2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming Counselling in Stratford & Online Across Ontario

Come as you are—fully, safely, and without apology.

At Reclaim & Rise, we know that healing looks different when you’ve had to fight for the right to exist as yourself. Whether you’re exploring your identity, recovering from rejection, or simply looking for a therapist who doesn’t need you to explain the basics—this is a space where you’re already understood.

We offer 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming therapy in Stratford and virtually across Ontario, designed to meet you wherever you are in your journey—with warmth, depth, and real care.

We support people across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, including:

Two-Spirit individuals seeking culturally sensitive and trauma-informed care

  • Trans, nonbinary, agender, and gender-expansive clients

  • Queer and questioning individuals navigating identity exploration

  • Lesbian, gay, bi, and pansexual folks working through relationships, trauma, or mental health

  • Intersex clients seeking gender-affirming and body-affirming therapy

  • Asexual and aromantic individuals unpacking isolation or erasure

  • Survivors of family rejection, religious trauma, or systemic oppression

  • Neurodivergent 2SLGBTQIA+ clients managing multiple layers of identity

No assumptions. No judgment. Just space to breathe and be.

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What therapy might focus on

Our work together could include:

  • Unpacking internalized shame and systemic harm

  • Exploring your gender, sexuality, and personal truth

  • Navigating coming out (or staying in) safely

  • Healing from queerphobia, transmisogyny, or biphobia

  • Addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, or dysphoria

  • Supporting transition planning, identity affirmation, or medical decisions

  • Reclaiming joy, community, and self-worth

  • Processing intersectional identity and cultural dynamics

Whatever you’re holding, we’ll hold it with you—without pressure or expectation.

Why Reclaim & Rise?

Therapists who are committed to inclusive, affirming care
Our team actively cultivates a space of safety, respect, and openness for all identities. While we may not share your lived experience, we approach this work with humility, compassion, and a deep commitment to learning from our clients—not just about them.

A space that’s soft, strong, and safe
Our rooms are cozy, trauma-informed, and never clinical or cold. Our virtual sessions are just as human.

Care that honors every part of you
We hold space for your queerness, your complexity, your culture, your grief, your dreams—all of it.

We don’t just “accept” your identity—we center it
This isn’t an afterthought. Your lived experience shapes how we show up, structure sessions, and build trust.

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You deserve support that doesn’t ask you to shrink.

If you’ve been wondering whether you’ll be accepted, understood, or taken seriously—you will be here.

This is your space to unpack what’s heavy, explore what’s possible, and reconnect with the version of you that’s been buried under fear or survival.

Click “Book Your Free Consultation” below when you’re ready. No pressure. Just a place to start.