Therapy for Exploring Sexuality or Coming Out
Trauma Therapy for Women and the LGBTQIA+ Community in Huddersfield and Slaithwaite
Are you questioning your sexuality and feeling weighed down by shame, isolation, or fear of rejection?
Maybe the intensity of thoughts and questions around your sexuality has you feeling tense and generally unsettled.
Or perhaps hiding your sexuality from important people or communities in your life is starting to feel overwhelming.
There might be a particular relationship that has deepened, and you’re beginning to consider what changes you might need to make to support it, but you have growing fears about what this could mean for your future.
You might be on the precipice of coming out to yourself or others, or even exploring whether you’re neurodivergent, and feeling the weight of multiple identity shifts at once, each one bringing up its own layers of shame, uncertainty, or longing.
It may be that this is impacting you in ways that are hard to ignore.
Rumination and intrusive thoughts are making it hard to focus at work.
Declining invitations to social or work events has become your new norm.
You’re feeling distant from others and not engaging with things that used to bring you joy and pleasure.
Exploring Sexuality or Coming Out in Therapy Can Help
It might feel confusing and distant right now, but clarity and comfort in your sexuality are possible. You can emerge from this feeling more secure in your identity, at ease with your level of visibility, and free from the constant tension it’s been causing. And I’m here to support you in getting there.
1. Feel more grounded in your identity, integrating somatic work to understand your sexuality.
We’ll unravel your attractions and desires, and how these interact with what society, community, and family expect of you. We’ll work at releasing the pressure to have all the answers right away and practice sitting with the discomfort of uncertainty. We’ll create space to gently explore the layers of your sexual attraction and identities with curiosity and compassion. Over time, confusion and tension can soften, making room for relief, self-assurance, and a sense of being more at home within yourself.
2. Discover what authentic self-expression looks like for you.
We’ll work to help you navigate your visibility in ways that feel safe, empowering, and authentic. By exploring the specific situations that trigger anxiety, one by one, we can unpack the beliefs and stories that make hiding feel like the only option.
3. Resolve conflicts that emerge from your changed visibility with clarity and compassion.
As you become more open or visible in your identity, tensions may arise with partners, family, friends, or within yourself. We can work through these challenges, helping you respond in ways that protect your well-being while staying true to who you are.
4. Strengthen your relationships.
As you grow more connected to yourself, it becomes easier to foster deeper, more honest connections with others. Working at dissolving shame, you will find yourself more able to show up authentically, set healthy boundaries, and feel truly seen and accepted.
Approaches in Counselling
Somatic
Relational
Person-Centered
Intersectional Feminism
Trauma-Informed
Anti-Oppressive
Sex-Positive
Fat-Positive
