuals 18 and over who are looking to gain skills and insight to address challenges that are showing up in their lives, improve their quality of life, and deepen their understanding of self. I work with individuals of all identities and and can support you with the following:

• Identity Exploration
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Life transitions
• LGBTQIA+ sexuality and gender identity (self and others)
• Gender affirming care
• Navigating ablism, neurodivergence, and living with chronic illness
• Healing from trauma and fostering resilience
• Developing healthy relationship (alternative family structure, poly, kink, and relationship anarchy affirming)
• Multi Cultural Issues
• Parenting challenges related to processing identities that children hold

I have been an LGBTQI+, poly and kink friendly therapist for more than 10 years. I serve this 18+ population exclusively.

Hello there! I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate working with individuals, relationships/couples, and families. As a systemically trained therapist, I take a holistic approach when working with my clients. I work with adolescents and adults, and I specifically focus on addressing concerns of individuals in the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as those in the kink/BDSM community and consensual non-monogamy.

I am trained in addressing individual and relational concerns including (but not limited to) areas of substance abuse, body image and eating disorders, technology use/concerns, trauma, sexual and/or gender identity, diversity/minority issues, acculturation/assimilation concerns, depression/anxiety, stress, relationship concerns and pre-marital counseling, infidelity, grief & loss, and family communication/conflict.

I am currently finishing my doctorate degree in Couples, Marriage, and Family Therapy at Texas Tech University, and I have published several articles and presented workshops around issues of disordered eating, substance abuse, technology use, and bisexuality/sexual identity.

I am fluent in English and Russian.

I also provide online/teletherapy to clients residing anywhere in Texas.

Hey there! I am Nyx Melody. I use they/them/their and fae/faer/faers pronouns. I am a queer and non-binary, genderqueer, trans femme New York State licensed psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, educator and consultant on anti-oppression, mental health, and LGBTQIPA2S+ issues. I have had experience working with individuals, couples, and groups who are struggling with various issues, including but not limited to: trauma/abuse, gender/sexual identity, anxiety, depression, substance use, acculturation, racial identity exploration, and dismantling internalized inferiority and/or superiority.

I only speak English

I work with clients ages 10-70+

I am a queer therapist whose clients include individuals and couples from the GLBTQ, kink, and BDSM communities.

Although often difficult periods of change can give us opportunities to bring our lives more in alignment with what has true value and meaning for ourselves. I work with people during important transitions in their lives, for instance either starting or leaving a significant job or relationship.

Communication, trust, intimacy and/ or sexual issues with your partner? I am very comfortable working with traditional, alternative and queer couples. I assist you and your partner to develop better communication and understanding around sensitive topics such as betrayal, intimacy and trust.

As former Director of the Eating Disorders program at Community Institute of San Rafael, Marin, I work with people who obsess that if they only had the perfect weight their lives would work out. So many of us through overdieting and body hatred have lost our connection to ourselves. The body instead of being home for our psyche/ spirit becomes the battleground. I work with clients to get off the fasting/ feasting cycle and reclaim their appetite for life. I also lead support/ psycho-educational groups for women with food/ weight and body image struggles.

Do you feel emotionally stuck in the past? You might be suffering from trauma. I help my clients move through past traumatic experiences using EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing) This well researched method has fast and effective results in working with people suffering from trauma. I also help my clients release the cellular and muscular memory of the trauma (which is where trauma is often stored) using somatic psychotherapy. This is an approach that taps into body awareness and mindfulness, which does not involve touch.

Please check my website (above) for more information and articles written.

Specialties:

I am a bisexuality-affirming, kink-allied, poly-friendly relationship therapist seeing clients in-person in Denver CO and online throughout Colorado. I work from both attachment (EFT) and IFS lenses. I can help you courageously question the way things have always been done so you can have the relationships you’ve always wanted, including polyamory/consensual non-monogamy/ethical non-monogamy. I also offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) in-person only to help you process lingering trauma through transformational medicine journeys.
I speak English and serve clients ages 14 and older.

