LGBTQ Family Therapy

LGBTQ Family Therapy Throughout Pennsylvania

Raising LGBTQ Children

You envisioned your child’s future, and it now looks different.

You wonder if you should have known about their queerness.

You worry about your child’s safety in the world today and want to make sure they are as safe and secure in themselves that they can be. 

Your child identifies as gay, queer, trans or maybe isn’t sure yet. Perhaps you suspect that your child is queer but maybe they have not come out yet. You want to be there for them when they open up to you but you're anxious you won’t say the right things. Maybe you want to process your own feelings as you are struggling with the idea of your child officially coming out.

What you know for certain is that you need space to unpack the anxiety and possible guilt that you are experiencing with a therapist who will affirm and support the thoughts and feelings that you are moving through and support you in showing up for your child in the ways they need most. You need space to process the new information about their identity and space to change the lens that you once viewed your child through.

 We are here to help! We have a team of LGBTQ+ and queer affirming therapists who can provide you with a safe space to explore, debunk and normalize your feelings, thoughts and emotions that you, as parents, are experiencing with a child who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.  

Raising Children for Queer Parents

You notice that your child struggles with anxiety. 

You wonder if it’s because they are being raised in a queer family that looks different than most of their peers.  

You’ve heard about some comments at school and some microaggressions and bullying.  

Any way you cut it, your kid comes from a family that is outside the mold of “normal”.  

You love your family and your kid and you want to instill pride in them and yet, you struggle with how to navigate this in such a young person immersed in a school with kids who don’t relate. 

It is normal for children to feel different from their peers as they get older, as they each hit milestones at different times, which is why others’ may not understand that families can look different. And even though you understand logically that all children are different and progress at different rates, emotionally you see your child struggling with their differences. They are coming home with anxiety, feeling isolated and frustrated. You are trying your best to help your child navigate what this means. You are doing what you can to support them but it still doesn't feel like enough. All you know is that you love them and you want to validate them and their experience. 

If you feel like your child needs space to talk about their feelings with a therapist who can understand and validate them, we are here to help! We have a team of LGBTQ+ or queer affirming therapists on our team that can provide your child with space to talk out their emotions and express their thoughts about their struggles. 

To schedule a free consult with one of our team members for our Bryn Mawr office, our Philadelphia office or Online Therapy, click here.