5 Signs It's Time to Switch to a Queer Specialized Therapist

Queer affirming therapy is more nuanced than a checked box, and often we don't figure out that we aren't in an affirming space until we're already in the relationship. Subtle dynamics often play out if your therapist doesn't feel internally comfortable with queerness, and these can impact us heavily in the therapy space if we let them play out without consciousness.

If you're noticing some of these dynamics in therapy, it may be time to switch to a queer specialized therapy. At Expansive Therapy, we have immediate openings for LGBTQ therapy in New York and LGBTQ Therapy in California.

1. You leave out details about the type of sex or relationship you have or want.  

2. You feel nervous to talk about exploring your gender outside the binary. 

3. You notice that your therapist gets slightly anxious or steers the session in a different direction when you bring up your queer identity directly. 

4. Your therapist is overly loving of you as a queer person to where it actually seems condescending or infantilizing. 

5. Issues that you bring up are reflected in a heteronormative way - i.e. monogamy prioritized and outside sex is cheating, marriage and kids as end goal, bio family over chosen family, etc.

Start Queer Specialized Therapy at Expansive Therapy

At Expansive Therapy, we are proudly 100% Queer owned, and we encourage our clients to bring their whole selves to therapy. We offer free consults, insurance support, and affordable rates.

We have immediate openings for LGBTQ Therapy in New York and LGBTQ Therapy in California.