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And while I believe that therapy ( s many modali and fns) n both change and save liv, I also firmly believe that a person has to choose for themselv for to make a difference.</p><p>In fact, ’s bee of the forced nature of my first enunters wh therapy that I took a 10-year break om the whole thg after turng 18, perhaps at a time when I need most. But my life has also been lerally saved by talkg to someone about my trmas, and I’m not so sure that the experience would have been nearly as transformative for me had I not sought out re om an LGBTQ+-affirmg provir.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-unslot nsumer-marketg-unslot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-unslot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>I first started gog to therapy around 13 years old. Though my memori of the experience are a b fuzzy, I n unequivolly say that I did not want to be there, as the only thg I said durg those first few ssns was some variatn of “I have nothg to say.”</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Though I’d already blacked out at the time and have only revered the memori recent years, I was sufferg om severe trma and PTSD om beg sexually abed, and had been actg out as a rult. My parents (who did not know about the asslt) were ncerned about my behavr and took me spe my persistent refal. In time, though, both the therapist and my parents nced to my stubborn Ts nature, and we agreed to end therapy for the time beg.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="adslot adslot---ntent" data-no-id="cl5lpb"></div></div><p>However, trma’s gonna trma, and for most, nothg as paful as sexual asslt stays buried for long. While my adolcent bra had temporarily locked away the vlence I’d suffered, the emotnal roots of the experience had dug ep, and I had no real outlet to pe wh what happened. My ght relatnship wh my parents ntued throughout my teenage years, and though they tried to send me to therapy several more tim, never stuck. After a few particularly shockg cints — cludg one where I threatened to take my own life, was placed an voluntary psychiatric hold, and misdiagnosed wh bipolar disorr — my tst the mental health tablishment was threadbare at bt.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layoutasi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-boxprimary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="adslot adslot--rail" data-no-id="xyunm"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-unslot nsumer-marketg-unslot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="ff9zab"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layoutntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Thgs only got worse when I was sent away to a rintial behavral program for “troubled teens” at 17, one meant to help repair our relatnship as well as get me to stop dog dgs and other behavrs they emed self-stctive. The program misreprented self and what uld do for me, and I was subjected to a year and a half of emotnal abe as unqualified staff members posed as unselors for weekly “therapy” ssns. Durg the ssns, I was told that any problems between me and my parents were my flt, no matter the ntext. I was told that I was “bad,” that I should ignore all my stcts and impuls and fer to thory figur even if their directiv went agast my re beliefs.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The experience cemented my hatred of therapy. Ironilly, was that program where I first experienced queer love (while alg wh homophobia, as they separated me and the girl I was love wh wh a punishment lled “no talk,” which entailed severe punishments if we so much as glanced at each other). It took me 10 years after leavg before I’d serly nsir seeg another therapist aga, and is not a cince that would be 10 years before I’d e out as queer.</p><p>Once I was able to fd an affirmg therapist, who told me that my inty was valid and asked me to be kd to myself as I would to a iend, I was able to e out of the closet and get a divorce. Prr to therapy, I thought I had to “be straight,” which was killg me si. I firmly believe that if I didn’t have an affirmg space to make the big cisns, my prsn might have driven me to serly harm myself.</p><p>My experienc are far om sgular: LGBTQ+ people <a href=">experience mental health disorrs</a> like major prsn or generalized anxiety disorr <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">three tim as often</a> as the rt of the populatn, issu that are magnified if a person experienc other margalized inti. Addnally, beg queer n sometim feel like an <a href=">obstacle toward fdg healthre</a> and of self — not jt for our bodi, but for our mds — as ’s often difficult to fd provirs who are not jt affirmg, but simply LGBTQ+-lerate at all. 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articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>That’s why, when I fally realized that my prsn, anxiety, and history of sexual asslt would not go away, I cid to seek out an LGBTQ+-affirmg therapist. I believe was a ccial cisn, one that helped me exvate some of the trma that kept me closeted for 30 years and work toward livg a life that’s more thentic to who I am. While I still live wh prsn and anxiety, those burns feel a b lighter now. I feel more ownership of my own life, and like I fally <em>want</em> to have a future. Though we all have different experienc and I n only speak for myself, fdg a safe place to talk about thgs wh other queer people is val, pecially for those alg wh mental health issue.</p><p>To that end, I spoke wh a few clicians about gog to therapy as a queer person, why many fd important to fd an LGBTQ+ or LGBTQ+-affirmg provir, and how to fd one of your own.</p><h2>Why Some Queer People Seek an LGBTQ+ or LGBTQ+-Affirmg Therapist</h2><p>“In our current polil climate, ’s perhaps more important than ever that we the LGBTQ+ muny brg mdful awarens to our mental health,” says John Carroll, a marriage and fay therapist at the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instute for Human Inty</a> Manhattan, New York. “The road to equaly is not a sprt, ’s a marathon, and takg re of ourselv physilly and mentally is of utmost importance.”</p><p>He agre that fdg a therapist you share mon ground wh n alleviate some of the fear and anxiety that therapy n brg. Addnally, you might have to spend ls time tg your therapist about your inty. Carroll says that while ’s not necsarily important for queer people to fd a therapist who is LGBTQ+ themselv, ’s fely ccial to fd one who is LGBTQ+-affirmg.</p><p>Acrdg to <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Madison McCullough</a>, a licensed clil social worker also based New York Cy, talkg to another queer-intified person a theraptic settg n be a great way to tablish a sense of safety. She tells me that the past, she’s felt the need to nstantly jtify her inty to a therapist who wasn’t LGBTQ+, makg the experience more difficult. 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But knowg that they wouldn’t judge me created a safe space to explore plex feelgs, and eventually helped me e out to others my day-to-day life.