Pride Counseling - LGBTQ+

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About this app

Built around acceptance and accessibility, Pride Counseling is the online therapy platform for the LGBTQ+ community. We’re changing the way people get help.

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PRIDE COUNSELING – FEATURES
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Get help with common and uncommon gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning issues
Live chat or video call with your specialist, all online
Judgement free therapy for all genders and sexualities
Schedule meetings with your therapist at a time that works best for you
Talk to someone who understands you whether you’re heterosexual, gay, lesbian, pansexual, bi sexual, transexual, asexual, intersex or transgender
Talk only with licensed professionals - all of our therapists have a Master’s degree at the minimum

THERAPY, PERSONALIZED FOR YOU
Facing obstacles alone can be daunting. Support and guidance from a professional therapist has been shown to make big changes. Whether you are struggling with mental health issues, your identity, or just need someone to talk to, we want to make help accessible. We created Pride Counseling so that anyone can have convenient, discreet, and affordable access to professional help.

WHO ARE THE THERAPISTS?
Our therapists are licensed, trained, experienced, and accredited psychologists (PhD/PsyD), marriage and family therapists (MFT), clinical social workers (LCSW), licensed professional counselors (LPC), or similar credentials. All of them have a Master’s Degree or a Doctorate Degree in their field and specialize in LGBTQ+ issues. They have been qualified and certified by their state professional board after successfully completing the necessary education, exams, training and practice. They all possess at least 3 years and 2,000 hours of hands-on experience. In addition to this, all our therapists specialize in LGBTQ+ specific issues.

Ratings and reviews

The service is excellent, and much needed for a marginalized community with sometimes poor access to mental health care. In many ways I found this service more convenient and accessible than traditional approaches. I think the app needs some fine tuning -- particularly the live chat, which works very unintuitively, and so slowly that it defeats the purpose of using text. It's still a very impressive service and app, which I hope gets the chance to grow and improve.

I got matched right away with an awesome therapist. She responds quickly and really helpped me get to a better place. If you're worried about the cost, you can apply for a discount during the sign up process. It is nice to be able to text my therapist right away when something happens & then get into mote details during the live sessions. Live sessions can be over text, phone or facetime and usually function pretty well. (with a few bugs on the computer) Overall, its an investment in yourself.

Super easy to use and the therapist I got through my app is amazing. I asked for someone who was in the trans community and that's exactly what I got. It was really nice to have an easy way to communicate those things and not feel pressure about being with a specific therapist.