LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Seattle, Washington WA
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LGBTQ+ Issues
Matthew Wolfe
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, MHP
Queer and 2SLGBTQIA identities are constantly under attack in society but I know that our experiences extend far beyond those labels. WHile sexuality and gender may not be central to our work, the cultural and systemic intersections of those identities with our work will be honored and attended to.
13 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Hannah Muetzelfeld
Psychologist, PhD
I am a gender-affirming and queer-affirming therapist, and promote openness and acceptance in my practice. I greatly enjoy working with queer and gender-expansive clients, and strive to create a space where individuals can feel safe, seen, and celebrated in their identities. I offer trans-affirmative care, and have worked with several clients at various stages through their gender identity journey. I also have experience with letter-writing for gender affirming services in alignment with WPATH standards, and approach this process collaboratively and respectfully.
12 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Sally Roesch
Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
I'm experienced in working with those who may be struggling with relationship issues, Narcissistic tendencies, mood disorders, impulse behavior, and anxiety. I help clients improve communication, assertiveness, and self-worth. My goal is to help you clarify desires, address obstacles, and achieve your goals. I'm committed to providing direct, effective support; no tiptoeing around.
10 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Kate Mageau (she/her)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, ADHD-CCSP, NCC, CIMHP, C-DBT
I am pansexual, part of the queer community, and a majority of my clients identify as queer or LGBTQ. I have written over 40 gender-affirming letters and I love that this part of my practice. I am available for one-time sessions for gender-affirming letters. I charge for the session but the letter is free!
4 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Bonfire Healing - Bonnie Deopp, MS, LMHC, CN
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, CN, EMDR certified, Clinical Supervisor
Welcome, We're so glad you’re here! Bonfire Healing provides outpatient telehealth therapy with focus on complex mental health issues and developmental trauma along with co-occurring eating issues, addictions, chronic health conditions, nuerodiversity, and maladaptive behaviors. Our mission is to promote health equity through increasing access to evidence-based trauma treatment while utilizing insurance benefits so that this care is both high quality and affordable to more people as cost is the most common limiting factor for seeking therapy. We are well aware that for many of us in the LGBTQ+ community, the deepest wounds aren't just from personal events, but from systemic oppression and identity-based marginalization. We understand the struggle that in some circumstances the mental health field pathologizes or dismisses these experiences rather than acknowledging them as valid responses to an unjust world.
15 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Brian McCormack (Connemara Counseling)
Counselor/Therapist, LPC-A/LMHCA
I provide support for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community, offering a safe, affirming, and nonjudgmental space to explore identity, relationships, and life challenges. Using evidence-based approaches, I help clients navigate concerns such as self-acceptance, coming out, family or cultural dynamics, discrimination, and mental health stressors. My work focuses on fostering authenticity, resilience, and empowerment, supporting clients in building a strong sense of self and creating meaningful, fulfilling lives aligned with their values.
2 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Jayson L. Mystkowski
Psychologist, Ph.D., ABPP
Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ACBT) is an individualized, active and goal-oriented type of psychotherapy, with evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions targeting SGM-specific stress and concerns. Topics addressed in Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy include the following:
Stress management (e.g., coping skills, substance abuse and recovery)
Gender identity (e.g., evaluations for medical transition and supporting documentation, non-binary)
Coming-out (e.g., concerns about one’s family, religion, culture, and workplace)
Sexual health (e.g., safer sex, STIs, sex positivity)
22 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Sarah Wolfer
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
You shouldn't have to spend your therapy sessions managing your therapist's learning curve about your identity. I built Courageous You specifically for LGBTQIA+ adults who want care that already understands their lives: the complexity of coming out (at any age, any number of times), identity-based trauma, minority stress, navigating family and community, gender exploration, and everything in between. I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for queer clients carrying depression, trauma, or the particular kind of exhaustion that comes from decades of not fully belonging. And I offer Somatic EMDR therapy and affirming individual or relationship therapy when KAP isn't the right fit. You deserve a therapist who gets it. Telehealth in WA, ID, and FL.
14 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Humanistic Therapy NW
Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, ACSW, CSWA
Each individual enters therapy with a constellation of unique life experiences that shapes that individual. Experiences, biology, modes of thinking, and environment create who we currently are. I hope to aid you in exploring your past, current, and future selves in order to help alleviate unwanted present-day thoughts, emotions, feelings, and experiences.
