LGBTQ+ Affirming
Therapy for Teens and Youth
Sacramento and online in California
Andy Price, LMFT provides gender-affirming therapy for LGBTQ+ youth and teens in Sacramento and across California, providing support with navigating identity, coming out, the expectations of others, peer conflict, self-confidence, and school stress.
Andy Price, LMFT is a queer and non-binary therapist, allowing your teen to work with a therapist who understand their experiences.
When supporting an LGBTQ+ teen in this current era, you may be wondering:
How will family, friends, or school respond if my child comes out or transitions?
How can my child feel safe and grounded when the world feels so unpredictable?
You may be looking for support to help your child:
Explore and make sense of their identity
Learn how to express their needs and their sense of self, and feel safe
Feel more confident in school or
Navigate friends, school, and life in an aligned, authentic way now that they’ve embraced their identity
Looking for a welcoming environment and trusting person to make your child sense of their identity and your experiences
LGBTQ+ affirming therapy helps queer and transgender teens and youth build a life that feels authentic, affirmed, and empowered. Andy Price, LMFT provides a welcoming environment and trusted person to help your child make sense of their identity and experiences
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I practice from a gender affirming model, based on evidence-based best practices, including current guidelines from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). This means I validate your identity exactly as you understand it, honoring your self-described identity, name, and pronouns. My role is not to tell you or your teen what their identity is. Rather, I’ll provide space to help empower your child to determine how they understand their identity and what transition-related decisions feel best for them.
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LGBTQ+ teens often spend meaning years of their life being told who they should be and how they should act. Narrative therapy helps teens notice the stories they've been telling themselves about who they are, figure out whether those stories still fit, and start rewriting their story into one that actually feels like them.
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Experiential therapy helps teens create new emotional experiences. Instead of just talking through what happened and overthinking it, teens are guided to explore what's actually going on for them emotionally — sometimes through conversation, and sometimes through art, games, or other hands-on activities that make it easier to connect with what they're feeling. Over time, they get support in expressing the feelings they've been holding inside — learning to express their feelings instead of pushing them down.
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I’ll support your teen in building skills to express their feelings and needs, managing difficult moments, and make decisions that support their well-being.
Approach to LGBTQ Affirming Teen Therapy
LGBTQ+ affirming therapy can help address
Healing from discrimination and stigma
Responding to bullying
Navigating school environments
Family conflict or dysfunction
Coming out (and letting in)
LGBTQIA+ identity-based trauma
Shame, grief, and loss
Building community and healthy relationships
Navigating medical and social transition
Therapy for Teens and Youth with Andy Price, LMFT
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Building Queer Joy and Empowerment
Queer and trans people deserve so much more than to be told that they’re resilient and brave. In therapy, we’ll do more than just help your child cope. We’ll help them find empowerment and joy.
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Talking About the Hard Stuff
Navigating life as an LGBTQ+ teen can bring up a lot of feelings that can be hard to cope with as a teen. Therapy can help your teen learn ways to cope with hard feelings and how to express their feelings. Therapy also gives a space to talk about the “hard stuff” with someone trained to have those conversations.
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Getting Started
When working with teens, I require an initial consultation with the child’s parents or caregivers. This helps to determine if my practice is the right fit and level of care for your child.
FAQs
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LGBTQ+ affirming therapy for teens helps support queer and trans teens in exploring their identity and building confidence. The therapist affirms the teen's identity (based on how the teen understands their identity) rather than questioning their identity and telling them how they should identify. LGBTQ+ affirming therapy for teens also helps them build coping skills for the specific challenges LGBTQ+ teens face.
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Andy Price, LMFT provides in person sessions in Midtown Sacramento and online throughout California.
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This practice may not be the best fit if your child is currently experiencing an acute mental health crisis or needs intensive structure and stabilization. Please see my Resources page for a list of support that can better serve your current needs.
I work best with teens who want to be in therapy, and my practice may not be the right fit if your teen does not want to be in therapy.
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When working with teens, I require an initial consultation with the child’s parents or caregivers. This helps to determine if my practice is the right fit and level of care for your child. You can book a consultation here. If you have questions, feel free to email me at andy@andypricetherapy.com
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Not every LGBTQ+ teen needs therapy, but many benefit from having a neutral, affirming space to process their identity, family dynamics, or experiences with bullying and discrimination. Therapy can be useful for building confidence, communication skills, and emotional expression.
Hi, I’m Andy (they/them)
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am passionate about helping people build authentic, connected, and affirming relationships—with themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.
I specialize in working with queer and trans clients, supporting them as they navigate challenges of identity, family conflict, relationships, political stressors, and life’s tough moments.
I have years of experience providing gender-affirming care. I also actively engage in research about queer and trans well-being, which means I am up to date on current best practices for supporting queer and trans youth and teens.