Expansive & Affirming LGBTQ+ Couple’s Therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area & Lafayette, California

 

Relationships are complex, and queer relationships come with their own unique circumstances that deserve to be acknowledged and understood. If you and your partner are searching for LGBTQIA+ or queer-affirming couple’s therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lafayette, or anywhere in California, you’re in the right place. My unique approach is warm, inclusive, directive, and grounded in a personal understanding of the unique challenges queer partnerships can face—whether that means navigating identity and gender exploration, cultivating community, family acceptance, or learning how to reconnect intimately while navigating one’s unique sexuality and relationship to the physical body.

You might be here because you’re feeling disconnected, your intimacy is struggling, or communication feels unclear, avoidant, or tense. Maybe you’re avoiding certain conversations because they always seem to lead to conflict and never resolution, or perhaps identity or gender transitions, mismatched attachment or intimacy needs, or external stress (like work, health, politics, surviving a failing capitalistic hellscape, or family dynamics) are leading friction that causes disconnect. These experiences are common for LGBTQIA+ and queer couples—and therapy can help you both find clarity, care, and connection again.

In our work together, we’ll create a compassionate space where you can show up fully as yourselves—whether you’re navigating coming-out, rebuilding connection after trust has been hurt, exploring ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, or kink dynamics, or figuring out how to support each other through gender transitions and evolving identities.

As a queer-affirming therapist, I understand how societal pressures, trauma, and internalized shame can adversely impact partnership dynamics. Together, we’ll slow down, deepen emotional understanding, and rebuild communication patterns that help your relationship thrive by taking direct effective action.

Whether we meet in my Lafayette office or through secure online sessions anywhere in California, my goal is to support you and your partner in becoming a stronger, secure, and more connected team.

Queer love deserves intentional care, and you don’t have to navigate these challenges alone, or with a provider who doesn’t understand your unique take. I am excited to support you; take a step towards resolution and schedule a new client consultation call today.

 
 
 

  • Yes! I work extensively with transgender, non-binary, gender-fluid, and gender-expansive partnerships and couples. Whether you’re navigating gender transitions within the relationship, exploring how identity shifts can impact connection & intimacy, or simply wanting a therapist who “gets it,” you’ll have a space that is respectful, aligned, and informed by queer and trans lived experience at Thea Integrative Therapy.

  • Common issues for LGBTQ+ romantic relationships include communication struggles, emotional disconnection, intimacy challenges, navigating non-monogamy or polyamory agreements, identity shifts, dealing with family rejection, healing from past trauma, and managing minority stress or internalized shame. Many partners also come in because they love each other deeply but feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Therapy helps you untangle these layers with guidance and compassion, and develop a plan to move closer to emotionally safe, intimate connection.

  • Queer couple’s therapy helps you and your partner slow down, communicate more clearly, and understand what’s really happening beneath the surface. Many couples come in because they’re feeling disconnected, arguing more often, or struggling to navigate identity-related changes. Therapy supports you in rebuilding trust, improving intimacy, and learning tools that help you reconnect with compassion. For LGBTQIA+ and queer couples in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lafayette, and across California, this space is especially important because it acknowledges the unique pressures queer relationships often carry.

  • While I am experienced in and passionate about assisting partnerships to redevelop intimate connection through coaching, curiosity, dynamic exploration, and assigned exercises, I am not a registered sex therapist. If you are needing support beyond my scope of practice, I will be happy to provide referrals that can enhance our therapeutic work together.