Therapy for Queer & Trans Teens
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Neurodivergent-Affirming and Eating Disorder Therapy
Relational, Somatic, and Creative Support for Healing in Your Own Way
A Space Where Your Brain, Body, and Identity Are All Welcome
Being queer or trans navigating being a teenager is already incredibly hard. Add neurodivergence—like Autism, ADHD, OCD, or sensory sensitivities—and traditional therapy often misses the mark. You might feel like you're constantly masking, misunderstood, or being asked to recover in a way that doesn’t match how your brain works.
You deserve something different.
In this space, your neurotype, gender, body, and lived experience are not just accepted—they’re deeply respected. We provide eating disorder therapy that is neurodivergent-affirming, queer-centered, and relationally rooted, so you don’t have to fight yourself to heal.
What are some of the ways I work with teens?
Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy understands that your brain doesn’t need to be “fixed”—it needs to be worked with, not against. We use approaches that honor how your mind processes, senses, and feels the world, while also addressing your relationship with food, body, identity, and safety.
In our work together, you’ll never be asked to:
Conform to neurotypical standards of recovery
Hide your stims, tangents, or shutdowns
Change your gender expression or pronouns
Compartmentalize your queerness to talk about “just food”
Instead, we’ll explore your whole self, gently and at your pace, building tools that support your unique brain and body
Somatic Therapy
When you've experienced trauma, body dysphoria, or sensory overwhelm, the body might feel like a battleground. Somatic therapy helps you slowly and safely rebuild trust with your body, on your own terms.
Our somatic work is gentle, sensory-aware, and never pushes you into unsafe territory.
Learn to recognize body signals without shame
Use grounding, movement, or breathwork to soothe overwhelm
Reclaim body connection in a way that feels safe for you—whether that’s through texture exploration, self-regulation tools, or nonverbal expression
This work is especially helpful for Autistic teens, ADHDers, and anyone with sensory sensitivities, dissociation, or body-based trauma.
Relational Therapy
We believe that healing from an eating disorder isn't just about food—it’s about relationships. How you've been seen (or not seen), how safe or unsafe you've felt in your body, and how much you’ve had to perform to survive.
Relational therapy centers the connection between you and your therapist as a model of trust, safety, and authenticity.
We co-create the space, together
You’re met exactly where you are, never forced into where you're “supposed to be”
There is room for emotion, silence, curiosity, and contradiction
For queer and trans teens who’ve been invalidated or harmed by past therapy or care systems, this approach helps build a secure, affirming relationship where you're finally allowed to be your full self.
Creative Arts Therapy
Sometimes it’s hard to talk—especially about food, gender, or feelings. That’s why creativity is at the center of our work.
You might choose to explore through:
Art or doodling
Music, playlists, or lyrics
Storytelling or roleplay
Journaling, collage, or movement
There’s no pressure to "open up" in one specific way. We’ll follow your lead and find expression that works for your brain and your body.
Working With Your Brain, Not Against It
Many teens come into therapy having learned that their way of thinking, sensing, or relating is wrong. Our goal is to help you build a relationship with your neurodivergence that feels empowering.
You’ll learn how to:
Understand your sensory and emotional needs
Create routines or coping strategies that actually fit how your brain works
Unmask safely, and recognize that you don’t have to change yourself to be okay
Build self-compassion for the parts of you that are still struggling with food, control, or body image
Why It Helps to Work With a Queer, Nonbinary, AuDHD Therapist
I get it—not because I read it in a book, but because I’ve lived it.
As a therapist who is AuDHD, queer, and nonbinary, I show up as my full self in this work—so you don’t feel like you have to explain or defend your experience just to be understood.
What this means for you:
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Less explaining and more connecting. You don’t have to fight to be understood.
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Shared language, shared values, and deep respect for your identity
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A co-regulating presence who truly sees you—not just your symptoms
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An environment where your gender and neurodivergence are not up for debate. period.
You Deserve a Place to Just Be
Your healing doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s. In this space, your pace, your body, and your voice lead the way.
Whether you’re struggling with restriction, bingeing, body image, or just trying to understand why food feels so complicated—you are not alone.
This is a space where you can exhale. A space where your brain isn’t too much. A space where your body is not a problem to solve.
Reach Out for Neurodivergent & Queer-Affirming Eating Disorder Therapy
We work with queer and trans teens across the neurodivergent spectrum who are ready for a different kind of therapy: one that affirms, empowers, and meets you where you're at.
Let’s co-create a path forward—at your pace, in your language, in your body.