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Do you need support in understanding, accepting, or navigating your sexual orientation? It can be hard to embrace your identity if you are gay or lesbian, and even harder if you identify as bisexual, pansexual, queer, or otherwise. Sometimes the labels of sexual orientation get in the way of just understanding and listening to yourself.

If you aren’t sure of your sexual orientation or which genders you are attracted to, seeking therapy is a great step to take. Whether you are located in downtown Redwood City, the suburbs of Redwood City, other nearby places such as San Mateo, Mountain View, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Could Benefit from a Therapist for Sexual Orientation

If you’re not sure whether you should seek treatment for sexual orientation issues and identities, we can help. Here are some signs indicating you could use the help of a trained professional:

  • You aren’t sure which genders you are attracted to.
  • You have internal turmoil between what you experience and what you want.
  • You are struggling to accept your sexual orientation.
  • You have experienced, or are currently experiencing, trauma related to your sexual orientation.
  • You need mental or emotional support with regard to your sexual orientation.
  • You don’t feel good about yourself.
  • You want people to know your sexual orientation, but are not sure how to tell them.

As one anonymous contributor shared about therapy and sexual orientation, "Therapy helped me love my queer self for who I am. I learned that I didn’t need to label my sexuality to understand it."

Get Started with Sexual Orientation Therapy Today!

Therapy for sexual orientation can drastically improve your mental health, leading you to become a happier, more confident version of yourself. And Mental Health Match can help you get started by matching you with a quality therapist in your area. Just browse the experts below or use our free therapist matching tool.

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Lillian Farzan-Kashani
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Process life's highs and lows - develop tools to cope with distress - discuss systemic issues with relation to intersectionality - explore the impact of family systems - increase self compassion - and much more


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Process life's highs and lows - develop tools to cope with distress - discuss systemic issues with relation to intersectionality - explore the impact of family systems - increase self compassion - and much more

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My approach is feminist based, trauma informed, and humanistic. The quality of my relationships with my clients are foundational as I believe that change occurs in supportive spaces.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • BIPOC
  • Cultural Identity
  • First Generation Issues
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ+
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Justice
  • Social Justice
  • Stress
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Mark B Gallo, Jr
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I can relate to your feelings of confusion, anxiety, fear and weariness. You can expect from me a nonjudgmental relationship allowing for a catalyst towards awareness and self-discovery where “unlearning” and healing can occur.


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I can relate to your feelings of confusion, anxiety, fear and weariness. You can expect from me a nonjudgmental relationship allowing for a catalyst towards awareness and self-discovery where “unlearning” and healing can occur.

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I’m psychodynamically inclined with cognitive-behavioral applications. I believe You are the expert and support your journey to unravel unconscious beliefs and adaptive behaviors that create conflicting forces between security and growth.

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  • Anxiety
  • Codependency
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • LGBTQ+
  • Relationship Distress
  • Trauma
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Antoinette Mastronardi
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decrease anxiety, anger, loneliness, self-criticism, cycles of fighting with partners and shitty relationships with others. I believe these experiences generally stem from traumatic, toxic, or abusive relationships and discrimination or oppression.


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decrease anxiety, anger, loneliness, self-criticism, cycles of fighting with partners and shitty relationships with others. I believe these experiences generally stem from traumatic, toxic, or abusive relationships and discrimination or oppression.

Something to know about my approach is:

I identify as a queer therapist and my specialty is working with trauma and attachment in the LGBTQ+ community. I am a super nerd for relationships. I am trauma informed, attachment focused, and really relational with my clients.

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  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • BDSM
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  • Church Abuse
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
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  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Gaslighting
  • Healing From Relationships
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Kink
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Mixed Orientation Relationships
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Open Relationships
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Polyamory
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Sabotage
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma From Abuse
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process life experiences. Through this, patterns become clear. With this knowledge, you will break free from cycles and patterns while becoming more aware, feeling better, and improving relationships with self and others.


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process life experiences. Through this, patterns become clear. With this knowledge, you will break free from cycles and patterns while becoming more aware, feeling better, and improving relationships with self and others.

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I will meet you with an unconditional, warm, and empathetic environment while we face and process the past and present.

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  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Co-Parenting
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Grief
  • Intimacy
  • Life Transitions
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Margo De La Cruz
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Explore emotions, relationships, career pressures and personal growth themes in a safe, supportive space. Nothing is off limits.


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Explore emotions, relationships, career pressures and personal growth themes in a safe, supportive space. Nothing is off limits.

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In our sessions, you will find an approach that emphasizes understanding, acceptance and practical strategies for dealing with life's challenges.

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  • Athletes
  • Biracial Men
  • Black Men
  • Celebrities and Public Figures
  • Commitment Issues
  • Compulsive Sexuality/Hypersexuality
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Former Athletes
  • Identity
  • Intimacy
  • Men
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sex Anxiety
  • Sexual Issues
  • Sports
  • Stress
  • Young Men
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