Queer Intimacy Processing Group
Our Queer Intimacy Processing Group is for members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have questions about dating, sex, and relationships.
This could include those who are in relationships but have questions about whether it is healthy, safe, or nourishing for them. This could also include people who are dating - or looking to date for the first time.
All LGBTQIA+ folks navigating intimacy are welcome to join us.
Group goals will be defined by members but group topics may include: dating, relationships, sex, sexuality, identity, attachment, and codependence.
Cost: $20/session
The date and time for this online group will be announced soon!
Meet Your Therapist
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She/Her
Rachael’s goal is to foster a therapeutic environment that is supportive, warm, and judgment-free. She aims to help people feel comfortable as their authentic selves and to create a space to process what is going on in their world. Her hope is to learn more about her clients’ emotions, beliefs, and behaviors to bolster long-term healing in the ways they’re looking for.
Rachael has experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, PTSD, self-esteem, dating, and relationships. She is passionate about supporting people through gender, sexuality, relationship, and identity questions, with a specific interest in the LGBTQIA+ community. She is also passionate about supporting survivors of trauma. Rachael uses an individualized approach, incorporating relational, psychodynamic, and solutions-oriented behavioral therapies. She is committed to centering anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices in her interventions and work.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of challenges may show up in queer intimacy?
Intimacy brings us to uncharted places. We may regress and find younger “parts” of ourselves showing up to run the show. We may get lost in limerence, or alternatively, want to avoid being truly seen by another. No matter the form it takes, intimacy places a mirror in front of us and shows where we have room to grow.
Partnering, dating, and loving as a queer person can be particularly vulnerable. Due to the lack of care for our community at large, when placing our trust in another’s hands, things often feel especially tender.
Additionally, queer dating can feel siloed in community circles. (Ever feel like you’ve met every potential match in a 5 mile radius?) Plus, a recent flourishing of non-monogamous dating approaches, particularly vibrant in queer spaces, has further nuanced conversations around intimacy, boundaries, and loving.
Our group is here to walk with you through it all.
What if I am LGBTQ+, but in a straight or straight presenting relationship — can I still join this group?
Yes.
Queer folks in straight or straight presenting relationships are still queer. We are here to affirm the validity of your identity no matter what your relationship(s) structures currently look like. In fact, you may have a particular need for affirmation if you are experiencing bi-erasure, or struggling to identify with fellow community members.
Why is processing queer intimacy in a group helpful?
While may of us have become fans with rising media like Couples Therapy or Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel, it’s far too uncommon that we get to see the inner workings of other’s relationships in our real, day to day lives.
Interpersonal conflicts, struggles with intimacy, and relational patterns are often kept behind closed doors. While it’s important to honor the privacy of intimate dynamics, we can find more ways to work through challenges when we do it together.
Joining our Queer Intimacy Processing Group will give you the chance to have sounding boards, positive examples, and direct therapeutic support in service of your relationship with intimacy.