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IHI offers low-fee queer and trans-affirming individual and relationship counseling!

IHI Therapy Center provides expert, affirming care for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as those in non-traditional relationships styles such as consensual non-monogamy and polyamory.

With over five decades of experience in serving LGBTQ+ communities, IHI is New York’s gold standard of queer- and trans-affirming mental healthcare.

We are currently offering low-cost therapy sessions with our Advanced Clinical Interns for the months of October and November. Subsidized fees at

$65 per individual session

$100 per partner(s) relationship session

will be available to those facing financial difficulties or affected by social and economic disparities.

Places are limited so please email us at info@ihitherapy.org to request an appointment.

IHI Therapy Center (The Institute for Human Identity) is an NYC-based non-profit psychotherapy and training center that provides affirming mental health care to promote healing, resilience, and thriving for individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Our vision is a world where everyone — regardless of their gender identity, sexuality, race, age, disability, or immigration status — can find safety and support through affordable mental health care that is respectful of their needs and experiences.

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IHI Executive Director Tara Lombardo, LMHC, featured on InspiraAdvantage.com

Support LGBTQ+ mental health by donating to our Pride Month fundraiser—a direct action to help sustain affirming care in a time of increasing erasure. Every $10 donation enters you into our raffle, with prizes like tote bags, therapy sessions, and queer lit classics. Your support keeps this essential work alive.

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IHI Pride Fundraiser & Raffle

Support LGBTQ+ mental health by donating to our Pride Month fundraiser—a direct action to help sustain affirming care in a time of increasing erasure. Every $10 donation enters you into our raffle, with prizes like tote bags, therapy sessions, and queer lit classics. Your support keeps this essential work alive.

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NYC Health + Hospitals partners with IHI to deliver advanced clinical training in LGBTQ+-affirming psychotherapy 

NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS PARTNERS WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN IDENTITY TO DELIVER ADVANCED TRAINING IN LGBTQ+-AFFIRMING THERAPY

The three-month, comprehensive program strengthens NYC Health + Hospitals mental health providers’ skills in culturally-responsive behavioral healthcare for LGBTQ+ patients

(New York, NY – January 2, 2024) – NYC Health + Hospitals’ Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion has partnered with the Institute for Human Identity (IHI) to develop and deliver the “LGBTQ+ Mental Health Training Project,” an advanced clinical training program for the health system’s mental health professionals aimed at building their clinical knowledge and skills to provide affirming therapy to LGBTQ+ patients. IHI is the nation’s first and longest-running provider of LGBTQ+-affirming psychotherapy.

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IHI Founder Dr. Charles Silverstein, PhD (1935-2023)

Dr. Charles Silverstein (1935-2023)

Charles was a fearless fighter for LGBTQ rights and the mental health needs of our community. We're grateful for his vision, courageousness, tenacity, and lifelong commitment to the lgbtq community; we truly stand on his shoulders. Thank you, Charles.

Tara Lombardo, Executive Director, Institute for Human Identity

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