8 Los Angeles LGBTQ Therapists [No Waitlist]

There’s a version of you who has never fully exhaled—still editing, still gauging how much of yourself you can bring into whatever space you’re entering. Maybe you carry the weight of family expectations, cultural dynamics, or other messages that you’ve internalized but aren’t sure where they came from. Or maybe you just want support that genuinely affirms you without treating you as an archetype.

Whether exploring your identity feels like a central part of what you hope to gain from therapy or if you’re looking for someone who can hold the complexity of your many facets without oversimplifications or generalizations, we’re here for you. At Therapy on Fig, our LGBTQ-affirming therapists in Los Angeles have availability now so you can start getting meaningful support whenever you’re ready.

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• Emily Gaston: Good fit for LGBTQ couples counseling

• Marina Mendes: Good fit for queer women navigating identity and life transitions

• Rachel Kwon: Good fit for LGBTQ and BIPOC teens and young adults

• Grace Chan: Good fit for religious trauma and LGBTQ identity exploration

• Janelle Malak: Good fit for LGBTQ creatives and neurodiverse parents

• Michael Hung: Good fit for LGBTQ artists and those recovering from trauma

• Gabriella Giorgio: Good fit for neurodivergent and autistic LGBTQ women

• Sharon Yu: Good fit for LGBTQ adults seeking depth-oriented, relational therapy

If you’re unsure which clinician is right for you, please contact us so we can thoughtfully match you.

Meet our Los Angeles LGBTQ-affirming therapists

Good fit for LGBTQ couples counseling

I exist in queer community and center chosen family in my own life, which means when you walk into therapy with me, you’re met with a kind of understanding that can only come from lived experience.

I’m passionate about supporting LGBTQ individuals, couples, and those in ethically non-monogamous relationships from a depth-oriented, IFS-informed lens. 

What sets my work apart is the particular attention I give to family-system wounds, and the way that loss— whether of relationships, identities, or belonging—is carried quietly in the body and deserves a space to be named.

• Credentials: Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #155211, Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #19502

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, couples and ENM relationships, grief and loss, trauma, teens, young adults

Good fit for queer women navigating identity and life transitions

As a mixed-race Asian American queer woman, introvert, and Highly Sensitive Person, I intimately understand what it's like to move through the world holding layered identities. 

My work is rooted in Internal Family Systems and woven through with somatic practices, nature therapy, and mindfulness, so my approach goes beyond words alone and invites your body and your parts into the healing process alongside you. 

For queer clients who have spent years feeling "othered" in spaces that claimed to be affirming, I offer a rare understanding of your complexity, offering a genuinely multicultural, embodied, identity-celebrating container where all of you is welcomed.

• Credentials: Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #15511, Certified Nature Therapy Guide, Certified Somatic Coach, Registered Yoga Teacher 

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, identity and life transitions, grief, loved ones of those struggling with mental illness, therapy intensives

Good fit for LGBTQ and BIPOC teens and young adults

As a second-generation Korean American and native Angeleno, I intimately understand the invisible weight of navigating the gap between two cultural worlds, and that lived experience shapes every part of how I show up for my clients. 

I work with LGBTQ teens and BIPOC young adults (and, if applicable, their parents) who are figuring out where they belong, processing family estrangement or mental illness, and learning to unmask in relationships that finally feel safe enough to try. 

Using IFS, Brainspotting, and a neurodivergent-affirming lens, I offer something rare in the LGBTQ-affirming therapy landscape: a deeply culturally attuned space that honors both the ancestral weight you carry and the version of yourself you're still becoming.

• Credentials: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #149091

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, BIPOC experience, teens and parent-teen communication, neurodivergent and highly sensitive individuals, generational trauma

Good fit for religious trauma and LGBTQ identity exploration

Like many of the folks I work with, I carry a blend of identities. I am a Malaysian-Chinese, Third-Culture Kid, first-generation immigrant, and a decolonizing and reconstructing person of faith. I carry all of that into the therapy space with me, and it helps me deeply resonate with the people I support.

For LGBTQ clients who have experienced religious communities that could not hold the fullness of who they are, my work creates space to grieve what was lost and explore if and how you want to show up in faith and spirituality now.

I also integrate IFS, Brainspotting, and creative arts therapies, offering a rare depth of experiential and culturally responsive care.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #142670

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ identity, religious trauma, couples and premarital counseling, Third-Culture and bicultural identity, creative arts therapies, teens, families

Good fit for LGBTQ creatives and neurodiverse parents

I am a partner in a multiracial and neurodiverse relationship, and I came to this work through my own experience of becoming a parent and pivoting careers in my late 30s. This lived experience often speaks to my clients, who bring in the grief of lives that didn't unfold the way they planned, or the exhaustion of building something new while the old life hasn't fully let go. 