17 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Ciera Coyan
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
As a queer/lesbian woman, it's been important to me from the start that my work focuses on LGBTQ+ clients. I have specialized training in queer and trans psychology. I have worked primarily with LBGTQ+ clients for the entirety of my career. Though it's not important for us all, for many of us a therapist who understands the specifics of queer community and culture is a huge bonus. I look for that in my own therapists, so I love providing that for clients as well!
5 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Ryan Lindsey (Freesia Therapy Collective)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, SUDP
As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I understand the unique challenges you face. I provide a safe and affirming space to explore your identity, address discrimination and internalized stigma, and empower you to live authentically.
11 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Finley Anderson
Therapist, LMFT
Being LGBTQ+ in a world that hasn’t always affirmed you leaves a mark — even when things look fine on the outside. Whether you’re navigating coming out, processing family wounds, working through relationship challenges, or simply trying to feel at home in yourself, here you don’t have to explain or justify who you are.
3 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Teona Amble
Psychologist, Ph.D., LP
Are you have issues with gender identity or gender transition? Do you need support while undergoing gender therapy? Do you need a safe place to talk through questions and stress around your sexual orientation and sexuality? I am here to be a non-judgmental support for you to process your feelings and thoughts and to figure out how to speak your truth and become more comfortable with your identity or taking time to figure it out.
15 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Brittany Shannon
Psychologist, Ph.D.
For many people, trauma is not always a single event. It often comes from repeated experiences of discrimination, invalidation, or feeling/being unsafe being fully yourself. These are real and cumulative stressors that impact how you see yourself and how you relate to others. In therapy, those experiences are not minimized or treated as secondary. They are central to the work. I use evidence-based treatments and adapt them to fit your specific lived experience, including approaches like Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), which allows us to integrate both positive and painful experiences into a more complete and grounded sense of self. The goal is not just symptom relief, but helping you move through the world with more clarity, stability, and self-trust.
8 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Dr. Nicole Montes
Psychologist, PsyD
I consider myself an LGBT ally and provide gender affirming psychotherapy to trans and non-binary clients.
5 Years Experience
In-Person in Seattle, WA 98107
Online in Seattle, WA Washington
LGBTQ+ Issues
Carolyne Mburu-Gerena
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC
I provide a supportive and inclusive environment for individuals navigating issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and life experiences within the LGBTQ+ community. Treatment focuses on addressing mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, identity stress, and relationship challenges while fostering a space where individuals feel respected and affirmed.
6 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
LGBTQ+ Issues
Ian Hagemann, MSW
Counselor/Therapist, MSW, SWAA 60977729
I am an out bisexual who was part of the team that expanded the name of the Seattle Pride celebration to include bisexuals back in the early 1990s. I have been a member of the Seattle sex-positive community since the mid 1980s and have both lived and professional experience supporting my queer community.
7 Years Experience
Online in Seattle, WA Washington (Online Only)
Seattle's tech economy — driven by Amazon, Microsoft, and a dense startup ecosystem — has made burnout, imposter syndrome, and the social costs of rapid wealth inequality prominent themes in local therapy. The "Seattle Freeze" — a widely noted phenomenon of difficulty forming close friendships — means therapists here frequently address loneliness, social anxiety, and the challenge of building genuine community in an outwardly welcoming but emotionally reserved city. Seattle's progressive culture sustains strong demand for LGBTQ+-affirming therapists, neurodiversity specialists, and practitioners working with race, identity, and social justice themes. UW Medicine and Swedish Medical Center provide institutional mental health resources alongside one of the most therapist-dense cities in the Pacific Northwest.
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Seattle, Washington Statistics
LGBTQ+ Issues therapists in Seattle, Washington average 16 years of experience and charge around $201 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (72%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (39%), and Existential / Humanistic Therapy (37%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$201
Accept insurance
43%
Offer sliding scale
45%
Gender ID
| 56% |
Female |
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| 31% |
Male |
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| 9% |
Non-Binary |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 51% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 48% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 72% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 39% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 37% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 37% | Multicultural Therapy |
| 36% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 49% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 82% | LGBTQ+ |
| 66% | Women |
| 50% | Men |
| 35% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 32% | Military / Veterans |