Gaylta is the Psychotherapist Associatn for Genr and Sexual Diversy. We provi mental health servic cludg therapist referrals, tn and nsultatn.
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WELE TO GAYLTA: THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATN FOR GENR & SEXUAL DIVERSY.
* therapists for lgbt *
LGBTQ-affirmative therapists will be versed the negative effects of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and heteronormativy (the assumptn that heterosexualy is “normal” and superr) and help clients navigate the challeng they prent—as well as relatnship problems, fay tensn, or other day-to-day ncerns for which a client might seek are the advantag of seeg an LGBTQ-iendly therapist? Although a person’s sexual or romantic orientatn or genr inty may not be a source of distrs, people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, asexual, or any other orientatn or genr inty may fd that the social stigma of livg as a mory is a source of strs or anxiety.
The current acronym reprents those who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng, tersex, and asexual. Acrdg to a 2007 survey, stunts who intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr were almost ten tim as likely to have experienced bullyg and victimizatn at school and more than twice as likely to have nsired suici as their heterosexual, non-transgenr classmat wh the prev year.