Health and Wellness (non M.D.)

Licensed therapist in California working with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, identity, relationships, and life transitions. Affirming of kink, ENM, polyamory, and all relationship structures. Telehealth statewide.

Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern working under Moushumi Ghose, LMFT in West Hollywood, CA. Specialty Areas include: Sex Therapy, Sex Education, Anxiety, Depression, Couples, Individuals, Phase of Life Issues, and more. This includes sexuality, gender issues, and alternative lifestyles. My office is located in West Hollywood CA. www.amieharwick.comwww.hollywoodsextherapy.com www.facebook.com/amieharwickmft ***BY APPOINTMENT ONLY***

Your emotional well-being is my only professional interest. Isn't it about time your therapy was truly about you? As a professional counselor I am trained in a variety of therapeutic techniques but ultimately I take an eclectic approach and adapt multiple theoretical frameworks and clinical strategies to meet your unique situation and orientation. I maintain a strong dedicated to ethical therapy practices. I will always inform you of my techniques and obtain your consent prior to implementation. I enjoy what I do and love sharing my knowledge with clients for their own use and benefit. I believe in therapy that is judgment-free and based on what you want from yourself and your relationships. 50 minute sessions are priced on a sliding scale based upon what you can afford to pay. I conduct sessions in person or via Skype/FaceTime/phone. Confidentiality is assured. I look forward to working with you...

Angela Galinis. LMT #13942. Portland OR USA. 503.267.4585. AngelaGalinis@gmail.com. Licensed massage therapist Poly/LGBT/Kink friendly.

Tried counseling and felt disappointed, frustrated, and/or misunderstood? Does the idea of "being in therapy" not appeal to you? There is another way: Personal Development Mentoring. Personal Development Mentoring is a peer-mentoring process that takes the judgment out of the interaction completely by focusing on what you want your life to be like, then figuring out how to get there. All in the comfort of your own home (or a private space in a public library, if you aren't comfortable meeting in your home). In addition, the Personal Development Mentor is available by phone, email, and/or text for consultation outside of the weekly session, when you need help most--in the moment of one of your life's challenges. Personal Development Mentoring emphasizes a non-judgmental, natural-consequences approach, which can help an individual recognize, evaluate, and change the thoughts that lead to goal-impeding behavior. While Personal Development Mentoring has its basis in cognitive-behavior therapy, the method is both less than and more than traditional counseling/therapy, and helps you find new ways of achieving the life you want to live by looking at things from a different perspective, and, thus, seeing a new path to build that life. Not counseling. Not therapy. Real help--without judgment--that works. Gretchen Alder, founder and practitioner of Personal Development Mentoring, has been exploring this method of helping people for the past seven years, and has a wide variety of success stories of the benefit of Personal Development Mentoring. She has earned a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University in 2001, Certification in Alcohol and Other Drug Counseling from the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Certification Association in 2011, and a Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2012. Her experience working in the social services field motivated her to develop Personal Development Mentoring, which she describes as “not walking ahead of you and pulling you; not walking behind you and pushing you; but walking beside you and pointing out things you might not see along the way.” She uses both her education and personal life experience--within and outside of the LGBTQ, Kink, Swinger, and Polyamory communities--to act as a mentor for those who are finding life's challenges to be overwhelming. New Mind Paradigm is the non-profit organization that supports both the research and practice of Personal Development Mentoring. Its unique donation-only system is structured to help those in greatest need regardless of ability to pay; as such it bills no insurance organizations, but accepts donations from those it serves and from the general public. Interested? Send an email to gretchen@newmindparadigm.org to set up a 30-minute consultation.

30 years of experience in alternative lifestyles, an author of articles and chapters in books on a variety of psychology and lifestyle topics, and a certification in hypnotherapy, personally trained by one of the top names in hypnosis. Your kink won't even raise my eyebrows. I'm not shockable. I've helped people with orgasm problems, gender issues, gag reflex, relationship problems, overcoming sexual abuse, dissociation, and a host of other things they didn't feel safe discussing with traditional therapists. Nobody can guarantee outcomes, but you must start with someone who can listen to you without judging. I have studied Dave Elman, Milton Erickson, Charles Tebbetts, Richard Nongard, Melissa Tiers, Igor Ledochovsky, and a host of other leading names in hypnotherapy, and then synthesized my own techniques out of the best of the best. I call it Reconfiguring your Human Settings. Together we can find solutions to the issues that are holding you back.

A queer, kink and polyam knowledgeable individual and relationship psychotherapist

Aska Yoshizu, SEP LMFT is a supporter and advocate for those exploring non-normative relationships and sexuality through deep self-inquiries and courageous communication with their partners, friends, and family. 

Kink-Friendly Intimacy Coaching with Ezra Algos. Get past shame, guilt, negative self talk, limiting beliefs, get into the BDSM community, find a partner, get closer with your partner, resolve conflict, hold boundaries and more.

I am a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist practicing in Maryland since 2011. It is my intention to create a safer space for folks of all genders, from all backgrounds, and in all bodies to receive the care they need.