About Queer Collective
We offer unique guidance for special people.
If you have found The Queer Psychotherapy Collective, you have likely reached a point in your life that requires specialized guidance from a queer mental health professional to assist you in managing the stress of being a sexual minority in our society.
What does LGBTQIA+ mean? The quick answer is it means queer. The long answer is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex. Other terms people use to describe their gender, sexuality, and physiological sex characteristics include non-binary, pansexual, or demisexual.
The word “queer” has a complex history. With the literal meaning of “unusual, strange, or odd,” people used queer as a pejorative toward members of the LGBT community in the late 19th century. The term specifically applied to men who acted effeminate. However, starting in the 1980s, members of the LGBT community began reclaiming the word. Today, the word queer no longer has a hateful connotation and is inclusive for all members of the LGBT community.
How do you know if you’re ready to come out as queer?
You know you are ready to come out as queer when it feels more challenging and painful not to do it than it would be to come out. Here are some specific ways to determine if you’re ready to share your sexuality and/or gender identity with others.
Telling people is something you often think about doing. Not coming out feels like you’re keeping a secret from loved ones or tired of lying to cover your tracks. Dating is essential to you, but you don’t want to do so while closeted. Starting dating someone makes you want to be more public about how you feel.
You want to meet other queer individuals with similar identities and form a community or express affection with a partner in front of others. Still, you don’t feel you can without sharing information about your identity.
The idea of coming out is exciting and fun, or you’re comfortable enough with your sexuality or gender identity that it feels emotionally safe to discuss it with others.
Here’s what we offer to the community.
The Queer Psychotherapy Collective provides highly skilled and well-trained queer clinicians who understand the complex and relevant issues faced by queer people.
We are motivated and committed to social justice. We empower our clients, and we resist forms of oppression.