I believe that all people have common experiences to share, cultural differences to celebrate, and unique experiences that can be understood through these similarities and differences. I practice existential/humanist therapy, which tailors therapy to individuals and uses a variety of techniques to help people heal themselves through the therapeutic relationship. I work with adults (18 and up). I work with individuals, same- and mixed-orientation couples, and people in other relationship structures. I am an activist in the bisexual community and a board member of BiNet USA.

Mission Statement: To create a warm and accepting therapeutic space where people have the freedom and safety to express all facets of their authentic selves and explore the challenges of existence.

I provide individual, couples and group psychotherapy, consultation, and Life Coaching. I have been in private practice since 1989. I am a holistic psychotherapist using energy therapies; EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), mind/body/spirit connection, imaginal therapy, Breathwork, expressive therapies and integrative bodywork. My integrative approach to treatment utilizes a wide variety of tools an techniques to bring the most effective therapy to each clients specific needs. I have specialized in working with anxiety, stress, depression, eating disorders, weight and body issues, PTSD, addictions, trauma, alternative lifestyles, transgender, sexual orientations and sexuality. As a bisexual individual I bring personal understanding of these issues. Current ongoing groups for weight & body image using EFT. Monthly Breathwork workshops. Life coaching is about targeting the goal, plan the steps, eliminate inner sabotage, and celebrate achievement!

I work with adolescents (aged 12 and above), adults, families, couples, and other relationship constellations to improve relationships and facilitate personal growth. I have experience working with gender, sexual, and relational diversity and am open-minded and non-judgmental. As your therapist, I will strive to create a warm, collaborative relationship with you. My goal is to create a meaningful therapeutic context in which each client feels safe, seen, and heard. Whether your concerns relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, relationships, external stressors, or personal growth, our work will be in a caring environment. My therapeutic approach is grounded in the most current, culturally-aware, trauma-informed, and evidence-based practices, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness, Narrative Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

My own experiences of personal transition have shown me that life affords us many opportunities for growth and change - as individuals, and in our relationships with family members, partners, and friends. In my practice I focus on thinking and attachment patterns, and on the many personal, social, and cultural factors that contribute to resilience. Whatever your goals for therapy, I’m here to help.

Please note: Since I’m active in the local community and attend local events, it’s possible that we may know some of the same people, and this is something we should discuss at the outset. If it’s a concern, I’ll provide you with appropriate referrals.

As a psychotherapist who has a background in social justice, mental health, substance use, trauma, and harm reduction, I bring a unique perspective to the therapy room. For some, it is refreshing and welcoming and facilitates exploration of the self. For others, this approach is unfamiliar and perhaps even distinctly different from past therapeutic relationships. I work with a variety of adults ranging in age, gender, experience, race, sexuality, spiritual path, relationship structure, and family dynamics.

I have been working in behavioral health field since 1994, been in private practice since 2004 and a sex positive sex therapist since 2008.

Although I have experience in working with a wide range of sexual dysfunctions, I have an expert focus is in atypical sexual expressions and emerging definitions of healthy sexuality. My professional and personal coaching services are unique and different than most practicing professionals in that it incorporates various mainstream clinical best practices like Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, with depth psychological approaches to understanding conscious and unconscious forces contributing to long held and frustrating patterns. At its detriment, modern training and practice of counseling and therapy primarily focus on behavioral changes, which are minimally impactful and do not address long term, unresolved core psychological issues. These unresolved issues present themselves as sexual dysfunctions, psychiatric illness, maladaptive behaviors or substance abuse/dependence which impede or block healthy professional and personal growth and development. Core psychological issues involve, in part, male and feminine energy; sexual and non-sexual power dynamics; as well as the “shadow” aspect of the unconscious self, which drives uncontrollable (conscious & unconscious) desires and ineffective redundant behaviors. It is because of this and other limitations; traditional counseling and therapy results in short lived success, increased frustration and the eroding of hope each time the individual or couple returns for additional treatment. Like professional consultations, educational seminars and trainings, psychotherapy and sex therapy sessions are dynamic and tailored to the clients specific needs and goals.

Personally, I identify, in part, as bisexual/Queer man.

