Online LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Plano, Texas TX
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LGBTQ+
Erica Hart
Psychologist, PhD in Clinical Psychology
As a bisexual woman, I seek to affirm and support my LGBT clients. I understand how complex our relationship can be to our sexuality, and work to help clients through various issues such as internalized homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, values conflicts (e.g. with family, culture or religion), and supporting through the coming out process. I work with many Ace/Aro individuals as well as trans and non-binary folks.
17 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Dr. Heidi Anderson Sauder
Psychologist, PhD, CGT, CST
People deserve to be seen and be safe! Advanced training and certification provides not only knowledge but an affirming and supportive space for LGBTQ+ couples to address their goals for change. Therapy recognizes the unique experiences and stressors that LGBTQ+ individuals and couples encounter, including identity exploration, family dynamics, discrimination, life transitions, and societal pressures.
25 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Cook Counseling and Consulting Inc.
Counselor/Therapist, LISW-S, LCSW-QS, CCTP
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) issues therapy, also known as LGBT-affirmative therapy or LGBTQ+ counseling, provides LGBT community members with support and understanding tailored to their unique experiences and difficulties. LGBT-affirmative treatment seeks to create a secure and welcoming environment where clients can explore their identities, resolve concerns about their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, and work toward greater self-acceptance and well-being.
Therapists who provide LGBT-affirmative therapy know the potential effects of heteronormativity, cisnormativity, and other forms of prejudice on their clients. They endeavor to foster an accepting, affirming, and nonjudgmental environment of diverse gender and sexual identities.
Not all therapists have specialized training or experience working with LGBT issues. If you are looking for LGBT-affirming therapy, it is recommended that you seek out therapists who advertise their expertise in this area or inquire about their experience with LGBT clients during the initial consultation.
Overall, LGBT-affirmative therapy aims to assist LGBT individuals in navigating their unique challenges, developing resilience, and fostering positive mental health and well-being in a secure and affirming therapeutic environment.
9 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Rising Phoenix Therapy - Dempsey Young, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
As a member of the queer community, I OF COURSE am super passionate and well versed in working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Whether it's exploring sexuality, gender identity, etc., or the coming out process, or simply any issue that faces our community, I'm here and want to help you heal and move forward feeling good.
12 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Melissa Gaa
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-Supervisor
I work with the LGBT community.
14 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Dr. Caroline Hicks
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Sexual orientation and gender identity development are my areas of focus, and we use this space to make sure all intersecting identities (e.g., racial, religious, political, national) are considered as you find your authentic path in the world. This space is one where we can focus on your sexual orientation and/or gender identity development, or use these identities as a source of context to our work. In addition, I work with many trans*, non-binary, gender nonconforming, gender fluid, and other gender expansive folx as they embark on their path of congruence. In addition, I write letters of support for gender affirming surgeries/medical procedures.
9 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Enma Cordero Rodriguez
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
I provide a safe, affirming, and bilingual space for the LGBTQ+ community. Your identity is respected here, and I am committed to addressing the unique mental health stressors you may face with cultural humility
1 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Karina Baltazar-Durán LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ communities. There's enough division in the world, allow me to walk alongside you.
17 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Tina Nickels
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
I have the lived experience of being persecuted for my sexual orientation. I was a late bloomer and my coming out was not traumatic or painful. Yet, I understand what you are going through. I am very open-minded and there is no judgment here. I believe everyone should have a seat at the table.
7 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Wellness Solutions, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor
At Wellness Solutions, we proudly offer affirming and compassionate care for the LGBTQ+ community. Our services provide a safe and inclusive space to explore your identity, address challenges, and celebrate your strengths. We are committed to honoring your unique experiences while empowering you to thrive in a supportive, affirming environment where you are seen, valued, and respected.
25 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Dr. Michael M. Grant
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist PhD, MBA
As a gay man myself, I am intimately familiar with the struggle, the misunderstanding, the judgments, and the challenges of living as a member of the LGBTQA community. Support is essential and I can provide that to you.
24 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Michael J. Salas
Counselor/Therapist, PsyD, LPC-S, LCDC, CSAT, CST
Many of our therapists are a part of the community. Whether you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or non-binary, we have a diverse group who represents many sub demographics of the community, and we offer affirming services to promote self-acceptance. We help clients with coming out, relationships, and self-esteem. Visit our website to learn more about our LGBTQ+ affirming services.
18 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
SoCo Counseling
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-S, LCDC
Have been working with the LGBT community since I earned my Masters degree in Social Work in 2004, starting at AIDS Project Florida, an non-profit using early Ryan White grant funding.
22 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Get Whitt Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT- Associate
As an affirming therapist and part of the community, I hold space for LGBTQ+ clients to explore identity, relationships, coming out, family dynamics, and the impacts of systemic oppression. Whether you’re navigating a new transition or seeking healing from past harm, this is a space where your whole self is welcome and celebrated.
2 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Dr. Ylenia Martinez
Counselor/Therapist, PsyD
For LGBTQ+ clients, therapy with me is an affirming space to explore identity, relationships, family, faith, and safety without having to educate your therapist. We can address trauma, internalized stigma, coming‑out or “not coming‑out,” and build relationships and lives that feel congruent with who you really are.
