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Contents:
- GAY THERAPY: HOW TO FD THE RIGHT GAY THERAPIST
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
GAY THERAPY: HOW TO FD THE RIGHT GAY THERAPIST
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * therapy for the gay *
LGBTQ people often face barriers to healthre such as social stigma, discrimatn, and prejudice, makg difficult for gay people to accs qualy mental health treatment. Should you look for a gay therapist?
While there are many heterosexual gay-iendly therapists, workg wh a therapist who is also a member of the LGBTQIA+ muny n help you form a eper theraptic alliance.
Addnally, bee many people who intify as lbian or gay n be part of a send (and sometim third or more) margalized muny, may be helpful to search for a psychologist who shar another aspect of your inty. How n you fd a gay therapist? Onle therapist directori make easy for gay, bisexual, lbian, and transgenr dividuals to search for mental health profsnals who match their unique preferenc and requirements.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Workg wh LGBTQ therapists who feel fortable wh their sexualy is sential when talkg about issu that you may be facg as a gay person. In addn to filterg your search to fd an LGBTQ therapist, be sure to rearch the therapist’s tn, trag, and unrstandg of gay, lbian, transgenr, and bisexual issu. Your therapist should have experience workg wh other gay men, women, and genr diverse people, and they should be faiar wh issu surroundg sexualy, genr exprsn, g out, mental illns, self-teem, and other issu that affect the LGBTQ muny.
Durg your search, avoid psychologists who promise to treat or “cure” homosexualy, as sexual orientatn change efforts like nversn therapy and reparative therapy are unsuccsful and harmful. Homosexualy is not a mental illns—and nversn therapy is a harmful practice that n take a signifint toll on self-teem, leadg to self-stctive behavrs like substance abe, self-harm, and even suici.
The It Gets Better Project is a nonprof anizatn dited to upliftg, empowerg, and nnectg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer youth worldwi.