EXPRESS YOURSELF THERAPY
lgbtqia+ THERAPY
LGBTQIA+ therapy in NYC — for the version of you that’s done explaining yourself.
Finding a therapist as an LGBTQIA+ person is not just about finding someone who “accepts” you. Acceptance is the floor, not the ceiling. What most people in this community are actually looking for is a therapist who already understands — someone who doesn’t need a primer on queer relationships, trans healthcare, chosen family, or what it actually feels like to move through the world in a body and identity that mainstream systems were not built for.
That’s what we offer at Express Yourself Therapy. Our clinicians are trained in affirming, anti-oppressive care for LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, polycules, and chosen families. Your identity is not a clinical concern to be managed here. It’s a whole, valid part of who you are — and we work from that premise from session one.
Your first call is free and completely confidential.
Whether you’ve been out for years, recently came out, or are still figuring out what your identity means to you — we meet you where you are. We work with the full range of what it means to live as a lesbian, gay, bi, pan, or queer person in New York: community, relationships, family dynamics, internalized homophobia, minority stress, and the particular exhaustion of having to be visible in a world that still requires it of you.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual & queer folks
Our therapists are trained in gender-affirming care and have supported clients through every stage of gender exploration — from early discovery through social and medical transition and beyond. We provide free gender-affirming letters for surgery and hormone therapy when clinically appropriate, and we do not gatekeep. If you need a letter, we work with you directly and efficiently. We also understand that not every trans or non-binary person comes to therapy to talk about gender. Sometimes you just need a therapist who doesn’t make your identity the center of every session unless you want it to be.
Trans, non-binary & gender-expansive folks
Asexuality and aromanticism are still widely misunderstood — even by many therapists who consider themselves affirming. At EYT, we understand that the absence of sexual or romantic attraction is not a symptom to be treated. If you’re questioning, exploring, or simply looking for a therapist who knows what the ace spectrum is without you having to explain it, you’re in the right place.
Asexual, aromantic & questioning folks
Queer relationships have their own textures, challenges, and strengths — and they deserve a therapist who understands that. We work with same-gender couples, queer partnerships of all configurations, polycules and polyamorous networks, and chosen families navigating love, conflict, transition, and everything in between.
LGBTQIA+ couples, polycules & chosen families
EYT provides gender-affirming letters for clients pursuing hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries. We approach this part of our work without gatekeeping — our role is to support your process, not to stand between you and your care.
Letters are typically completed within a few sessions. If you’re primarily seeking a letter and don’t need ongoing therapy, we can accommodate that. If you’d like to continue working with your therapist after your letter is complete, that’s welcome too.
Learn more: gender-affirming letters
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Coming out — at any age, to any audience
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Gender exploration, dysphoria, and transition support
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Gender-affirming letters for surgery and hormone therapy
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Minority stress and the chronic toll of living in a heteronormative world
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Anxiety, depression, and trauma rooted in identity-based experiences
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Family rejection, estrangement, and rebuilding after rupture
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Internalized homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia
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LGBTQIA+ relationship and intimacy concerns
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Navigating queer community — belonging, visibility, and burnout
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Intersectional identity — being queer and BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent, or an immigrant
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LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and immigration-related stress
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Sex-positivity, kink, and non-monogamy within LGBTQIA+ relationships
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Grief — including community grief and loss within the LGBTQIA+ community