</p><h2>Fdg a Queer or LGBTQ+-Affirmg Therapist</h2><p>First, ’s worth notg that therapy n be expensive, pecially if you don’t have health surance. Not everyone n or wants to see a therapist, and that’s okay. If you have the rourc and abily to see one, though, n be a great tool to help improve your mental health.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>That said, fdg the right therapist n be a dntg task, pecially when you really need one. It’s a horrible paradox that mental anguish n make askg for help that much harr. Fortunately, there are many rourc to help folks fd exactly the kd of therapy or therapist that they’re lookg for. The followg list is not exhstive, but may be a good first step or give you an ia of where to start lookg for your own.</p><p>If you feel like you may harm yourself or someone else or otherwise feel like you’re immediate danger, don’t wa to fd an LGBTQ+ or -affirmg therapist — see a doctor, go to the emergency room, or ll an LGBTQ+ crisis hotle, like the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Natnal Suici Preventn Lifele</a> (800-273-8255), <a href=">The Trevor Project</a> (866-488-7386, for LGBTQ+ youth ag 13-24), <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle</a> (888-843-4564), or the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trans Lifele</a> (877-565-8860).</p><p>There are some natnal directori of LGBTQ+ and -affirmg therapists you may want to beg your search wh. <a href=">Psychology Today</a> is one of the most thorough natnal listgs of mental health profsnals, and has filters to narrow your search by the therapist’s inty, modaly, and other classifitns. The <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Natnal Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network</a> lists LGBTQ+ POC therapists across the untry. 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articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Some lol LGBTQ+ mental health anizatns exist, and may provi a more thorough listg if you live a cy served by one — New York Cy has <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lighthoe</a> and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Manhattan Alternative</a>; San Francis has <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gaylta</a>; Utah/Salt Lake Cy have <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychotherapist Guild of Utah</a>; and Kansas Cy has <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The LGBT-Affirmative Therapists Guild</a>. You may wish to search to see if you live an area wh a siar group.</p><p>Often, lol LGBTQ+ centers have staff therapists traed to work wh the LGBTQ+ muny, or n refer you to lol therapists who n. The <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Los Angel LGBT Center</a>, Chigo’s <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Center on Halstead</a>, Denver’s <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Center on Colfax</a>, Nevada’s <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Center</a>, and others n help nnect you wh lol mental health rourc. Your state likely has an LGBTQ+ center that n help nnect you wh mental health profsnals near you. Many ci also have LGBTQ+ group therapy practic that specifilly serve the queer muny; the are for- or not-for-prof anizatns of profsnals specifilly dited to helpg queer clients, like the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seattle Counselg Service</a>, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">InstaSpectm Counselg</a> Chigo, Atlanta’s <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pri Md</a>, and others.</p><p>It n sometim be harr — but not impossible — to fd queer-affirmg therapists outsi urban areas. Larger directori like Psychology Today n help, and your state’s LGBTQ+ center n help refer you to queer mental health profsnals your area. There’s also the optn of g an e-unselg platform like <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BetterHelp</a> or <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Talkspace</a>, which have unselors who specialize LGBTQ+ issu, or <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pri Counselg</a>, which specifilly serv LGBTQ+ folks.</p><h2><strong>Acuntg For Other Inty Factors</strong></h2><p>While sexual and genr inty are hugely important factors our liv, each of relat to others credibly plex ways, and some folks may prrize other aspects of our inti when choosg a therapist. You may feel more necsary to see a therapist of the same race, for example, or a provir who practic the same relign. Perhaps seeg a therapist who specializ treatg eatg disorrs or a specific modaly of therapy is more important to you than someone who is LGBTQ+ — and that’s totally okay. “I would enurage anyone lookg to get therapy to really take some time to reflect on what is important to them, the type of ncern they want to work on, and the personaly of the therapist they want to work wh <em>before</em> they start rearchg therapists,” says <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Carlos Cavasos</a>, a licensed psychotherapist and certified sex ach based Texas.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layoutasi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-boxprimary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="adslot adslot--rail" data-no-id="lcjxjn"></div></div><div 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class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename">Wren Sanrs</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw gmWMTZ ad ad--asi"><div class="adslot adslot--asi" data-no-id="ov9thm"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs laPXdt"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="mabt1e"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layoutntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Many clients know fairly quickly whether their therapist will be a good f or if they need to keep lookg. “I thk there are signs and qu right om the begng that n be ditns that this is gonna be a supportive environment,” McCullough says. For example, provirs may e clive language on take forms, ask clients their pronouns, or ask about relatnship stctur to show om the begng that they’re affirmg of certa thgs.</p><h2><strong>One Last Thg</strong></h2><p>“Therapy don't work unls there's a real nnectn, right?” McCullough adds. “So much of the theraptic work that happens — beyond any evince-based practice, beyond any kd of formal trag — is really about the relatnship that exists between the therapist and the client. Often, so much of that is jt a gut feelg. It’s about how you feel when you're the room wh this person.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-3 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Regardls of how you choose your therapist, ’s important to remember to be as open wh them as you n, and remember that if your relatnship do not feel supportive or like they n help you wh what you’re hopg to acplish, there’s always another therapist out there. 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