LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Union City, NJ
Dr. Miranda Mei Nadeau
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087 (Online Only)
This is especially true for queer and trans folks, Asian Americans, and multiracial and Mixed race folks; I hold it as a privilege and responsibility to provide a safe space for healing members of my communities.
I already know you are worthy of a life full of joy, love, and compassion. While you’re doing your best with the tools you have now, with nonjudgmental support and guidance, you can grow and flourish. As a queer, multiracial Taiwanese American, my lived experience fuels my earnest appreciation and commitment to honoring your intersecting identities. Together, we will develop a healing partnership where you can feel safe when vulnerable, comforted in your struggles, and encouraged as you are guided toward what you need to feel more secure in the world. Empowering and personalized therapy is where we start.
This is especially true for queer and trans folks, Asian Americans, and multiracial and Mixed race folks; I hold it as a privilege and responsibility to provide a safe space for healing members of my communities.
I already know you are worthy of a life full of joy, love, and compassion. While you’re doing your best with the tools you have now, with nonjudgmental support and guidance, you can grow and flourish. As a queer, multiracial Taiwanese American, my lived experience fuels my earnest appreciation and commitment to honoring your intersecting identities. Together, we will develop a healing partnership where you can feel safe when vulnerable, comforted in your struggles, and encouraged as you are guided toward what you need to feel more secure in the world. Empowering and personalized therapy is where we start.
In these settings, I worked closely with the LGBTQ+ communities on campus by offering support, empowering individual students through their identities, and advocating on their behalf as they faced the difficulty of navigating their identities.
I am a compassionate and experienced clinical psychologist dedicated to supporting teens, young adults, and adults on their journey to mental well-being. I believe in empowering my clients by supplying a supportive environment to build connections, gain insight, and challenge oneself when necessary. Together, by utilizing a safe space for exploration and growth, we will work on exploring patterns in relationships, problem-solving to facilitate positive change, and promoting self-discovery.
In these settings, I worked closely with the LGBTQ+ communities on campus by offering support, empowering individual students through their identities, and advocating on their behalf as they faced the difficulty of navigating their identities.
I am a compassionate and experienced clinical psychologist dedicated to supporting teens, young adults, and adults on their journey to mental well-being. I believe in empowering my clients by supplying a supportive environment to build connections, gain insight, and challenge oneself when necessary. Together, by utilizing a safe space for exploration and growth, we will work on exploring patterns in relationships, problem-solving to facilitate positive change, and promoting self-discovery.
Jackie Uveges
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087
I am experienced in working with queer, transgender, and gender expansive individuals, focusing on areas such as relationships, coming out, and identity exploration.
My goal is to support and empower you on your journey towards increased connection with your body, your mind, and with others. I specialize in working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns as well as specializing in treating symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use disorders. I strongly believe in meeting clients where they are with a non-judgmental and affirming approach. I view clients as the experts of their own lives and believe that the therapeutic process should be collaborative.
I am experienced in working with queer, transgender, and gender expansive individuals, focusing on areas such as relationships, coming out, and identity exploration.
My goal is to support and empower you on your journey towards increased connection with your body, your mind, and with others. I specialize in working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns as well as specializing in treating symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use disorders. I strongly believe in meeting clients where they are with a non-judgmental and affirming approach. I view clients as the experts of their own lives and believe that the therapeutic process should be collaborative.
Caroline L. Arreaga
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Union City, NJ 07087 (Online Only)
With 7+ years of experience, I specialize in working with the LGBTQ+ community, addressing complex trauma, depression/anxiety, domestic violence, history of abuse.
When you have a history of anxiety/depression, relationship problems, family conflicts, struggles with self-acceptance or complex trauma, you might think: "How did I become this person?" I'm here to help by listening, providing support, and offering a different perspective. It's essential to start healing from within because this journey is FOR YOU. Challenge yourself to become the best version of yourself. It is a duty to help you transition from a life filled with problems to one overflowing with love, clarity, lightness, self-compassion and...a love for life. I provide services in Spanish as well.
With 7+ years of experience, I specialize in working with the LGBTQ+ community, addressing complex trauma, depression/anxiety, domestic violence, history of abuse.