I am an openly bisexual licensed psychotherapist and personal coach, practicing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I offer psychotherapy, couple counseling and personal coaching, based on psychodynamic and behavioural theory and practice. Age group: 18 years and older. I have experience working with members of the g/l/b/t community, kink/bdsm communities. Other specialities include relationship work, work related issues, PTSS, depression, anger, anxiety, burn-out, problems related to senior age. I speak fluently dutch, english and german.

I work with BIPOC LGBTQAI2S+ artists, women, and femmes to embark on a journey of healing and self-discovery. Through a range of holistic services, including healing arts, life/career coaching, and spiritual guidance, the center empowers individuals to embrace their authentic selves and live fulfilling lives.

• Professional specialties and skills: Psychodynamic individual and couples therapy for adults specializing in bisexual clients ; I address attachment concerns, codependency/people pleasing, coming out, navigating bisexuality in mixed-orientation relationships
• Language spoken: English
• Populations served - ages, concerns, etc.: adults and couples

I am a queer psychotherapist practicing in Los Angeles, California. I provide LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy, using a psychodynamic, humanistic, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) approach. I work with adults and adolescents, with a focus on treating symptoms related to borderline personality disorder, addiction, trauma, and anxiety. I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ adults and adolescents, with a focus on treating symptoms related to borderline personality disorder, addiction, trauma, and anxiety. I am the author of Hiding In Plain Sight: Why We Need to Pay Attention to Bi/Pan Erasure and other articles on Out On the Couch.

Affirming and empathic psychotherapy and sex therapy for those who wish to enjoy life’s pleasures and face its challenges. I am LGBTQIA+/GNC/Kink/Polyamory/Sex Worker affirming, I hold a certificate in LGBTQ psychotherapy from the Psychotherapy Center for Gender and Sexuality with a background in sex education. My services are provided in english to adults over the age of 18 in NY state of any gender or sexuality.

Affirming and empathic psychotherapy and sex therapy for those who wish to enjoy life’s pleasures and face its challenges. I am LGBTQIA+/GNC/Kink/Polyamory/Sex Worker affirming, I hold a certificate in LGBTQ psychotherapy from the Psychotherapy Center for Gender and Sexuality with a background in sex education. My services are provided in english to adults over the age of 18 in NY state of any gender or sexuality.

At my practice Divergent Worlds I provide psychotherapy for adults, young adults, and relationships; supervision for associates; and clinical consultations. I approach this work with a collaborative style, supporting people as they engage in their therapy experience. I provide non-judgmental supportive therapy for people with a range of sexual, relationship, and gender identities and experiences, including LGBTQIQA2S, BDSM, sexual variations, furries, non-monogamy, non binary gender and gender fluidity, and sex workers. I specialize in working through sexuality/gender/relationship related concerns, and supporting these folks with the other aspects of their inner and outer worlds. In my practice and in my world, I acknowledge and work to address systematic and environmental barriers and oppression, and I strive to build a practice and a therapeutic space that includes all aspects of your world. I focus on trauma recovery, body image, disability, impulse control, depression, anxiety, creating boundaries, self esteem, empowerment, substance abuse, adaptive coping skills, and relationships. I believe that therapy should be accessible for everybody who wants it. As part of my efforts to increase access to supportive services, I use a sliding scale and accept Medi-Cal. Please feel free to contact me for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Often times, how we feel about ourselves, others, and situations has a lot to do with the stories of our lives and problems that are manufactured in social, cultural and political contexts. I collaborate with clients to create alternate stories that creatively solve their problems and increase their fulfillment in life. As a result, I am very committed to understanding and incorporating cultural aspects of the clients life into treatment. I view therapy as a collaborative experience where we select goals/objectives that will help you become the person you want or experience the relief you seek.

One important mission for me is to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities an affirming therapeutic environment where ones sexual orientation and gender identity are understood and supported, free from the judgment that homosexual, bisexual or transgender experiences are pathological. I honor the range of diversity within all of us.

