A space where you can be fully yourself
Your identity, culture, relationships, and lived experiences are important parts of who you are. Therapy should be a place where you feel respected, understood, and free to explore what matters to you without judgment.
Dr. Sanaei offers culturally responsive and LGBTQ+ affirming psychotherapy for individuals who may be navigating questions of identity, belonging, relationships, family, culture, or simply the challenges of being yourself in a world that does not always make space for difference.
Culturally Responsive Therapy
Dr. Sanaei provides culturally responsive therapy with an approach grounded in curiosity, openness, and respect. Rather than making assumptions about your background, Dr. X takes the time to understand your unique experiences, values, and perspective.
Therapy can provide a space to explore:
- Cultural identity, belonging, and self-understanding
- Immigration, acculturation, and adapting to a new culture
- Family and intergenerational expectations
- Experiences of racism, discrimination, or marginalization
- Navigating different cultural or family values
- Relationships across cultural differences
- Identity, self-worth, and confidence
- The intersection of culture, spirituality, gender, sexuality, and relationships
LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
You deserve a therapeutic relationship where your sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are treated with dignity and respect.
Dr. Sanaei provides LGBTQ+ affirming therapy and welcomes people across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, non-binary, and gender-diverse clients.
Therapy may offer support with:
- Exploring sexual orientation or gender identity
- Coming out and deciding if, when, and how to come out
- Gender transition and gender-affirming journeys
- Family and relationship challenges
- Experiences of rejection, discrimination, or minority stress
- Self-acceptance and confidence
- Dating, intimacy, and relationships
- Navigating identity within cultural, religious, or family contexts
- Anxiety, depression, grief, or other concerns that may intersect with identity