For LGBTQ individuals and couples navigating the particular identity shifts that come with parenthood, career upheaval, or a relationship structure that the people around them don't always understand, I offer affirming, EFT and Gottman-informed couples work alongside IFS-informed individual therapy. 

I also have particular expertise supporting those in the entertainment industry, so if this speaks to your background, know that you have a special welcome here.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #144798

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, couples, new parents, career transitions, entertainment industry, estrangement

Good fit for LGBTQ artists and those recovering from trauma

Before becoming a therapist, I spent over a decade as a professional musician and film composer, so I bring that understanding of creative life, the way identity and expression are inseparable, into every session. 

As a Taiwanese American, I also understand the particular kind of loneliness that comes from living between worlds, and for LGBTQ clients who hold bicultural or multicultural identities alongside their queerness, that layered experience is something I approach with both personal attunement and clinical depth. 

My training in IFS, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), and somatic approaches means I work not just with what you think but with what your body has been knowingly or unknowingly holding throughout your life.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #154058

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, bicultural and multicultural identity, creatives and entertainment industry professionals, body image, depression and anxiety

Good fit for neurodivergent and autistic LGBTQ women

I am a late-discovered autistic person, and the experience of finally understanding myself is one I hold close in my work with clients who are finding their way to the same kind of clarity. 

For LGBTQ women, and especially those who are highly masked or neurodivergent, the intersection of queer identity and a nervous system that has been performing safety for years is a particular kind of exhaustion I take seriously and know intimately.

Whether working with individuals or relationship systems, my approach is relational and attachment-focused. This space is dedicated to building self-trust that makes authentic, connected relationships possible, with yourself, your partner(s), and other loved ones.

• Credentials: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #140682

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, highly masked autistic women, neurodiverse couples, people-pleasing, highly sensitive mothers

Good fit for LGBTQ adults doing depth-oriented, relational therapy

I have been practicing psychotherapy since 2007, and what has stayed consistently true across that time is my belief that the people who show up for therapy are not broken—they are deeply relational beings who deserve a space where the fullness of their identity is held without judgment or reduction. 

As a Level II IFS-trained therapist, I work with LGBTQ individuals and couples who are ready to move beyond coping and into the kind of shift that changes how they understand and relate to themselves. 

For clients who have seen other therapists and found the work surface-level or not quite attuned to the nuance of their lived experience, the long-term, relational depth that defines therapy at this practice tends to be what they were looking for.

• Credentials: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #50028, CAMFT Supervisor

• Specialty Areas: LGBTQ-affirming therapy, entrepreneurs, neurodivergence, creatives

What sets our practice apart from other Los Angeles LGBTQ therapy providers

• IFS-trained and informed across the entire team. Internal Family Systems is the clinical foundation of how we work, and it lends itself particularly well to LGBTQ clients who have spent years managing parts of themselves that felt too much, too different, or not safe to show.

• Therapists who carry lived experience. Several clinicians on our team personally navigate queer, bicultural, neurodivergent, and immigrant identities, so we have deep understanding of your layered identities.

• Non-pathological by design. We do not approach your identity or the challenges that come with it as problems to be managed. We work from a strengths-based, trauma-informed lens that trusts your system to lead its own healing.

• Genuine specialization in couples therapy. Our couples therapists are trained by an IFIO supervisor, Gottman Method, and EFT: evidence-based modalities designed specifically for relationships.

• In-person and virtual options. We offer in-person sessions at our Highland Park, Los Angeles office on weekdays, weekends, and evenings, as well as virtual sessions for anyone in California.

What to expect from the therapy process

Step 1: Initial contact

Begin by completing our brief online contact form. From here, our Client Care Coordinator will be in touch to answer initial logistical questions (including information about scheduling and insurance) and help you get matched with a therapist.

Step 2: Intake sessions

Your first session is the beginning of a therapeutic relationship. We spend this time orienting to your story, your parts, and what you're hoping to build in the work, without rushing toward conclusions or diagnoses you didn't ask for.

Step 3: Ongoing support

We typically begin with weekly sessions, which allow the work to build momentum. Together, we’ll explore your identity, relationships, history, goals, and everything in between. This work is always tailored to your pace and needs.

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