by Aubrey Holden | Jul 6, 2023 | LGBTQ
No matter if you’re 100% sure of your gender identity or still exploring it, having a safe space to process thoughts about your gender identity with an affirming mental health professional is very helpful. This blog will mainly be geared towards what gender affirming...
by Aubrey Holden | Apr 17, 2023 | LGBTQ, Mental Health
All across America, we are seeing state legislatures attack the LGBTQIA+ community. According to the ACLU, at least 417 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the United States this year. That’s more than double the amount introduced in...
by Aubrey Holden | Feb 27, 2023 | LGBTQ
In Tennessee, transgender and non-binary people are under attack by the supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly. Unfortunately, they have passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA+ youth under the age of 18. As a psychotherapist, I am deeply...
by Staff | Nov 27, 2019 | LGBTQ
The phrase “traditional family” no longer means one mom, one dad and two-point-five kids. Today’s families are diverse, with many lesbians and gay men forming a family unit through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination and other...
by Staff | Aug 7, 2019 | LGBTQ
Most of us had a childhood filled with both subtle and overt lessons of how people and things “should” be. Our family, culture, and society expect us to fit into a certain mold and behave a certain way. Because of the type of upbringing that many people experience, it...
by Staff | Jun 26, 2019 | LGBTQ
The study of sexual orientation has been quite a controversial area of psychology, and one that continues to raise numerous questions: What makes a person identify as gay, and what percent of the population currently identify as such? Is sexual orientation determined...