LGBTQIA+ Therapy in Salt Lake City & Online Across Utah
A Thoughtful, Affirming Space for LGBTQ+ Adults
Finding a therapist where you can fully be yourself matters.
For many LGBTQIA+ individuals, therapy is not just about working through anxiety, stress, or life transitions. It is also about finding a space where your identity is understood, respected, and not something that needs to be questioned or changed.
My aim is to provide an affirming space where your identity is understood as an important part of your experience, not something that needs to be explained, justified, or changed. That creates space to fully explore the patterns, experiences, and questions that are shaping your life.
What Brings People to LGBTQ+ Therapy
People reach out for many different reasons, including:
• navigating identity and self-understanding
• processing the impact of religious or cultural experiences
• working through anxiety, overthinking, or perfectionism
• exploring relationships, connection, and belonging
• wanting a different relationship with thoughts, emotions, or patterns
Often, these experiences overlap rather than exist on their own.
When This Feels Like the Right Fit
This may be a good fit if you are looking for a therapist who is clearly affirming of LGBTQIA+ identities, and a space where you do not have to explain or who you are.
It may also resonate if you tend to think deeply but still feel stuck in certain patterns, or are navigating identity, relationships, or life transitions.
Many people are looking for something more thoughtful and less surface-level.
Experience Working with Gay Men
A significant part of my clinical experience centers on supporting gay men navigating identity, relationships, intimacy, and self-trust within cultural systems that have shaped those experiences.
In this work, we slow down enough to understand how perfectionism, shame, dating patterns, attachment dynamics, or non-affirming environments may still be influencing your life. Rather than approaching these concerns in isolation, we look at them in context and with care.
This work is grounded in the same values that guide all of my therapy: steadiness, clarity, and respect for your autonomy. If you would like more specific information about this focus, you can visit the Therapy for Gay Men page.
The Process of Therapy
Therapy is not about forcing change or quickly fixing symptoms.
Instead, we focus on understanding the patterns that have developed over time and creating space for something different to emerge.
Our work may include:
• increasing awareness of thoughts, emotions, and internal patterns
• processing past experiences, including trauma
• developing a more grounded and flexible way of responding
• building a stronger sense of identity and direction
I integrate approaches such as EMDR, mindfulness, and evidence-based therapies, depending on what fits best for you.