Therapy that affirms your identity, honors your story, and helps you move forward without needing to translate who you are.
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LGBTQ therapy is an affirming, identity-conscious approach to mental health care that centers the lived experiences of queer, trans, and gender-expansive people. It goes beyond tolerance or acceptance, and ventures into being seen, understood, and supported by a therapist who actually gets it. Whether you're unpacking internalized messages, exploring identity, working through trauma, or simply seeking grounded support without having to explain your existence, LGBTQ therapy creates space for all of it.
This kind of care blends clinical tools with cultural competence, recognizing how queerness, gender, and marginalization shape mental health. For many clients, it’s the first time therapy has felt like a place where they can truly exhale.
Talk to Someone Who Gets It
At Expansive Therapy, LGBTQ therapy is a central part of what we do. Our Los Angeles therapists bring lived experience, cultural competency, and clinical training to support clients across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Whether you’re exploring your identity, processing trauma, navigating family dynamics, or simply wanting a space where you don’t have to educate your therapist, we meet you with presence and care.
We know that LGBTQ clients often arrive with layers of invalidation or hypervisibility. Our job is to help you unpack what’s been imposed, and to reconnect with what’s yours.
Meet Our Practice
LGBTQ therapy sessions often start with what’s coming up in your life right now, and together, you and your therapist decide where to go from there.
Some weeks, that might mean processing a triggering interaction or setting boundaries with family. Other weeks, it could mean unpacking internalized messages, navigating identity questions, or working through grief, anxiety, or joy.
No topic is off the table. What matters most is that your therapist brings nuance, care, and cultural fluency, so you can show up fully, without having to explain the basics.
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Care That Truly Sees You
Meet Our Specialists Offering LGBTQ Therapy in CA
Our Los Angeles therapists understand that LGBTQ therapy is about more than labels: it’s about creating a space where you can show up fully as yourself.
Whether you’re navigating identity, relationships, family dynamics, or the weight of societal pressures, our team brings warmth, affirmation, and a deep respect for your story. Together, we’ll work toward clarity, self-acceptance, and the confidence to live authentically in every area of your life.
See Our Therapists in CA
Please note: Availability is always shifting, so we recommend visiting our full LA therapist directory.
Where Queer Healing Feels Like Home: Why Work With Us
Yes, we're a LGBTQ-affirming practice. We're also a space intentionally shaped by queer clinicians, for queer people. That means fewer blank stares when you reference chosen family, gender euphoria, or polyam dynamics. It means therapists who speak your language, understand your cultural shorthand, and won’t flinch at your truths.
Whether you’re processing trauma, exploring identity, or trying to just get through the week, our team brings warmth, skill, and lived understanding to the work.
Clients choose us because they feel seen here. They stay because something shifts when therapy doesn’t require translation.
"Love this practice, great therapy that is very LGBTQ affirming. If you have PPO insurance, this is the place to go in SF... They make the whole insurance process easy and manageable, I would highly recommend them."
Rob Copley, ★★★★★
We’re an out-of-network practice, which means we don’t bill insurance directly, but we’ll walk you through how to get reimbursed if you have a PPO plan.
Our team provides superbills, explains what to ask your insurance provider, and supports you in navigating benefits without the usual confusion. Many clients are surprised by how much they can get back.
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Our Los Angeles office is in Larchmont Village, just north of Melrose and minutes from Hollywood, Koreatown, and Hancock Park.
Some clients come in before a shift at Cedars-Sinai, others stop by between classes at USC, and many log on from Echo Park, the Westside, or the Valley.
Whether you’re sitting with us in person or meeting virtually, you’ll find therapy that fits into the real pace of your LA life.
Admin Office Hours (Pacific Time):
Monday–Friday, 6am–3pm
Therapist Availability in California:
Monday–Friday, 8am–9pm
LA Office Address:
606 N Larchmont Blvd, Suite 4B
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (917) 426-1521
Email: info@expansivetherapy.com
Expansive Therapy supports clients across both California and New York.
Our LGBTQ therapy options are available virtually for New York residents, facilitated by licensed or pre-licensed clinicians in the state. Whether you’re in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or upstate, you can join a group that reflects your lived experience, not one that asks you to water it down. We’ll let you know what groups are forming or when a new one is launching in your area.
Therapy That Sees You Fully
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