6 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Emily Stone
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, MDiv, PhD, LMFT-S
LGBTQIA+ & Queer-Affirming Care
Living Authentically Beyond the Binary and the Burden
In a society that often demands conformity, the act of living authentically as a queer, trans, or non-binary individual is both a triumph and a labor. I provide a specialized, deeply affirming space where your identity is not a "topic to be managed," but a sacred part of your humanity. With my background in the QTAP Certification Training, I offer more than just "tolerance"—I offer a high-level clinical understanding of the unique stressors and joys inherent in the LGBTQIA+ experience.
Navigating the Minority Stress System
We don't just look at your internal world; we use Systems Theory to address how the external world impacts your mental health. We work through:
Minority Stress & Burnout: Addressing the chronic exhaustion that comes from navigating heteronormative and cisnormative systems.
Internalized Shame: Deconstructing the "inner critic" shaped by religious or social constructs of inequity.
The "Coming Out" Evolution: Supporting the ongoing process of disclosure with family, workplace, and spiritual communities.
For Individuals & Couples: Queer-Specific Relational Care
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment Theory, I help LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples build secure, resilient bonds:
Chosen Family & Community: Exploring the vital role of non-traditional support systems in your healing.
Navigating Transition: Providing clinical support for individuals and their partners through the emotional and systemic shifts of gender transition.
Spiritual Deconstruction: With my Master of Divinity, I provide a rare sanctuary for queer individuals to process spiritual trauma and reclaim a sense of meaning without sacrificing their identity.
Affirming Your Narrative
Whether you are navigating rejection sensitivity from family, seeking letters for gender-affirming care, or simply want a therapist who understands the nuances of queer life without you having to explain them, I am here.
"The healing space generated between therapist and client is one of the greatest honors of my life." In this space, you are seen, you are safe, and you are celebrated.
21 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Anxiety Eliminated
Hypnotherapist, Certified Hypnotherapist and Health Coach, MBA
Some of my favorite, and best, clients have come from the gay community and I relate well with all of them.
14 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Dr. Anna Smith
Psychologist, PsyD, MEd, MA
Navigating coming out, identity exploration, minority stress, family rejection, or the unique challenges that can arise in queer, trans, or non-heteronormative relationships takes courage and support. I provide an affirming, kink- and trans-friendly space to process these experiences, reduce the weight of shame or external pressure, and build authentic connections—with yourself and with partners. Whether you’re working on individual identity, relationship dynamics, or creating the kind of intimacy that truly fits who you are, therapy here honors all parts of you.
10 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Bold Expressions Therapy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
As a member of the LGBT community, and as someone who holds degrees both in psychology and LGBT Health and Policy, I couple an academic understanding of the unique disparities that come with these identities with a profound personal knowledge of them in my own life. Not all patients have had positive experiences with the medical community, so it is my hope that my education and bisexual identity will serve my patients in a way that makes them feel both heard and seen. I also recognize that our identities can be static, or they can be fluid, and that the coming out process isn’t something we do just once: we do it over and over again. I do not personally identify as cisgender, and so I approach the issues facing the transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming communities with deep empathy and personal understanding. From fluidity to transitioning, hormone replacement therapy, to writing letters for surgery, I am committed to supporting my clients on their journeys. Not everyone experiences their own gender in the same way, so the discussion of gender as a construct and societal gender norms is at the forefront of our discussions in working through the big mess that is gender.
6 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX
LGBTQ+
Shawna Damiani
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Finding a therapist who truly gets it — not just tolerates it, not just claims to be "open-minded," but actually understands the nuance of your experience — makes all the difference. At Love Let Out, LGBTQ+ affirming care isn't a checkbox. It's woven into everything we do.
We work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning individuals who are navigating the full range of what it means to live and love authentically in a world that doesn't always make that easy. That might look like coming out — to family, to a partner, to a workplace, or to yourself. It might look like processing the particular grief and anger that comes with rejection from people who were supposed to love you unconditionally. It might look like untangling internalized shame that got in long before you had the words to name it.
It might also have nothing to do with your identity at all. LGBTQ+ individuals deal with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma, and every other human experience — and deserve a therapist who understands their full context without making their identity the focus when it isn't.
We are also deeply affirming of gender diversity. Whether you are exploring your gender identity, navigating transition, or simply trying to find language for an experience that has always felt hard to name, you will be met here with knowledge, respect, and genuine care.
You should never have to educate your therapist, defend your identity, or wonder whether you are fully welcome. At Love Let Out, you already are.
8 Years Experience
Online in Plano, TX (Online Only)
Plano is one of the most affluent suburbs in Texas — home to the US headquarters of Toyota, JPMorgan Chase, and dozens of other major corporations — creating high demand for therapists who work with executive stress, high-achieving perfectionism, and the psychological costs of high-pressure corporate careers. The city has a large and rapidly growing South Asian population, particularly Indian Americans concentrated in communities around Legacy West and Collin County, creating significant demand for culturally competent therapists who understand the intersection of South Asian family expectations, professional ambition, and identity. Texas Health Plano and Medical City Plano provide institutional mental health resources alongside a well-established private therapy community. Plano's suburban prosperity makes private therapy financially accessible to a broad population, though stigma barriers in some cultural communities remain a consideration.
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Plano, Texas Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Plano, Texas average 15 years of experience and charge around $189 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are LGBTQ+ Issues (100%), Anxiety or Fears (81%), and Depression (78%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$189
Gender ID
| 58% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 7% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 60% |
In Person and Online |
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| 40% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 81% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 78% | Depression |
| 67% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 61% | Stress |
| 56% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 56% | Loss or Grief |