LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Kensington-Chinatown, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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LGBTQ+
Feel Your Way Therapy
Treatment Center, MA, RP
At Feel Your Way Therapy, we are proud to offer an inclusive, affirming space for individuals across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. We recognize that living authentically can come with unique challenges — including experiences of discrimination, identity exploration, coming out, relationship concerns, and navigating family dynamics.
Our therapists provide compassionate, non-judgmental support to help you process these experiences, strengthen your sense of self, and build resilience. Whether you’re seeking help for anxiety, depression, trauma, or simply want a safe space to explore your journey, we are here to walk alongside you with respect, care, and genuine understanding.
Your story matters. Your identity matters. And you deserve therapy that honors every part of who you are.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kensington-Chinatown, ON
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario
LGBTQ+
New Moon Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, MSW, RSW, RP, RP(Q)
People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or other gender or sexual minorities often experience challenges that cis-gendered and heterosexual folks do not. These challenges may impact family, work, and social and intimate relationships. These include:
- Coming out: considering, preparing and processing
- Self-love and self-acceptance
- Processing related traumas: ie. bullying, discrimination, oppression, and homophobia
- Navigating complex family dynamics
- Exploring gender and sexual identity
- Exploring gender identity and sexual identity while in a relationship
- Career and workplace challenges
- Dating and marriage
- Body image concerns related to transitioning and gender identity
- Integrating cultural and religious identities
- Exploring polyamory, sex and kink
- Sexual health concerns/HIV/serodiscordant relationships
We also support family members who want to support their loved one and to process and accept their loved one's gender and sexual identity.
At New Moon Psychotherapy we understand the unique difficulties that come with diverse identities and intersections. Our therapists have specialized training and some have lived experience in the LGBTQ2S+ community. This offers a unique perspective and affirming, inclusive, and stigma-free support. We value the diversity of human identities and the fluidity of sexual and gender expression.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kensington-Chinatown, ON
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario
LGBTQ+
Rebecca Goldstein, TuneinTherapy, ADHD | Trauma | Autism
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW, MTA, BMT, FAMI
LGBTQ+ experiences are deeply personal and shaped by far more than identity alone. Trauma, neurodivergence, relationships, family dynamics, self-discovery, masking, discrimination, safety, and the pressure to explain or defend who you are can all deeply impact mental health.
My approach is affirming, respectful, and grounded in creating a space where you can be real without needing to justify yourself. Together, we can explore identity, healing, relationships, self-trust, and the unique challenges you may be facing while honoring both your lived experience and the deeper patterns that may be affecting your wellbeing.
12 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Hailey Goldberg
Registered Social Worker, Registered Social Worker (MSW), DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™
I am committed to providing a safe, affirming, and non-judgmental space for 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. I support individuals exploring gender identity, sexual orientation, relationships, self-acceptance, and the impact of minority stress, discrimination, or family rejection. My approach is grounded in respect, curiosity, and cultural humility, recognizing that every person's experience is unique. As a neurodiversity-affirming therapist, I also understand the importance of considering the intersection of identity, neurotype, culture, and lived experience. Whether you are questioning, coming out, navigating a transition, or simply looking for a therapist who will meet you with warmth and affirmation, I strive to create a space where you can show up authentically and feel genuinely understood.
11 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Katherine Mackenzie
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
I provide affirming, evidence-based therapy for 2SLGBTQ+ adults across Ontario. With extensive training and experience working within the community, I offer a supportive space to explore challenges related to identity, relationships, trauma, grief, mental health, and life transitions while honouring the unique contexts and experiences that shape your life.
10 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
James "Jamie" Myslik
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, RSW
I've worked with 2SLGBTQIA+ folks for all of my eighteen-year career and am queer myself. While I've found queerness is rarely the central focus of the work folks want to to, it permeates our lives and often colours the primary issues folks do want to work with (such as our relationships with anxiety, hypervigilence, shame, etc); and with me folks have always appreciated not having to educate their counsellor about queerness.
18 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Ashley Bargent Coaching & Counselling
Registered Social Worker, Associate Certified Coach, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider MSW, RSW, ACC, ADHD-CCSP
I provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ clients using an approach that is trauma-informed, anti-oppressive and strengths-based. Based in Toronto, I provide virtual counselling to clients across Ontario and coaching to clients across Canada. I've been in practice since 2015. Reach out anytime to learn more or schedule a free consultation. I'd love to hear from you!
11 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Clayre Sessoms
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CCC, ATR-BC
Navigating a world built on cisnormative structures means that dealing with LGBTQ+ issues is often an exhausting exercise in daily survival, but therapy should also be a space to cultivate gender euphoria. I arrive at this work with you with my own lived experience as a genderflux, queer femme (she/they). My virtual counselling practice in Vancouver, BC and across Canada offers a deeply affirming, non-gatekeeping space where you never have to translate your identity to be understood. We will work relationally to hold the weight of systemic macro-aggressions, fostering a slow, embodied space of absolute resonance and solidarity.
8 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+
Alison Taylor
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, GIT.Dip, CAPT, CRPO
From birth, we begin selfing: forming our sense of self through our responses to our own internal sensations, as well as how we interact with our environment/others, and how the environment/others respond to us. We receive implicit and explicit messages from the environment/others about how we’re allowed to be in order to belong, and how we’re *not* allowed to be. We learn to make ourselves more acceptable in order to survive. This process of selfing is crucial in our early life, but it doesn’t stop just because we grow up. We continue identifying (as a verb, not a noun!) throughout adulthood, with the possibility of remaining flexible and available even as we get more clear about who we are.
Exploring your identity, relationships, and sense of self as an LGBTQIA+ person can be deeply meaningful, and at times, complex or challenging, depending on what you learned about how it is possible for you to be in the world, and how the world responds to you. You may be navigating questions of belonging, visibility, safety, or internalized messages about who you’re “allowed” to be.
In our work together, we bring curiosity and kindness to exploring how these experiences live in your body, your emotions, and your relationships. We move at your pace, creating a space where you can show up as you are, taking note of and questioning any perceived judgements or pressures to fit a particular narrative. As you build awareness and self-trust, many people discover a growing sense of freedom: the more you allow yourself to be exactly who you are, the more space opens for connection, aliveness, and authenticity in your life.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kensington-Chinatown, ON
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario
LGBTQ+
Nathan Kretzschmar
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Therapy can be a place to explore identity, relationships, belonging, shame, family dynamics, spirituality, and the impact of societal stress without having to shrink or explain yourself. I offer an affirming, respectful space for LGBTQ+ clients, while remaining transparent about the areas where another provider may offer more specialized lived or clinical expertise.
13 Years Experience
Online in Kensington-Chinatown, ON Ontario (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Kensington-Chinatown, Ontario, Canada Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Kensington-Chinatown, Ontario, Canada average 11 years of experience and charge around $178 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (75%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (66%), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (56%).
Average years in practice
11 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$178
Accept insurance
83%
Offer sliding scale
76%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 75% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 66% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 56% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 56% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 56% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 50% | Narrative Therapy |
| 44% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 78% | Young Adult |
| 66% | Teen |
| 66% | Senior |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 69% | LGBTQ+ |
| 60% | Women |
| 54% | Men |
| 43% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 39% | Asian |