Online LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in East Massapequa, New York NY
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LGBTQ+
Emily Brenner
Art Therapist, LCAT, ATR-BC
You may be navigating questions around identity, relationships, or feeling fully seen and accepted in your life. Experiences of stress, misunderstanding, or not feeling safe to be yourself can take a real emotional toll. With our work, you’ll have a space where you don’t have to explain or justify who you are. We can explore what you’re going through, process difficult experiences, and support you in feeling more confident, affirmed, and connected to yourself.
17 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Embrace Psychotherapy, LCSW, PLLC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I support LGBTQ+ individuals impacted by anxiety, depression, trauma, and minority stress through affirming, trauma-informed care. My mission is to help clients strengthen emotional regulation, self-acceptance, and resilience while navigating a world that often misunderstands or marginalizes us.
23 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Jen Johnston Collaborative Change Counseling and Wellness
Counselor/Therapist, LPC, LCSW, LMHC
One of our passions as a group of providers is working with people from the LGBTQ+ community. We help clients navigate questions regarding their sexual and gender identities, as well as how to move forward in ways that are consistent with their goals and values. We also understand the effects of minority stress over time, and how this can effect other mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and mood dysregulation. Thus, we work with many queer clients around issues unrelated to sexual or gender identity, but always from a position of affirmation of those identities.
We also understand that there can be a lot of fear when seeking out providers in the mental health system around gender dysphoria. Individuals with gender dysphoria may fear being dismissed, invalidated, or worse. Parents of children who are questioning their gender may fear being judged for any concerns and be uncertain how best to move forward. Our approach is that of compassionate listening. As individuals, we want to hear your unique story and experience with gender as well as your hopes for the future, whether or not that conforms with any external expectations. As parents, we want to hear your unique story and experience with your child around their gender too and help you with the questions you may have. Our aim is to create a safe and inclusive environment.
18 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Ricardo Despradel
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC,LPC
As a gay cis-male Latino therapist, my commitment to LGBTQIA+-affirming care is both personal and clinical. I understand that identity including sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and culture doesn't exist in a vacuum separate from mental health. The effects of minority stress, discrimination, family rejection, and systemic barriers are real, and they shape the way people experience anxiety, OCD, and disordered eating in ways that a culturally unaware therapist can miss. I strive to create a space where LGBTQIA+ individuals and people from historically marginalized communities can show up fully, without having to educate their therapist or shrink themselves to be understood. My goal is affirming care that is also genuinely effective where identity is respected and evidence-based treatment still leads the way.
6 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Crystal Hoban, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I have had specialty training in LGBTQ issues. I have worked with couples who are same sex and in relationships with multiple partners identify and work through the different issues that come up in these dynamics.
8 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Farzana Rahman
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC-D
Over the years, I've gained extensive experience working with couples who are part of queer relationships, polyamory, and open-monogamy relationships. I have also worked with individuals who are exploring what their sexuality means to them and learning how to navigate disclosing their identity to family, partners, and/or friends. I welcome people to come as they are and we can understand your story together!
11 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Paula Kirsch
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CST
Affirming care means more than hanging a flag. It means you will not spend your session explaining yourself, educating your therapist, or wondering whether it is safe to say the real thing. I work with LGBTQ+ individuals and couples navigating identity, relationships, sexuality, and everything that comes with living authentically in a world that does not always make that easy. You can just be yourself here. That is the whole point.
12 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Pleasant Valley Mental Health Counseling
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
Several of our clinicians are highly trained in helping you manage your LGBTQ experience
6 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Eliza Strawbridge
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I have advanced training as well as personal experience in working with individuals who identify as LGBTQ+.
16 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Jonathan Schnapp
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Exploring LGBTQ+ issues can involve questions of identity, relationships, coming out, or navigating environments that may not always feel supportive. Therapy offers a space where you can speak openly and be met with respect and understanding. Together, we’ll explore your experiences at your own pace, helping you develop a clearer sense of yourself and build a life that feels more authentic and aligned.
15 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Zaray Dratch
Pre-Licensed Professional, MFT-LP
Finding a therapist who doesn't need you to explain yourself from the beginning makes a difference. For LGBTQ+ clients, too many therapy experiences start with education, having to define terms, justify your relationship structure, or convince your therapist that your life is valid. That's not what happens here.
