LGBTQIA+

It’s all good.

People get to have the foods they like, the temperatures, jobs, and modes of transportation they prefer.

As a matter of fact, we can be exactly who we are – and it’s nobody’s business but our own.

Let’s just start there.

Yet our narrow culture needs to pigeonhole people and pretend to reduce cultural angst by being intolerant of difference and pushing people to become as homogeneous as is humanly possible.

I say no to that rigidity – we need diversity of every kind and room at the table for everyone.

Some of that, however, is out of my control.

Language Matters

Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Trans. Questioning. Queer. Intersex. Ally. Asexual. And (+), anyone who would like to be respectively included that feels a particular letter may not apply.

A Pansexual – “pan” meaning “all” – is someone who feels that either bisexual or bi conforms to the male/female binary and might prefer to understand themselves as attracted to all gender identities or is simply attracted to qualities regardless of gender identity.

Click here to read more about the language of inclusion from Michael Gold in his article for the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.amp.html

I provide a safe place for people to be themselves. 

With patience, my clients have helped me with pronouns, language, and sensitivity to gender and sexual identity so that I, in turn, can show up as able to provide support, compassion, and problem-solving that proves useful in therapy. 

I hope to grow in my own ability to support our individuals and groups of this glorious community of PRIDE in the Twin Cities.

Let’s think about that approachable self…

Under wounds and behind defenses is a vulnerable human being. 

Therapy will give you a chance to be authentically you. There will be no judgment – in fact, there will be appreciation for just who you are in this world. 

Many sessions have aha-moments. Some sessions are transformative, bringing increased self-awareness, as well as good old-fashioned catharsis – a feeling some describe as “leaving this situation here, on your rug.”

Sometimes therapy can help someone learn to love themselves or perhaps love themselves more.

If you choose therapy here – that will be part of my hope for you.

Through good therapy, getting along with others becomes a little easier, and finding a feeling of security out in the world becomes more frequent. 

Call (612) 217-0797 to set up a free 30-minute session to answer your questions.