I provide psychological assessment and psychotherapy for individuals experiencing anxiety and mood disorders, persons grappling with gender and/or sexual identity issues, or those adjusting to the many ways of being masculine. I also provide therapy for persons seeking help related to the lived-experience of AIDS/HIV, sexual abuse and PTSD.

Publications:

Scott, R. L. (2006). Promoting well-being: An ecology of intervening with African American bisexual clients. Journal of Bisexuality, 6, 65-84.

Scott, R. L., & Shoptaw, S. (2003). A pilot study of contextual and partner factors that contribute to unprotected sex across African American sexual identities. The Community Psychologist, 36, 9-11.

Scott, R. L., & Shoptaw, S. (1999). Combining Crack with Risky Sex. In L. S. Harris (Ed.), Problems of Drug Dependence, 1999: Proceedings of the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. Bethesda, MD: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health.

Scott, R. L. (2007). Addressing social invalidation to promote well being for multiracial bisexuals of African descent. In B. A. Firestein (Ed.), Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals across the Lifespan. New York: Columbia University Press.

Scott, R. L. (2006). Promoting well-being: An ecology of intervening with African American bisexual clients. In R. C. Fox (Ed.), Affirmative psychotherapy with bisexual women and bisexual men. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press Inc.

Celebration of our authentic selves can create a space for healing. Acting in line with our values can build a platform of self-love. Setting and achieving our goals can instill a sense of agency and purpose in our lives. I aim to serve as a support for empowerment through self-discovery, self-acceptance, skill-building and becoming your best. We will collaborate in the pursuit of your self-defined therapy goals and do so with an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens. I am trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT), and have experience in supporting those with Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use challenges, and Trauma. I work with queer adolescents and their families as well as adults. Working with polyamorous/consensually non-monogamous (CNM), LGBTQIA+, kinky, sex positive, and sex worker individuals, couples, and polycules is a specialty of mine. We will co-create a space that honors your identity. You will define your life worth living. We will actualize it together.

Reed Lindberg, M.A., L.P.C., is the Managing Director of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. He is a therapist with 20 years experience. He refers to his work as Relationship, Sex and Romance Counseling.

Reed works with people of all sexual orientations, and feels privileged to share in the inner and interpersonal worlds of his clients and to work with them on their personal and relationship issues. He works to restore playfulness and trust to a relationship that may have grown mired in everyday life. His therapy is a mutual exploration of a couples issues and strengths. He does work with both individuals and couples.

Reed uses an existential perspective supplemented by Gestalt therapy and other approaches. Existential therapy starts from the assumption that we do not have a static self and are free to make significant changes in our lives and in the ways that we relate to each other. It encourages each persons freedom while building relationship. It works with authenticity. Neither freedom nor connectedness are ignored.

A therapist must be willing to go there with clients if he is to help them extricate themselves from the impact of the past. But he believes that it is the release of creativity and authentic relatedness in the present that is the aim of psychotherapy. Reed offers a free initial meeting to help see if we will work well together.

Reed also works with language and communication to help change the style of a couples dynamics. Resentments and even anger may tinge a couples interactions - a trusted third party, through observation and coaching, can help modify the words and attitudes that bring frustration to a relationship.

To understand, respect, and be present to the lived reality of others is one of the great privileges of living in relationship and of being a psychotherapist.

I believe in community care, growth, liberation, joy, resilience, justice, and healing. My approach is rooted in liberation, relational, and psychodynamic work through anti-oppressive and social justice lenses, and includes modalities such as narrative therapy, somatic work, and mindfulness. I am passionate about working with intersectional identities of race, gender, sexuality, and neurodivergence and focus around issues of relationships, polyamory/non-monogamy, kink/BDSM/Leather, grief and loss, life transitions, and trauma.

I am a bisexual therapist, who has done graduate research in sexual fluidity, is trained in trauma treatment, and works with addiction.

Primarily English speaking, I specialize working with LGBT, HIV-affected, and sex work adults with topics related to gender/sexual identity exploration, coping with anxiety and depression, IPV and DV, substance use, and racial identity. My therapy space is warm, collaborative, client center, and strengths based.