When you have a history of anxiety/depression, relationship problems, family conflicts, struggles with self-acceptance or complex trauma, you might think: "How did I become this person?" I'm here to help by listening, providing support, and offering a different perspective. It's essential to start healing from within because this journey is FOR YOU. Challenge yourself to become the best version of yourself. It is a duty to help you transition from a life filled with problems to one overflowing with love, clarity, lightness, self-compassion and...a love for life. I provide services in Spanish as well.
Raúl A. Plasencia, LCSW, SCP
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SCP
Verified Verified
Union City, NJ 07087
e, coming out, sexual orientation, changes in relationships, marital status, career changes, beginning college, etc), coping with anxiety and stress, depression, self-esteem, LGBT issues, addiction and family troubles.
My psychoanalytic training and my 20 years work experience has taught me the importance of understanding the full individual and his/her own unique experience in the world. In therapy, I provide a supportive environment that focuses on symptom-reduction while also exploring underlying roots of emotional discomfort. I encourage self-exploration, emotional processing and self-acceptance. I believe in helping clients understand how their past experiences impacts their lives, and in utilizing the therapeutic relationship to foster clients' growth and self-fulfillment. I find psychotherapy to be powerful and exciting and I consider it a privilege to help people strive for their potential.
e, coming out, sexual orientation, changes in relationships, marital status, career changes, beginning college, etc), coping with anxiety and stress, depression, self-esteem, LGBT issues, addiction and family troubles.
My psychoanalytic training and my 20 years work experience has taught me the importance of understanding the full individual and his/her own unique experience in the world. In therapy, I provide a supportive environment that focuses on symptom-reduction while also exploring underlying roots of emotional discomfort. I encourage self-exploration, emotional processing and self-acceptance. I believe in helping clients understand how their past experiences impacts their lives, and in utilizing the therapeutic relationship to foster clients' growth and self-fulfillment. I find psychotherapy to be powerful and exciting and I consider it a privilege to help people strive for their potential.
Steven M Bielarski
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087
I am skilled in treating anxiety, depression, intimacy and relationship problems, career challenges, substance abuse and LGBTQ issues.
I've been helping people to improve their lives for over thirty years. I began working with young adults in inpatient psychiatry and expanded to include outpatient counseling, research, training and professional development. I received my MS from Columbia University and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New Jersey and New York. I have completed over twenty years of supervised psychotherapy experience. In my practice, I specialize in working with people to gain insight and maximize their potential.
I am skilled in treating anxiety, depression, intimacy and relationship problems, career challenges, substance abuse and LGBTQ issues.
I've been helping people to improve their lives for over thirty years. I began working with young adults in inpatient psychiatry and expanded to include outpatient counseling, research, training and professional development. I received my MS from Columbia University and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New Jersey and New York. I have completed over twenty years of supervised psychotherapy experience. In my practice, I specialize in working with people to gain insight and maximize their potential.
Skills and focus include relationship struggles within couples, families, or work; sexual abuse, LGBT, bereavement, anxiety/depression.
Therapy enables you to live more fully, with increased awareness and self-acceptance. However, it requires that you trust someone to travel with you to difficult places you might otherwise avoid. Whether you are experiencing a difficult life transition, wrestling with a problematic pattern, or wish to have a better relationship with yourself or others, it is important to feel that you are working with someone attuned to your needs and knowledgeable about how to handle them.
Skills and focus include relationship struggles within couples, families, or work; sexual abuse, LGBT, bereavement, anxiety/depression.
Therapy enables you to live more fully, with increased awareness and self-acceptance. However, it requires that you trust someone to travel with you to difficult places you might otherwise avoid. Whether you are experiencing a difficult life transition, wrestling with a problematic pattern, or wish to have a better relationship with yourself or others, it is important to feel that you are working with someone attuned to your needs and knowledgeable about how to handle them.
Alan Chirino
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ACS, CGCS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087
Are you finding it hard to get through life after a loss? Does remembering your loss cause a complete mood shift that lasts for most of your day or keeps you from getting things done? Do you feel like you still need to continue healing after a loss or that you’re having trouble grieving? I help people make sense of their grief, heal the potential traumas and emotional wounds associated with their loss, and aid in transforming and redefining their future.
