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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 Tacoma, Central, Eastside Enact, Fircrest, or even Newtacoma, 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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Buck Hourigan
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Explore what is important to you, whether it is living with neurodiversity, exploring an LGBTQ+ identity, or your identity as a gamer and what that means for how you interact with the world. Living authentically is crucial.


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Explore what is important to you, whether it is living with neurodiversity, exploring an LGBTQ+ identity, or your identity as a gamer and what that means for how you interact with the world. Living authentically is crucial.

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I approach this process from an existential point of view, with a heavy emphasis on our sense of meaning and purpose. My approach strongly focuses on you and what you find to be important in your world.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Depression
  • Gamers
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ+ Children
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Ivy Turner
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During our work together, we will map out your narrative story and the influences that are a part of it. You will learn more about yourself and grow the skills you have while learning new ones, I would love to help you on your journey.


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During our work together, we will map out your narrative story and the influences that are a part of it. You will learn more about yourself and grow the skills you have while learning new ones, I would love to help you on your journey.

Something to know about my approach is:

While my primary approach is narrative therapy I also incorporate Family Systems therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT). This combination of approaches allows for me to understand the relationships and influences in the client's life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Friendships
  • Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Adjustment
  • Queer
  • Racial Justice
  • Racial Trauma
  • Racism
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Image
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sex Workers
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Christyn Modica
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Reduce stress, improve relationships, and break away from survival strategies that interfere with quality of life. The therapeutic process will include understanding biological functions of anxiety and depression with focus on relationships.


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Reduce stress, improve relationships, and break away from survival strategies that interfere with quality of life. The therapeutic process will include understanding biological functions of anxiety and depression with focus on relationships.

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My goals are to aid in experiencing the world in a new way by addressing deeply rooted emotional pain. Healing comes from the process of gaining awareness and breaking away from survival strategies that disrupt relationships and quality of life.

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  • Acute Grief
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Bisexuality
  • Children of Parents With Substance Use Disorders
  • Chronic Stress
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complicated Grief
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Depression
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Empowering Women
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family of Origin
  • Family Trauma
  • Feeling Lost
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Non-Conforming
  • Grief
  • Grief Due to Addiction
  • Identity
  • Jealousy
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Loneliness
  • Loving Someone with Addiction
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Nervous System Regulation
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Polyamory
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self Care
  • Self-Esteem
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  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexual Issues
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Situational Grief
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse Education
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  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Toxic Families
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Brooksi Bottari
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I focus on LGBTQ+ issues (sexual orientation and gender expression/identity) and non-traditional relationships (open/poly/asexual, etc) and sexual trauma I have many years of experience working with neurodivergence and late diagnosed AuDHD in womxn


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I focus on LGBTQ+ issues (sexual orientation and gender expression/identity) and non-traditional relationships (open/poly/asexual, etc) and sexual trauma I have many years of experience working with neurodivergence and late diagnosed AuDHD in womxn

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My counseling style is solution focused and instructional. I believe that we are all seeking relief from our symptoms before we can start processing our traumas. I am honest and will be very upfront with you. Giving you tools to use today.

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  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Anxiety Management
  • Gender Transition
  • LGBTQ+
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Sexual Trauma
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Riyon Hutton
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People often come to therapy not knowing what they want or are unsure how to talk about things that other people might think are "crazy." You don't have to explain yourself and I accept you as you are. I have tools to help you find your goals.


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People often come to therapy not knowing what they want or are unsure how to talk about things that other people might think are "crazy." You don't have to explain yourself and I accept you as you are. I have tools to help you find your goals.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach individualized and I offer Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy, EMDR, CBT, or Solution Focused Coaching to help you break old habits, stop over thinking and have better coping skills. I can help you be yourself.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adulting
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Changes
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Neurodivergence
  • Teachers
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Riyon Hutton remote and phone therapy in Florida, Washington