LGBT Issues therapists in Depew, New York NY
LGBT Issues
Alex Conway
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
I specialize in providing affirming and supportive therapy for individuals facing a range of LGBTQ+ issues. Whether you're navigating coming out, exploring your gender identity, coping with discrimination, or seeking support for LGBTQ+ relationships, I offer a safe and understanding space to explore your unique experiences. Together, we'll work to address the challenges and celebrate the strengths associated with your identity. Using evidence-based techniques and a culturally competent approach, I aim to empower you to live authentically, embrace your identity with pride, and cultivate meaningful connections within the LGBTQ+ community. You deserve to feel validated, understood, and supported, and I'm here to help you on your journey toward self-discovery, acceptance, and empowerment.
9 Years Experience
LGBT Issues
Ken Lopez
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LMSW
You deserve to live authentically and be supported in every aspect of your journey. Together, we will navigate the unique challenges and joys of being part of the LGBT community, whether it's navigating coming out, dealing with discrimination, or exploring your identity and relationships. You are not alone in this journey, and I am here to walk alongside you every step of the way.
4 Years Experience
LGBT Issues
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.
11 Years Experience
LGBT Issues
April Tettemer
Art Therapist, LCAT
As an LGBTQ allied person I open my practice to all gender identities and sexual orientations. I believe your identity is both valid and should be valued and supported. I have experience working with people of all gender identities and experience working with transgender youth. I also understand the complexities and potential for high risk given different social and cultural issues that this population has to deal with and am sensitive to their impacts on the mental health of the individual.
1 Years Experience
LGBT Issues
Maria Elizabeth LeBlanc
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, M.Ed MSW LICSW
Today, more than ever, those identifying as LGBTQIA+ need support and understanding from a skilled clinician familiar with the joy and challenges of living true to one's identity. I have worked extensively with those both questioning their orientation/identity and those that are fully out (or out to varying degrees) in navigating family, work, and societal challenges.
29 Years Experience