Are you finding it hard to get through life after a loss? Does remembering your loss cause a complete mood shift that lasts for most of your day or keeps you from getting things done? Do you feel like you still need to continue healing after a loss or that you’re having trouble grieving? I help people make sense of their grief, heal the potential traumas and emotional wounds associated with their loss, and aid in transforming and redefining their future.
Maritza I Bido
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087
Therapy helps! So if you are feeling anxious, depressed or stuck in self-defeating actions that don't allow you to reach your goals, I am committed to work with you in finding those solutions. I am a psychotherapist who has been practicing for over 20 years. My experience has focused on children and adolescents with ADHD, Teen Issues, Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Trauma and Family Struggles.
Therapy helps! So if you are feeling anxious, depressed or stuck in self-defeating actions that don't allow you to reach your goals, I am committed to work with you in finding those solutions. I am a psychotherapist who has been practicing for over 20 years. My experience has focused on children and adolescents with ADHD, Teen Issues, Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Trauma and Family Struggles.
I am a NJ licensed psychologist with over 20 years experience. I work with adults, couples, geriatrics and adolescents. I specialize in Women's Issues and personal problems related to anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions and family of origin problems. I work within a psychodynamic/eclectic framework to resolve personal problems.
I am a NJ licensed psychologist with over 20 years experience. I work with adults, couples, geriatrics and adolescents. I specialize in Women's Issues and personal problems related to anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions and family of origin problems. I work within a psychodynamic/eclectic framework to resolve personal problems.
Talking does help! The main focus of my therapeutic practice has been to encourage people to talk openly about themselves in a comfortable and accepting space. Those who have seriously accepted this invitation have benefited from their self-discoveries, and the subsequent personal adjustments and changes that have come about. Personal growth is not easily achieved or sustained, but it is necessary for nurturing a fulfilled life!
Talking does help! The main focus of my therapeutic practice has been to encourage people to talk openly about themselves in a comfortable and accepting space. Those who have seriously accepted this invitation have benefited from their self-discoveries, and the subsequent personal adjustments and changes that have come about. Personal growth is not easily achieved or sustained, but it is necessary for nurturing a fulfilled life!
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Providing a supportive and compasionate environment, we focus on identifying the underlying factors to your problems/symptoms. We collaboratively establish clear goals and a plan to address the issues, thus leading to a happier, more productive life. I provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults. We will work together to determine if short or longer term treatment is best for you. I am a psychodynamically oriented clinician and also incorporate a Cognitive-Behavioral approach as well.
Providing a supportive and compasionate environment, we focus on identifying the underlying factors to your problems/symptoms. We collaboratively establish clear goals and a plan to address the issues, thus leading to a happier, more productive life. I provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults. We will work together to determine if short or longer term treatment is best for you. I am a psychodynamically oriented clinician and also incorporate a Cognitive-Behavioral approach as well.
Jeffry Gutierrez Lsw
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSW
Verified Verified
Union City, NJ 07087
Relationships are one of the most difficult parts of our lives. The relationships we have with our families, our children, our partners are guided by the elements we were conditioned to believe were effective. Even when they proved otherwise. If you struggle with relationship your youth, loved one, partner, or yourself then I may be the right person for you. Therapists are different individuals with different set of skills. Finding the right one is sometimes the hardest part outside of accepting therapy as a needed service. Because of this, I am part of an extremely strong network that will connect you with the right provider.
Relationships are one of the most difficult parts of our lives. The relationships we have with our families, our children, our partners are guided by the elements we were conditioned to believe were effective. Even when they proved otherwise. If you struggle with relationship your youth, loved one, partner, or yourself then I may be the right person for you. Therapists are different individuals with different set of skills. Finding the right one is sometimes the hardest part outside of accepting therapy as a needed service. Because of this, I am part of an extremely strong network that will connect you with the right provider.
Rebeca Ramirez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, LLC
Verified Verified
Union City, NJ 07087
Therapy should be a collaboration to help you meet your personal goals and cope with whatever challenges you are facing. Everyone has innate strengths and talents that he or she can use (and has used in the past, whether or not he or she is aware of it) to manage and resolve problems. In hearing clients' stories, I am always listening for these natural strengths in order to explore how they can be used to cope with current stressors.
