LGBTQI+ Affirmative and Centered Therapy in San Diego and online in California and Minnesota
Waves Psych is a practice of queer- and trans-centered psychologists in Bankers Hill, San Diego. We see clients in person in San Diego and online across California and Minnesota. Our psychologists are more than LGBTQIQAP-affirming. We center lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, questioning, asexual and agender, and pansexual lives in everything we do.
You can be yourself here
You don't have to explain your identity, defend it, or prove it. We won't judge who you are or who you love. We use the names and pronouns you ask us to use, and we follow your lead about the words that fit you.
Therapy at Waves is a place where all of you is welcome: your gender, your sexuality, your sexual orientation, your relationship(s), your culture(s), and your religion, and/ or spirituality or lack thereof.
We are asexual and agender affirming. We honor those in polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships and those who are monogamously-oriented or who don’t want to be in any sort of romantic or sexual relationship at all. We are also kink-knowledgeable professionals.
In-person and Online Therapy Options
Our office is conveniently located in San Diego, California. Can’t make it to the office? No worries! We’ve got you covered with online therapy in California and Minnesota.
How we can help
Every person who comes to Waves gets individualized weekly therapy, shaped around your goals. Our specialties include:
Transgender and gender-affirming therapy: Support for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people, including providing WPATH-informed letters for gender-affirming medical care.
EMDR therapy for trauma: Heal from trauma, homophobia, transphobia, and family rejection with an evidence-based approach.
Jewish-affirming therapy: A space for LGBTQI+ Jews and Jewish professionals to bring their whole selves.
Grief and loss therapy: Support for loss of all kinds, such as miscarriages, Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons, Abortion, death of a paramour, including grief that others may not see or understand.
Couples and chosen relationships and family therapy: Help for partners and chosen families to communicate, reconnect, or have a healthy ending to their partnerships.
Polyamory and kink-affirming therapy: Judgment-free care for non-monogamous and kinky clients.
ADHDer: Neurodivergent-affirming help to heal from the pain of having been told you’re lazy, inconsistent, or not working hard enough even when you are trying your best. Practical, affirming support for queer, lesbian, bisexual, gay, asexual and agender, trans, intersex, two-spirit plus queer and trans people with ADHD. Autistic and ADHDer-affirming therapy. Available to work as a team with your coach to support you.
Therapy for college students: Support for students navigating school, identity, interdependence, and independence.
Deaf cultural and language-affirming therapy: Therapy in ASL for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, CODA, and interpreter communities.
Parent support: Support for LGBTQI+ parents and caregivers, and for parents and caregivers of LGBTQI+ kids and teens.
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy: Trauma-informed mindful body movements to help you connect with your body, whether it is to reconnect or to connect with yourself for the first time. Couples and Relationship therapy to enhance your relationship(s).
Sex worker-affirming therapy: Supportive therapy for adults who provide online or in person services including erotic dancers, pro-dommes, and surrogates.
In Person in Bankers Hill, San Diego or online in California & Minnesota
Our office is in Bankers Hill, San Diego. If you can't make it to the office, or you prefer to meet from home, we offer secure online therapy for clients who live in California and Minnesota. Because of licensing laws, we can only see clients who are located in a state where we are licensed at the time of the session.
Meet Our Clinicians
(They/them and sometimes, she/her) is the founder of Waves Psych and has been in practice for more than ten years. They offers trauma- knowledgeable, neurospicy-affirmative, LGBTQI+-centered talk therapy, EMDR, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. Dr. Abi is a WPATH GEI SOC8 Certified Member, has training in working with perinatal and postpartum mood disorders and grief, teaches continuing education for other mental health therapists, and speaks on trans-affirming care and antisemitism, including a recent talk at APA. They is licensed in California and Minnesota.
(She) is a psychologist who offers affirming therapy in English and American Sign Language. She works with nerdy folks, Deaf, hard of hearing, CODA, and interpreter communities, and with college and university students.
Dr. Camilla is also an expert in grief care and our go-to clinician for working with people in mixed neurotype relationships.
She is licensed in California.
Schedule your first appointment
Reaching out is a big step, and you don't have to have everything figured out. Book a free 15-minute consultation, and we'll take it from there, together.
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