Serenity Behavioral Health Services

  Our agency is a proud ally of the transgender community - but our nation has a long way to go in understanding and accepting this beautiful community. So far, 2021 marks the deadliest year on record for our transgender friends and family members. Trans Awareness Week sees organizations and allies bring visibility and support to transgender people and an awareness of issues the community faces. Even though we celebrate transgendered people this week, they need for all of us to be allies every day of the year. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) offers these tips for allies of Transgender People: You can’t tell if someone is transgender just by looking.
Don’t make assumptions about a transgender person’s sexual orientation. If you don’t know what pronouns to use, listen first. Don’t ask a transgender person what their ‘real name’ is. Understand the difference between ‘coming out’ as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and ‘coming out’ as transgender. Be careful about conf...

  “We are all on a spectrum, whether you are gay, bi, straight - whether you are pan-sexual, demi-sexual, it doesn’t matter. To me, what matters is that you are happy and that you are satisfied in who and what you want to be.” - Scott Fralick I work with a lot of different clients and specialize in seeing clients from the LGBTQ+ community. I have some clients that are poly, some that are open, some that are questioning. I try to help everyone. I probably offer more self-disclosure than most therapists, I talk about my husband, I talk about polyamory, I talk about open relationships, and I am comfortable with that. Because I treat everyone like I would like to be treated, clients find it easy to have a rapport with me. I am always genuine and authentic and I provide a safe place for difficult discussions about sexuality, relationships, anxiety, grief, trauma, and identity role confusion. I also have experience working with couples on relationship issues and working with families to...

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline that provides trans peer support for trans people in crisis, for the trans community, by the trans community. Their principles include Peer Support, Community/Not Cops, Harm Reduction, Confidentiality and Anonymity, Equity Not Equality, Autonomy and Self Determination. They have over 600 trained operators to take your call. If you are in crisis or are questioning or just need someone to talk to, please call.