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Thrive Therapy & Counseling provides high quality mental health therapy to Highly Sensitive People (hsps), LGBTQIA+ folks, and young adults struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, or trauma.

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This blog is written by therapists in midtown Sacramento and focuses on the concerns and struggles of highly sensitive people (HSPs), LGBTQIA+ folks, and adults struggling with depression, anxiety or just trying to figure out what they want for themselves.  There's help and hope through counseling and therapy!

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Coming Out Later in Life: Therapy Support for LGBTQIA+ Identity Exploration in Adulthood

Ivy Griffin

It’s often assumed that figuring out your sexuality or gender identity is something that happens in your teens, maybe your early 20’s. Those are the prime years for exploration, for dating, for discovering yourself as an autonomous being and emerging into the adult world. At the very least, aren’t you supposed to “just know”, even if you don’t tell anyone else? As a therapist who specializes in LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy, I can assure that this is not always the case. Better yet, I can assure you that there’s no such thing as “too late” when it comes to living authentically.

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categories LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy, therapy for trans clients, therapy Sacramento
tags surviving and thriving, coming out, middle aged, later in life, LGBTQ+, therapy Sacramento

Finding a Therapist in Sacramento: How to Avoid the Most Common Dead Ends

Ivy Griffin

Struggling to find a therapist in Sacramento? Learn how to avoid common therapy-shopping dead ends, reduce overwhelm, and find the right therapist fit faster.

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categories mental health, self care, self care Sacramento, self-care, therapy, therapy for depression, therapy for teens, therapy for trans clients, therapy Midtown Sac, therapy midtown Sacrament, therapy Sacramento, tips to find a therapist, Trauma Therapy
tags surviving and thriving, therapy, tips for finding a therapist

3 Ways to Improve Outcomes with Transgender Clients

Ivy Griffin

Transgender lives and experiences are coming more and more into the public domain, and naturally the cultural discourse surrounding gender is becoming increasingly complex! With all of this comes the need and opportunity to be more inclusive and intentional about how we conceptualize and navigate gender, not just with our clients, but also with ourselves! Here are three ways to begin that process as well as improve gender inclusivity and positive therapeutic outcomes with trans clients.

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categories therapy for trans clients
tags surviving and thriving, lgbtq+ ally, transgender clients, trans ally