LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in West Carson, California CA
We are proud to feature top rated LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in West Carson. We encourage you to review each profile to find your best match.
Dorit Saberi-Thrive Psychological Services
Psychologist, Ph.D, Diplomate-Academy of Cognitive Therapy; Trainer- Prolonged Exposure for PTSD- CTSA
Over 20 years experience with LGBTQ+ issues
24 Years Experience
Online in West Carson, CA California (Online Only)
Freestyle Supervision and EMDR Group LLC
Counselor/Therapist, LPCC-S, LEP, NCC, APCC, AMFT, ASW, NCC
We aren't just "allies"—we are active advocates. We provide a fiercely celebratory environment for the LGBTQIA+ community, helping you navigate identity, coming out, and the specific stressors of living in a heteronormative society.
4 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
Provia Psychology
Counselor/Therapist, LMFT, LCSW, AMFT, APCC
Many of our team's clinical training has been with the LGBTQIA communities. We specialize in helping clients navigate coming out experiences, anxiety, depression, trauma, and bereavement. We also recognize the ways societal oppression impacts marginalized voices. In therapy, we value creating a safe, warm, trusting environment where you will develop new insight into your life and cultivate new strategies to meet your goals. You are not meant to do this alone and we would be honored to help you along your journey!
9 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
Micha Noble, MA
Pre-Licensed Professional, AMFT
Much of my clinical training has been with the LGBTQIA communities. I specialize in helping clients navigate coming out experiences, anxiety, depression, trauma, and bereavement. I also recognize the ways societal oppression impacts marginalized voices. In therapy, we value creating a safe, warm, trusting environment where you will develop new insight into your life and cultivate new strategies to meet your goals. You are not meant to do this alone and we would be honored to help you along your journey!
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
David Andreone
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MFT
I'm well-versed in the pain-points that come with being queer in America -- the discrimination, the family shame, the religious judgment, the micro-aggressions, and more. Love is love, acceptance is acceptance, and you're perfect regardless of who you love.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We provide affirming, inclusive therapy for LGBTQ+ clients navigating identity, relationships, and life transitions. Our space is safe, respectful, and supportive.
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
Jeanette Abney
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
I have many years of working with LGBT as is relates to the issues and concerns. I also have access to resources and services within the LGBT Community.
27 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
Online in West Carson, CA California
Carl H. Shubs
Therapist, Ph.D.
CREATE THE LIFE YOU WANT.
Things not working the way you'd like? Find out why and change it.
Anxiety, depression, trauma, gay/lesbian/bisexual issues, addictions (substances or behaviors)? These are some of the areas where I can help.
YOU SET THE COURSE, AND I'LL HELP YOU GET THERE.
41 Years Experience
In-Person Near West Carson, CA
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 West Carson, CA California (Online Only)
Laura Anderson LPCC, Eff Shame Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
You deserve a space where you are fully seen, not explained or tolerated. I work with LGBTQIA+ clients from a shame-free, sex-positive perspective, bringing years of experience and genuine investment in the specific ways that systemic harm, family rejection, religious trauma, and identity-based shame show up in our lives and bodies. I am completing certification in sexuality therapy and work from a trauma-informed approach that gets beneath the surface — because you came here to actually heal, not just be accepted. You already deserve acceptance. Let's get to the rest.
12 Years Experience
Online in West Carson, CA California (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in West Carson, California Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in West Carson, California average 16 years of experience and charge around $208 per session. 97% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (57%), Psychodynamic Therapy (43%), and Existential / Humanistic Therapy (36%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$208
Accept insurance
40%
Offer sliding scale
51%
Gender ID
| 57% |
Female |
|
| 32% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 66% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 31% |
Online Only |
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| 3% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 57% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 43% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 36% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 34% | Somatic Therapy |
| 33% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 31% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 64% | Young Adult |
| 60% | Teen |
| 59% | Senior |
| 29% | Children |
Client Focus
| 72% | LGBTQ+ |
| 62% | Women |
| 42% | Men |
| 30% | Black / African American |
| 29% | Hispanic / Latino |