LGBTQ+ therapists

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, NCC

Yousef Essex is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor listed in Bethesda who serves clients across Maryland and Washington, DC. His specialties are trauma, ADHD and the mental health of men, and he also helps with anxiety, depression, burnout and relationship difficulties. Before becoming a therapist he worked for over a decade in international education and as a federal Foreign Affairs Officer, living and working in places such as Cairo, Beirut and Damascus; his own burnout led him here. He combines Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing and CBT, and uses Gottman and emotionally focused methods with couples. He also offers psychedelic harm reduction and integration support, plus a free 20-minute consultation. Sessions are in person and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW

Matt McQuilkin is a licensed clinical social worker in Washington, DC, practicing in the Barracks Row and Capitol Hill area, with six years in practice. He is also licensed in Maryland and Michigan. He works with adults on anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family concerns, questions of identity and sexuality, life transitions, and substance use or recovery, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and men's issues. His approach is psychodynamic, relational and attachment-based, exploring how earlier experiences and relationships shape the present while moving at the client's own pace. He offers sessions in person in Washington, DC, and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Samantha Levinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Bryn Mawr with 18 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and Florida. She works with toddlers, children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families facing behavioral and emotional challenges. Her main areas are anxiety, ADHD, depression and other mood disorders, OCD, autism and trauma, and she also helps with eating concerns, grief and relationships. Her background spans in-home therapy, outpatient care and group practice. She uses person-centered therapy, CBT, DBT and play therapy, along with an understanding of child development, and she is gender-affirming and experienced with LGBTQ+ clients. She offers phone coaching between sessions and sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and online.

Associate Professional Counselor, LAPC, MA, RYT-200, EOL, Doula

Roni Evans is a licensed associate professional counselor in Doylestown with five years in practice, who is also a registered yoga teacher and an end-of-life doula. They work with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, families and groups on trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, OCD, eating concerns and chronic illness, including death and end-of-life planning. Their approach is trauma-informed, nonjudgmental and transparent, built around each client's strengths rather than a rigid manual, and draws on DBT, Internal Family Systems, exposure and response prevention and humanistic methods. They affirm neurodivergent and LGBTQIA2S+ clients and offer help with self-critical inner voices. Sessions are available in person in Doylestown and by telehealth.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, AS

Shelley Snapp is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Doylestown with 11 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She works with teens and adults who people-please, over-function for others or hold themselves to impossible standards, and who feel anxious, burned out or unheard when they try to set boundaries. She also helps with trauma, grief, self-esteem, relationships, family conflict and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her style is direct yet compassionate, focused on new ways of communicating and setting limits with room for self-compassion. Her practice is trauma-informed, inclusive, gender-affirming and sex-positive, and she draws on attachment-based work, CBT, narrative therapy, family systems and Prolonged Exposure. Sessions are in person and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Megan Matusky is a licensed clinical social worker in Ardmore with licenses in Pennsylvania, Maine and Ohio. Her specialty is helping adults work through trauma at its source, especially people who feel stuck or weighed down by the past even after years of talk therapy. She also works with anxiety, depression, grief, relationships and life transitions, and sees preteens, teens and families. Her work combines EMDR and Internal Family Systems; she is an EMDR consultant-in-training and Level 1 trained in IFS, and she offers EMDR and IFS intensives for those wanting focused work in less time. She earned her MSW at the University of Pennsylvania and a psychology degree from Lafayette College. Sessions are in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Dana Ingersoll is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Boca Raton with 22 years in practice and licenses in Florida, California and Massachusetts. She works with teens, adults and couples who feel their usual ways of coping have stopped working. Her focus areas include anxiety, relationships and couples concerns, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD and addiction, where she often supports a goal of moderate use. Her work looks honestly at what drives a person's habits, how those habits help and hurt, and healthier ways to handle stress, drawing on the Hakomi body-oriented method, Internal Family Systems, CBT and emotionally focused therapy. She offers a free 20-minute video consultation and sessions in person and online.

Psychologist, PhD, PA, ABPP

Dr. Tom Bonner is a licensed psychologist in Miami, holding ABPP board certification in clinical psychology. He trained at Princeton, the University of Miami and the University of Texas, served as 2020 president of the Florida Psychological Association, and was previously training director at Citrus Health Network. He is certified in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and treats borderline and narcissistic personality disorders, as well as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, relationship conflict, underachievement at school or work, autism and ADHD. He sees children, teens, adults and older adults, using psychoanalytic work, CBT, ACT, mindfulness and play therapy. He does not take insurance but can help with reimbursement. Sessions are in person and by video.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

Michael Goldman is a licensed clinical social worker in Miami Beach, licensed in New York and Florida, with more than two decades of experience. He works with adults, couples, older adults and groups on anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, life transitions and addiction recovery, including questions about alcohol or drug use and gambling. With individuals he often addresses stress, self-esteem, stress and balancing work with life, and with couples he focuses on intimacy, conflict and connection. His approach centers on cognitive behavioral therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy and relational work, aimed at finding root causes and practical solutions. He does not take insurance but offers a sliding scale. Sessions are held online.