Therapy should be a collaboration to help you meet your personal goals and cope with whatever challenges you are facing. Everyone has innate strengths and talents that he or she can use (and has used in the past, whether or not he or she is aware of it) to manage and resolve problems. In hearing clients' stories, I am always listening for these natural strengths in order to explore how they can be used to cope with current stressors.
I believe that therapy is a partnership! There are times in our lives when we need to get an empathetic, objective, and professional perspective for the many challenges life brings our way. I have been working with people just like yourself, in the process of healing, for over 15 years.
I believe that therapy is a partnership! There are times in our lives when we need to get an empathetic, objective, and professional perspective for the many challenges life brings our way. I have been working with people just like yourself, in the process of healing, for over 15 years.
Marily Reyes Berndt
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Union City, NJ 07087 (Online Only)
Hi, I'm Marily! Feeling lost or stuck can really weigh you down. I’m here to help lighten that load. Therapy is a space where you can be yourself, explore your feelings, and start healing.
Hi, I'm Marily! Feeling lost or stuck can really weigh you down. I’m here to help lighten that load. Therapy is a space where you can be yourself, explore your feelings, and start healing.
Matthew J Rosado
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, RPT™
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087
Parents, managing your child’s intense behavioral and emotional outbursts can be difficult. No matter how supportive you are, you’re often met with defiance or silence. Many kids can’t verbally express why they are misbehaving or understand their intense emotions. It’s as scary for them as it is for you. Through child therapy and family therapy, we help kids manage anxiety, anger, and behavioral issues. Our evidence-based approach to child mental health will improve emotional regulation and strengthen your family’s communication. Our compassionate approach to child mental health can make a significant difference.
Parents, managing your child’s intense behavioral and emotional outbursts can be difficult. No matter how supportive you are, you’re often met with defiance or silence. Many kids can’t verbally express why they are misbehaving or understand their intense emotions. It’s as scary for them as it is for you. Through child therapy and family therapy, we help kids manage anxiety, anger, and behavioral issues. Our evidence-based approach to child mental health will improve emotional regulation and strengthen your family’s communication. Our compassionate approach to child mental health can make a significant difference.
Bridging Pathways Psychotherapy, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, ACS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087 (Online Only)
Navigating through life’s everyday stressors is a daunting task. Emotions can be difficult to manage, and you may feel overwhelmed by personal, familial, and societal expectations. Gathering the necessary tools and techniques to lead a healthy and a successful life are attainable and in your future.
Navigating through life’s everyday stressors is a daunting task. Emotions can be difficult to manage, and you may feel overwhelmed by personal, familial, and societal expectations. Gathering the necessary tools and techniques to lead a healthy and a successful life are attainable and in your future.
You have plans and good intentions, but you’ve lost something important: a sense of perspective, your ability to improvise, your sense of humor, the energy to just get out of bed. The outcomes of difficult transitions and demanding circumstances in our lives are shaped by our gifts, skills, and intelligence as well as our unhealthy behaviors and our personal histories. Compassionate, creative therapists, experienced with a diverse range of clients and issues, can help you work through disappointments and setbacks and move forward with strategies, courage, and optimism. That's what I do, and I love it.
You have plans and good intentions, but you’ve lost something important: a sense of perspective, your ability to improvise, your sense of humor, the energy to just get out of bed. The outcomes of difficult transitions and demanding circumstances in our lives are shaped by our gifts, skills, and intelligence as well as our unhealthy behaviors and our personal histories. Compassionate, creative therapists, experienced with a diverse range of clients and issues, can help you work through disappointments and setbacks and move forward with strategies, courage, and optimism. That's what I do, and I love it.
Christine Concepcion
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Union City, NJ 07087 (Online Only)
Acknowledging that your child may need help outside of you can be difficult. You have already overcome that hurdle. Now let's help you find the perfect fit for you and your family's needs. My therapeutic style is person- centered focusing on meeting your child or teen where they are, and helping them understand themselves better and identify and communicate their feelings.
Acknowledging that your child may need help outside of you can be difficult. You have already overcome that hurdle. Now let's help you find the perfect fit for you and your family's needs. My therapeutic style is person- centered focusing on meeting your child or teen where they are, and helping them understand themselves better and identify and communicate their feelings.
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalization in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.