LGBTQ+ Mental Health Blog

Resources to help you thrive as a LGBTQ+ person.

When Should I Get Therapy For Anxiety?
Jenna Brownfield Jenna Brownfield

When Should I Get Therapy For Anxiety?

You cannot completely avoid stress and anxiety in your life. You can learn to feel more capable of quieting the anxiety and trusting yourself to get through it. Getting therapy can help with this, but how do you know when it’s time to get therapy for anxiety?

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What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy?
Jenna Brownfield Jenna Brownfield

What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy?

It is especially important for LGBTQ+ people to have a trauma-informed therapist. But what does it mean when a therapist says they are trauma-informed?

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How to Overcome Perfectionism and Self-Criticism
Jenna Brownfield Jenna Brownfield

How to Overcome Perfectionism and Self-Criticism

There are some unique ways that perfectionism plagues queer and trans folks compared to cis-het people. Regardless of where your critical self-talk and pressure to achieve comes from, there are daily changes you can make to help overcome the perfectionism.

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Trans joy as resistance: Four types of happiness felt by trans and nonbinary people
Jenna Brownfield Jenna Brownfield

Trans joy as resistance: Four types of happiness felt by trans and nonbinary people

Instead of solely thinking about trans mental health in terms of gender dysphoria, pain, and struggle, we also need to look at gender euphoria, joy, and what it means to thrive in life as a trans person. In a society that attacks trans and nonbinary people for simply existing, experiencing happiness and joy as a trans or nonbinary person can be a way to reclaim power.

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