Whether you're navigating coming out, relationship dynamics that don't fit a traditional mold, family rejection, identity, or the particular kind of stress that comes from living in a world that still requires you to fight for basic dignity, this is a space that starts from affirmation and moves forward from there. No explaining, no justifying, no shrinking.
Relationship issues within LGBTQ+ partnerships carry their own specific weight. Communication, intimacy, trust, and commitment look different when you're also managing external pressure, internalized stigma, or the absence of relationship models that actually reflect your life. All of that is welcome here.
1 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Joseph W. LaFleur
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LICSW, DWTF, SEP, C-PATP
As an LGBTQ+ affirming practice, we don't just accept queer and trans identities—we understand the specific challenges that come with them. Coming out, navigating family rejection, building chosen family, managing minority stress, exploring gender identity, and finding authentic relationships all require space to process without having to educate your therapist. Our clinicians bring both professional training and lived experience to this work, creating a space where you can explore who you are without justification or explanation.
26 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Dr. David Amarel
Psychologist, Ph.D.
My training & experience ranges from psychotherapy & assessment of adults, couples, & teens to counseling persons with AIDS & survivors of trauma with acute PTSD. Whether you seek to overcome a specific trauma, to end or mend a relationship, to break a chronic life pattern, I will meet you where you are at.
32 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Therapy With You
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
We provide treatment for a wide range of mental health concerns, tailoring care to each individual’s unique needs and experiences.
6 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Katherine Rabinowitz
Licensed Psychoanalyst, LP, M.A., NCPsyA
The world is changing. At least the part of it that we live in. Some of you may be troubled by the sexual orientation you've come to realize is part of you. It's not bad or good, right or wrong, it's just who you are. There will be people who can't accept that. Possibly your family. Possibly the religion you are or were a part of. But there is every-increasing awareness that being who you are is not an "illness" that needs a cure. It's an acceptable lifestyle (and one you didn't choose - it's in your DNA), and therapy can help you accept yourself, love yourself for who you are, and to deal with those in your life who can't or won't accept you for who you are. Life is still good, and will be better once you work through the issues that stand in your way.
33 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Steven Merino
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
I provide a safe, affirming, and compassionate space for LGBTQ+ individuals to explore identity, relationships, and life challenges without judgment. Whether you're navigating coming out, family dynamics, or simply seeking support in being your authentic self, I tailor our work to your unique journey. My approach is rooted in respect, empathy, and empowerment—honoring who you are and walking alongside you every step of the way.
2 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Maggie McCarthy
Counselor/Therapist, LMSW
I work with LGBTQIA+ clients and utilize a culturally sensitive, strengths-based approach to partner with you and meet your goals of healing, whatever they might be. Your identity impacts how you interact with the world and how the world interacts with you, and you deserve a safe affirming space to process and explore that considers how societal structures, stigma, and shame play a role in your well-being.
3 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Dr. Mike Abrams
Psychologist, PhD, MBA, ABPP
I was among the first psychologists to volunteer to counsel with people with AIDS beginning in 1986. In addition, my years of collaboration with people of all sexualities and gender identities have encouraged me to strongly view all sexualities as equally valid. However, I also understand that one's sexual and gender role plays a major role in the therapeutic process. I understand and have conducted research on the unique therapeutic needs of people with sexualities that are often marginalized.
39 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+
Christie Roe
Therapist, LMSW
Whatever your experience as a member of LGBTQ+ communities, I offer affirming, tailored, and liberation-focused support to center yourself as you are and develop healing inquiries and resources on your own terms in body, mind, and relationships.
2 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Insight Healing Inc
Hypnotherapist, CMT, CBSP, SE, CH, MAPC
I grew up in the LGBT community with same sex parents and am closely familiar with LGBT concerns and issues.
32 Years Experience
Online in East Massapequa, NY
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in East Massapequa, New York Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in East Massapequa, New York average 15 years of experience and charge around $199 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are LGBTQ+ Issues (100%), Anxiety or Fears (83%), and Depression (77%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$199
Gender ID
| 52% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 9% |
Non-Binary |
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| 7% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 83% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 77% | Depression |
| 62% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 62% | Stress |
| 55% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 53% | Loss or Grief |