LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Berkeley, CA
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Jesse Whittle-Utter
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #79783
As a queer-identified therapist who has worked with the LGBTQIA+ community for my entire career, I offer a safe, informed, and empathic partnership in helping you heal and thrive. Trauma and the quest for happiness are nearly universal, but the unique challenges and minority stress that LGBTQIA+ people feel shapes our emotional lives in particular ways.
18 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA 94709
Online in Berkeley, CA
LGBTQ+
Kim Christine Stevens
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Specialize in working with the LGBTQ and trans populations
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA 94709
Online in Berkeley, CA
LGBTQ+
KT Glusac
Counselor/Therapist, AMFT, APCC
As a queer therapist, I bring lived experience, cultural humility, and care to working with LGBTQ+ clients. I support individuals and couples in exploring identity, relationships, belonging, and resilience — always centering safety and affirmation.
4 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
LGBTQ+
Charis Khoury
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Whatever your sexual orientation/identity, I'm here to support your most authentic and satisfying life.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
LGBTQ+
Shirley Johnson,
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CYT
As a trained sex therapist, I have deep respect for the journeys of the LGBTQ experience and acknowledge they are all not the same. Whether it is about communicating with one's partner, coming out to family, or exploring a budding sexuality or desire - I offer supportive and affirmative therapy to rise in confidence and compassion.
11 Years Experience
Online in Berkeley, CA (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
The Connection Clinic
Marriage and Family Therapist
At The Connection Clinic, we affirm and celebrate LGBTQ+ identities, providing a safe space to explore unique challenges. We foster acceptance and personal growth while addressing issues relevant to the LGBTQ+ community.
9 Years Experience
Online in Berkeley, CA (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
Therapy for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals seeking a space where identity does not need to be explained, defended, minimized, or translated. My work supports people navigating gender, sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, community, spirituality, belonging, life transitions, and the ongoing process of living more fully in alignment with who they are.
This work is grounded in intersectionality, liberation, and the understanding that distress often emerges not from identity itself, but from the cumulative impact of navigating environments, systems, relationships, and cultural narratives that have not always made room for difference. Particular attention is given to the experiences of queer, trans, nonbinary, neurodivergent, disabled, chronically ill, highly sensitive, BIPOC, multicultural, and otherwise multiply marginalized individuals whose identities and experiences often exist across multiple worlds at once.
Exploration may include the impacts of masking, self-silencing, code-switching, hypervigilance, rejection, invisibility, family expectations, religious experiences, cultural belonging, internalized shame, identity-based trauma, and the exhaustion that can come from continually adapting in order to be accepted, understood, or safe. It may also include making space for joy, pleasure, desire, authenticity, connection, creativity, chosen family, and the parts of yourself that have had fewer opportunities to be fully expressed.
My approach integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, mindfulness, parts work, expressive arts, neuropsychotherapy, attachment-focused therapy, and liberation-oriented healing. Rather than focusing on who you should become, the work centers listening more deeply to who you already are. Support is offered in cultivating self-trust, nervous system safety, embodied authenticity, meaningful connection, and a life that feels more aligned with your values, relationships, needs, and ways of moving through the world.
10 Years Experience
Online in Berkeley, CA (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Sarah Wagner LMFT Corp
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MBA
Many LGBTQ+ individuals carry the cumulative impact of rejection, invisibility, or discrimination. Therapy focuses on understanding how these experiences affect the nervous system, attachment patterns, and internal self-talk.
Using IFS, we gently unburden parts that have learned to protect through withdrawal, perfectionism, or hyper-independence. Our work fosters self-compassion, emotional regulation, and secure connection in present relationships.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
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
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
LGBTQ+
Miriam Adrianowicz
Psychologist, PsyD
Everyone's experience of their own sexuality is unique to them. Together, we'll explore what your individual journey has been like and try to understand how your sexuality plays a role in your identity, relationships, and experience of life in general. From there, we can address any issues you may be facing.
7 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
Berkeley is home to the University of California, Berkeley—one of the world's great public research universities—and has a progressive, intellectually vibrant character and a community culture that is among the most therapy-positive in the United States, with an unusually high density of licensed therapists relative to population. The university's health services include counseling for enrolled students, and the academic and activist culture of Berkeley creates specific mental health pressures around perfectionism, imposter syndrome, political engagement, and the burnout of sustained social activism. The city's housing market is among the most expensive in the country, and financial precarity is a significant stressor for students, artists, and workers who value Berkeley but struggle to afford it. Common therapy concerns include academic stress, activist burnout, identity and social justice, anxiety, depression, and the complex emotional experience of living in a place with deeply held ideals about equity alongside the daily reality of inequality.
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Berkeley, CA Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Berkeley, CA average 16 years of experience and charge around $211 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (60%), Psychodynamic Therapy (45%), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (38%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$211
Accept insurance
39%
Offer sliding scale
49%
Gender ID
| 58% |
Female |
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| 31% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 65% |
In Person and Online |
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| 34% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 60% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 45% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 38% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 38% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 38% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 36% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 34% | Relational Psychotherapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 64% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 56% | Teen |
| 27% | Children |
Client Focus
| 76% | LGBTQ+ |
| 67% | Women |
| 43% | Men |
| 31% | Black / African American |
| 31% | Hispanic / Latino |