LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Menlo Park, California CA
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LGBTQ+ Issues
Amanda Hagos, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PPSC
We have clinicians that are eager to work with LGBTQ+ children, youth and adults.
8 Years Experience
In-Person Near Menlo Park, CA
Online in Menlo Park, CA California
LGBTQ+ Issues
Jeremi R McManus
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
I have supported hundreds of couples over the past 15+ years who are LGBT or navigating a partner coming out, and look forward to helping you get your relationship where you want it to be. Poor communication? Broken trust? Endless arguments? I look forward to hearing from you.
21 Years Experience
In-Person Near Menlo Park, CA
Online in Menlo Park, CA California
LGBTQ+ Issues
Suzanna Freerksen
Psychiatrist, MD
I've always tried hard to make my office a safe space for LGBTQIA+ folx, and to provide gender-affirming care to best of my ability. I learned much at my externship at the Center of Sexual Health in Minneapolis in residency. I'm very femme, but that doesn't mean I don't honor other people's expression of gender and sexuality. Not much can shock or disgust me. Your identity is safe with me, and will be cherished and honored.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near Menlo Park, CA
Online in Menlo Park, CA California
LGBTQ+ Issues
Rory Valentine Diller
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A., LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #139783
LGBTQ folks face a tidal wave of implicit messages, conditioning, oppression, and trauma amidst growing up in a heteronormative and sometimes unsafe world. I work with clients to dis-identify from toxic cultural conditioning and move towards empowerment and self-celebration. I have much experience working with LGBTQ survivors of violence, sexual trauma, substance and alcohol abuse, family trauma, poverty and abusive relationships as these issues affect LGBTQ people at disproportionate rates compared to our heterosexual, non-trans peers.
10 Years Experience
Online in Menlo Park, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Kelsi McMartin
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I am a bisexual woman and have training in working with the LBGTQIA community around issues related to identity, sexuality, polyamory, and couples work.
24 Years Experience
Online in Menlo Park, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Russell Wilkie
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
Most LGBTQIA+ people have been subjected to ignorant and hurtful opinions – or worse, downright abuse. I have been bullied myself, so I have a passion for helping people work through this kind of trauma. The judgement, discrimination, rejection, or outright aggression can be crushing. Having a person deeply understand this and give you solutions can be extremely helpful and soothing. In addition to these and many other unique issues, you likely also have everyday issues in relationships, or depression or anxiety and I’m hear to help with those too.
34 Years Experience
Online in Menlo Park, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
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 Menlo Park, CA
Online in Menlo Park, CA California
LGBTQ+ Issues
Kim Christine Stevens
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Specialize in working with the LGBTQ and trans populations
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Menlo Park, CA
Online in Menlo Park, CA California
LGBTQ+ Issues
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 Menlo Park, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
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 Menlo Park, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Menlo Park, California Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Menlo Park, California average 16 years of experience and charge around $213 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (63%), Psychodynamic Therapy (42%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (38%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$213
Accept insurance
42%
Offer sliding scale
55%
Gender ID
| 55% |
Female |
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| 34% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 68% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 32% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 63% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 42% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 38% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 38% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Somatic Therapy |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
Ages Served
| 96% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Teen |
| 58% | Senior |
| 27% | Children |
Client Focus
| 77% | LGBTQ+ |
| 64% | Women |
| 46% | Men |
| 29% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 29% | Black / African American |