I assist those entering a transition in their lives struggling with Relationship Issues, Additions, Value changes, Exploration of Gender and Sexual Orientation and its influence upon ones choices, and the pain, confusion and excitement of personal growth. I use a Task Centered Approach to treatment and begin by listening carefully and setting goals for each client and our work together.

In my view, the concerns people bring to therapy are often not a matter of illness, but part of a clients quest for greater wholeness and gratification in life. I believe that the human psyche has the ability to heal itself and that I can help individuals facilitate the healing process. I further believe that therapy needs to be a good fit between therapist and client. I offer a comfortable, safe and confidential environment where clients can better cope with their personal issues, become more self aware and gain a better understanding of their interactions with the people in their past, present and future. For those unable to travel to my office I have a fully functional online therapy office set up for Chat, Phone and e-mail sessions (See my Web Site for details)

I provide short-term and long-term psychotherapy in downtown San Francisco. I have worked with numerous bisexual clients in a variety of settings. Areas of focus include HIV/AIDS and mental health, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, and relationship issues. Please visit my website for more information about my work.

Since 1977 in California, I have provided individual and couples therapy/counseling for a wide range of relationship problems and for clients from all cultural, ethnic, and racial groups. My specializations are in the areas of: (1) gay and bisexual mens sexuality, relationships, and social support systems; (2) couples communication and conflict resolution skills; (3) interracial/intercultural relationships; and (3) HIV issues in couples. I am the author of over 60 publications in the field of psychotherapy, editor of the special section on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual issues in the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (Oct, 2001), and co-editor of Lesbians and Gays in Couples & Families: A Handbook for Therapists, published by Jossey-Bass/Wiley in 1996. My office is located in the upper Fillmore area of San Francisco.

I have maintained a practice that is sexual diversity-positive, kink aware/competent/friendly psychotherapy practice for both monogamous and non-monogamous relationships and individuals for the last 17 years. I have trained with clinical mentors who integrate sexuality fully in their psychotherapeutic method: David Schnarch, Marty Klein, Esther Perel, combined with much ongoing reading/research/continuing education (CE) in human sexuality.

I speak a fair amount of French, but otherwise, English is my only professionally competent language.

I serve adults 18+

I am contracted with most health insurance carriers operating in WA State, and many employee assistance programs. My private fees are available on my website’s intake form. I will reasonable efforts to slide my fee scale to match a client’s ability to pay.

My website contains an updated, comprehensive list of my professional education. I have not published a book or professional articles.

I am licensed as a psychotherapist and certified as a sex therapist, and my approach to counseling is more spiritual than traditional. I approach every client with the belief that who they are sexually is a part of their core, and that the issues they may have are usually a result of life circumstances. In the process of working together, I strive to assist in the natural unfolding of who they are sexually. Often, sexual issues are complicated by other general issues, such as relationships, communication, addictions, transitions, and professional concerns.

  Over the years I have worked with many gay and bisexual people. I

have worked too with people who have concerns about gender identity, transvestism, fetish interests, sexual health and performance, aging, and lifestyle issues as they are related to parenting. Often, several of these concerns are compounded. I also coach people about Tantra, and how this approach to sexuality can be meaningful as a spiritual philosophy, as well as a performance enhancement.

  I work with any age client and my fees range from $50 to $80

hourly.

I am licensed as a psychotherapist and certified as a sex therapist, and my approach to counseling is more spiritual than traditional. I approach every client with the belief that who they are sexually is a part of their core, and that the issues they may have are usually a result of life circumstances. In the process of working together, I strive to assist in the natural unfolding of who they are sexually. Often, sexual issues are complicated by other general issues, such as relationships, communication, addictions, transitions, and professional concerns.

  Over the years I have worked with many gay and bisexual people. I

have worked too with people who have concerns about gender identity, transvestism, fetish interests, sexual health and performance, aging, and lifestyle issues as they are related to parenting. Often, several of these concerns are compounded. I also coach people about Tantra, and how this approach to sexuality can be meaningful as a spiritual philosophy, as well as a performance enhancement.

  I work with any age client and my fees range from $50 to $80

hourly.