Online LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Howard Beach, New York NY
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LGBTQ+
Maricia Thompson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
It is a know fact that members of the LGBTQIA community are faced with many challenges and these challenges can lead to struggles with a number of mental health issues. As a lesbian therapist, I understand the struggle and make it my goal to understand your individual struggle as well. Issues such as gender identity/expression, expressing sexual orientation, coming out to family and friends and dealing with discrimination amongst others are topics that are welcomed.
13 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
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 Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Lenny Gallo
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community can bring incredible strength and resilience—but it can also come with unique challenges. Even as acceptance grows, discrimination, judgment, and pressure to conform still impact daily life and mental health.
Whether you’re coming out, exploring your gender or sexual identity, navigating family dynamics, considering non-monogamy, raising children, or aging in a world that doesn’t always understand—you're not alone. These experiences can bring up anxiety, depression, shame, or isolation, and you don’t have to carry that alone.
Therapy offers a space to talk openly about identity, sex, relationships, and health—including informed sexual decision-making and options like PrEP—without fear of judgment.
You deserve affirming care that respects who you are and supports where you want to go. Together, we can help you feel more grounded, empowered, and aligned with your values.
13 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, 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 Howard Beach, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Dr. Israel Martinez
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CST, PhD
Sexual orientation and gender roles are core aspects of who we are, shaping how we experience ourselves and relate to others. Exploring and accepting these parts of your identity can be complex, influenced by personal experiences, societal expectations, and internalized stigma. My therapy offers a safe, affirming space to explore your identity, confront challenges, and work toward living authentically.
We focus on self-acceptance, helping you understand and articulate your sexual orientation and gender identity while addressing societal pressures that may cause shame or confusion. Therapy also supports your relationships, guiding you in setting boundaries, expressing yourself, and fostering connections that honor your identity.
Through this work, clients often experience increased confidence, reduced shame, and a stronger sense of self, leading to greater fulfillment and authentic living. My approach is empathetic, affirming, and client-centered, drawing on extensive experience with LGBTQ+ issues to help you embrace your strengths and navigate your journey with confidence.
20 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, 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 Howard Beach, NY
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 Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Healing Space Therapy Collective
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC-QS, CST
We offer identity-affirming therapy for LGBTQ+ clients navigating relationships, self-acceptance, family dynamics, and minority stress.
11 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Elana Blumenthal
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
As a therapist who sees a wide variety of clients with different backgrounds, religions, and cultures, sexual orientation and gender identity aligns with my expansive view of the world. I am interested in people with all different backgrounds and the LGBTQ+ community is no different for me in this respect. I hope to help this client understand themselves, have self-compassion and move forward in their lives and support them on this path.
27 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Dr. Ingrid Solano
Psychologist, PhD
I am a member of, and advocate for, the LGBTQIA+ community. I am proud to provide affirming therapy and I have expertise in working with the experiences of sexual and gender minority individuals, and couples using CBT, DBT, and the Unified Protocol for emotional disorders. Together we can explore the impacts of coming out, internalized stigma, minority stress, intersectionality, discriminations, difficult family-of-origin relationships, giving and receiving support, families of choice, intimacy, sex, gender/sexual fluidity, identity, transitioning, and so much more. Together we can navigate the challenges of living in an oppressingly heteronormative world in order to form a healthy and affirming queer identity. Or, we don’t explore it at all - but we remain aware that they are out there and remain mindful. I am also proud to consider and provide capacity evaluations and letters of support for my transgender clients seeking gender affirming surgery.
I practice from an affirming, feminist, and anti-racist philosophy. This means that I unconditionally accept and value my clients’ gender, sexual, racial, cultural, and other identities. My practice takes into account each person’s unique experiences within contexts of social and systemic oppression, and the impact on your relationships. I practice from a place off cultural humility and allyship to black, indigenous, and other people of colour.
I have expertise in treating relationships and individuals navigating the impact of minority stress and discrimination. I practice affirming therapy that explores greater awareness and understanding of the ways in which emotional experiences and responses to experiences contribute to what is going on for you and your relationships. Navigating these challenges in your life has promoted strength and resilience in coping, paving the way for creative and successful approaches for managing future challenges. I help clients see these strengths in themselves, and create harmony and balance in their lives. I bring a stance of genuine curiosity and cultural competence that includes your different identities and their intersectionality.
