Identity Affirming Therapy for Individuals

Sometimes you just need a space that’s yours. Individual therapy offers one-on-one support focused on you and what you want support for.

It’s time set aside for you alone, with someone whose only job is to understand you and help you move toward what you want. No performing, no managing anyone else’s feelings, no explaining the basics of who you are before you can get to the real thing. Just you and a therapist who’s genuinely in your corner.

What that looks like is up to you. Some people come in with something specific they want to work through. Others come because something feels off and they want help naming it. You might work on patterns you’re tired of repeating, feelings that have gotten too big to carry alone, a hard season you’re moving through, or simply the ongoing work of understanding yourself and living the way you want to. All of it belongs here.

Our team can help individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, stress, burnout, ADHD, autism, identity, medical stress, and more.

Sometimes you need a place where your nervous system can feel safe enough to settle down. That’s one reason our sensory room is also available to adults.

Just in case you’re uncertain, we want to remind you of this: you are worthy just as you are, and you deserve safety, validation, and support.

You may choose therapy with us because…

  • You’re tired of code-switching with your therapist or doing all the explaining.
  • You’ve been outed, misgendered, or pathologized before and won’t risk it again.
  • You have a body that’s different, disabled, or larger, and though you know that’s fine, you’ve had invalidating, unsafe experiences with therapists.
  • You’re a Black, Indigenous, or POC client wanting a therapist who already understands what racism does to a nervous system.
  • You’re neurodivergent and want a therapist who doesn’t treat your wiring as a problem to fix.
  • You’re exploring or navigating gender and want a clinician trained for this, who may have lived it too.
  • You’re lesbian, bisexual, non-binary, intersex, asexual, aromantic, queer, agender, transgender, questioning, or any combination of these, and you want someone who gets it without making it weird.
  • You practice consensual non-monogamy, are poly, or are in another non-traditional relationship, and want it taken seriously.
  • You are a womxn who wants a therapist who can discuss gender and feminism.
  • You have, or had, complicated relationships with family or faith who don’t see your identity as valid.
  • You’re navigating anxiety, depression, or trauma and want a therapist who can hold it without flinching.
  • You want to attend therapy in a building that is inclusive and intentional about providing a safe space.
  • You’re hurting from long-term autistic trauma, and you want the hurt to hurt less.
  • You’re an LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, or neurodivergent ally and want therapy where your allyship is valued.

Insurance and fees

We work hard to make therapy as accessible as possible. We accept several insurance plans, including several Medicaid plans, and offer a grant to cover therapy as well.

Insurance and Fees

Meet your future therapist

Research shows the single biggest predictor of whether therapy helps is the therapeutic relationship between the two of you. When you trust your therapist, feel safe with them, and agree on what you’re working toward together, therapy works better. Feeling heard, safe, and understood, including in your identity and culture, is what makes the hard work of therapy possible. We do our best to find you a great match, and your input matters.

Our team brings different specialties, styles, and lived experiences. Browse our team and use the filters to find your match.

Where we offer therapy

We offer in-person therapy in Lansing, MI, at our office inside Wild Ferns Wellness Center. Our office is located on the Lansing/East Lansing line and just minutes from MSU. There is a CATA bus stop a half block away from us. Our office is wheelchair accessible, and there is an elevator.

Prefer to meet from home? We offer online therapy across Michigan, so you can work with an identity-affirming therapist wherever you are in the state.

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