Couples & Relationship Therapy Services

At The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center, we provide relationship therapy for queer, trans, kinky, & non-monogamous folks looking to strengthen their relationships.

Couples & Relationship Therapy gives you a chance to build a relationship that supports you and your partner(s).

Your Relationships Deserve Care

Relationship counseling isn’t the sign of a broken relationship–it’s a sign that each member of the relationship is committed to better understanding themselves, their partner(s), and the existing dynamics within the relationship. Choosing to commit to relationship therapy with your partner(s) can help you learn how to navigate and overcome obstacles as they arise within your relationship.

Relationship counseling can provide a safe, and unbiased space to address intimacy related issues, strengthen communication skills (particularly with regard to sex, sexuality, and desire), learn to identify patterns of behavior within your own relationship, and practice skills to help learn how to navigate and reduce conflict within your relationship. With our queer, trans, kinky & non-monogamous knowledgeable & affirming relationship therapy you and your partner(s) will work on learning skills like:

staying in the conversation & being present
being curious about your partner(s) experience–without it feeling like a threat to your experience
reducing the need to blame, explain, & defend
practicing intentional listening, accountability, and co-creating positive dynamics within your relationship
moving from protection to vulnerability

Our queer couples & relationship therapists can help you navigate…

Cross-cultural relationships

Not knowing how to get your emotional needs met
Letting your past & history over-influence how you show up in present relationships
Sharing your fears and needs with your partner(s)
Conscious un-coupling

Fighting Frequently

Challenges in sexual dynamics and desires
Opening or closing your relationship
Changing the boundaries of your relationship
Infidelity

Queer Therapists for Queer Couples

Queer relationship therapists bring a lived experience to treatment that is crucial for compassionate, affirming, and non-judgmental care. Queer, trans, kinky and polyamorous relationships often look and function differently than their heterosexual or monogamous counterparts, and LGBTQ+ and non-monogamous clients deserve a therapist who understands them. Rather than taking up time in your session explaining your relationship structure, your sexuality, your gender, etc, you can work with an LGBTQ+ affirming couples counselor to get to the heart of what has brought you and your partner(s) to therapy in the first place.

Queer therapists for queer clients takes away the burden of explanation from the client side, and lets therapy function as a space where you can exist as yourselves, without fear of judgment, shame, misunderstanding, or discrimination.

Understanding, Experience, & Compassion

At G&STC, our therapists have experience with empowering communities often met with discrimination, stigma, and shame.

Our LGBTQ+ clinicians are comfortable with and knowledgeable about exploring complex topics like gender, sex, sexuality, and can provide safe and affirming care for folks curious about alternative sexualities, kink, & BDSM.