15 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Janet LeMoal
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CASAC (NYS)
Our country is rolling back equal rights for the Queer community, and dealing with the emotions that come with that can be scary and overwhelming. In therapy with me, we can talk through the challenges of living in a world that often feels unsafe or unaccepting. You don’t have to face it alone. Together, we’ll create a space where you can explore your identity, feel seen and validated, and build the resilience you need to navigate external pressures. My goal is to help you feel empowered, affirmed, and grounded—no matter what’s happening around you.
18 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, 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 Howard Beach, 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 Howard Beach, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Damon Dodge
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
LGBTQ+ individuals deserve therapy that recognizes their complete humanity. Whether addressing identity exploration, family dynamics, workplace challenges, or relationship concerns, your sexual orientation and gender identity provide important context rather than defining the problem. I offer affirming care that honors your lived experience while addressing whatever brought you to therapy. My training focuses on understanding minority stress, internalized oppression, and the unique resilience LGBTQ+ people develop.
12 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Daniel Pagano
Licensed Psychoanalyst, PhD, LP, SCC
Together we view your LGBTQIA+ identity as a vital expression of your soul's desire for wholeness. Stepping into your true self is a courageous act of individuation. Our Jungian work honors this journey, helping you integrate all aspects of your being for a life of purpose and self-acceptance. Your experience holds a unique spiritual potency—reflecting the sacred archetypal role of the bridge-builder—revealing a deeper, fluid truth about the human spirit. We transform challenges into creative and spiritual insight, celebrating your true Self. Embracing your full identity is a profound spiritual act. We provide a supportive space to navigate the interplay between personal truth and the collective shadow, fostering deep inner harmony and celebrating your divine uniqueness.
33 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Laura Potel
Therapist, LCAT, CST
As a historically marginalized population, individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community are especially vulnerable to mental health issues. As a queer-identified clinician, it is extremely important to me to create safe spaces in which individuals in the LGBTQIA+ community can seek treatment and receive the support they deserve.
8 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Truth Berenson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I support clients navigating the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ identities.
13 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Ren Lee
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
As a queer and trans clinician, I know how important it is to work with someone who understand what it's like, without needing to explain your lived experiences. I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ clients and offer letters of support for trans clients seeking gender-affirming healthcare.
6 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
PSYCHe, PLLC
Psychologist, PhD, DBT-LBC™, LPC, PsyD, MSW, Marriage and Family Counselor, LCSW
We have clinicians who are LGBTQ+ and have experience working with LGBT clients.
12 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+
Root & Rise Clinical Specialists
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R
At Root & Rise, we believe that affirming LGBTQIA+ identities isn’t optional—it’s foundational to our practice. As a clinic co-led by Kristina Scaglione, LCSW-R, who has long worked with LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families, we bring both lived-awareness and clinical fluency to gender, sexuality, non-traditional relationships, and identity transitions. Kristina’s background includes developing LGBTQIA+ mentoring initiatives, advocacy work on transgender rights, a history of designing programs for domestic violence in LGBTQIA+ settings, and maintaining licenses across NY, CT, FL, and MA.
We do more than use inclusive language. We purposefully integrate modalities like CBT, EFT, trauma-informed care, holistic work and attachment/identity processing in ways that honor your unique lived experience—not in a “one-size-fits-all” way, but tailored to intersectionality, relational complexity, and the broader context of systemic stressors. This means we--you--feel seen, validated, held accountable, and empowered.
If you’re seeking therapy where your gender, orientation, relationship style, and authentic self are embraced (not merely tolerated), and where the path ahead is built on clarity, safety, and growth, Root & Rise is ready and fully equipped to support you.
14 Years Experience
Online in Howard Beach, NY
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Howard Beach, New York Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Howard Beach, New York average 15 years of experience and charge around $200 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are LGBTQ+ Issues (100%), Anxiety or Fears (84%), and Depression (77%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$200
Gender ID
| 53% |
Female |
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| 31% |
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 |
| 84% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 77% | Depression |
| 63% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 63% | Stress |
| 55% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 54% | Loss or Grief |