LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy

“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves, and then to one another and to the world, is a revolutionary act.”

Janet Mock

LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy in California, New York, & Beyond

For many LGBTQ+ people, finding a therapist who shares your lived experience can be transformative and even life-changing. At Anchor Psychotherapy, I offer in-person and telehealth therapy grounded in deep respect for the complexity of your identity and the specific stressors that often come with being part of a marginalized community.  This work is shaped by who you are: your identity, your history, and the very real pressures that come with navigating a world that doesn't always make room for you.

Healing comes through connection—whether it's with a partner, chosen family, or the parts of yourself you've learned to hide.  Our work together helps you build connections where you no longer have to perform, minimize, or explain—you simply get to be.

—Bren M. Chasse, LMFT

Gender Identity, Sexuality, & the Journey Toward Self-Acceptance

LGBTQ+ individuals face elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and trauma—not because of who they are, but because of the minority stress that comes from navigating a world that doesn’t always make room for them. At the core of this work is the understanding that your identity is not a problem to be solved.  It is valid, meaningful, and central to your well-being. Whether you're exploring your gender identity, your sexuality, or simply working to understand yourself more fully, you deserve care that honors that complexity.

Identity exploration is deeply personal—and profoundly shaped by how much support surrounds you as you move through it. I believe each person’s unique experience of their gender, sexuality, culture, and self is complex and deserving of worthy of being fully seen. Whether you’re navigating coming out, processing internalized shame, or working through questions of self-worth and belonging, I’m here to support you with care, cultural humility, and clinical expertise. Together, we’ll build a space where you can show up as you are and grow toward the life you want.

Areas of Expertise Include:

  • Trauma

  • Sexual Violence

  • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

  • Bullying and Discrimination

  • Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior (NSSI) and Suicidal Ideation

  • Coming Out

  • Relationships

  • Sexuality

  • Gender Identity

  • Transition Related Care

LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy: Care Built Around You

LGBTQ+ affirming therapy is about more than providing a safe therapeutic environment — it is an evidence-based clinical approach that treats your gender identity, sexual orientation, and intersecting identities of race, culture, and family system as central to your mental health, not incidental to it. At Anchor Psychotherapy, affirmative care means your experiences of discrimination, internalized shame, and identity-based stress are worthy of curiosity and compassion. Our work is not focused on fitting you into a social constructed mold – it is focused on something more expansive: an empowered, integrated sense of self, built in an environment of genuine safety and affirmation.