Inclusive online therapy across Ontario
Queer-Affirming Therapy
Take the first step towards the freedom you deserve.
This work can help you
Our queer and trans affirming therapists are experts in helping you understand your identity, accept yourself, improve your relationships, and learn to navigate a cisheteronormative world in a way that feels authentic for you.
- Finally feel like yourself and embrace your identity as a beautiful queer, trans, poly, ace, or 2SLGBTQIA+ person.
- Heal from guilt, shame, internalized homophobia, discrimination, and painful memories that are weighing you down.
- Accept and learn to love who you truly are, reducing feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety in the process.
- Learn to actually understand yourself, developing better coping skills and making decisions that align with who you are.
- Build relationships that are loving, safe, and fulfilling.
- Thrive because of who you really are, not in spite of it.
Do you ever feel…
- You don't remember the last time you felt like you fully belonged.
- It feels like discrimination is lurking around every corner — therapy is hard enough without having to explain your own existence.
- You might be navigating the intersectionality of being queer, neurodivergent, and racialized all at once. It's a LOT.
- 'Am I being judged right now?' is always at the back of your mind.
You deserve a space to show up as you are and truly be understood. Imagine feeling embraced for who you are, without having to explain or earn it — talking to someone who knows the queer experience, who you don't have to educate to understand you.
How we help
When you have a safe space to explore your authentic self, transformation is possible. We'll set healthy boundaries that prioritize your safety and well-being while fostering pride in your identity, and gently wade through the big feelings, messiness, and questioning at your pace. We know firsthand that identity work is a lot, but you will never be too much for us — you are perfectly enough, just as you are.
Why choose Counterspiral
Lived experience meets clinical experience.
We founded an affirming, inclusive, empowering virtual clinic so diverse people can show up authentically and truly belong. Together we build your counterspiral — a toolbox of communication, emotion regulation, and healing that stops emotional spirals in their tracks.
Queer & Trans Affirming
Your identity is understood and celebrated — never something to explain.
Neurodivergence Affirming
Sensory-friendly, flexible care that works with your brain, not against it.
Racially & Culturally Affirming
50%+ BIPOC team, ongoing anti-oppression practice, and cultural humility.
Ready to work with someone who gets it?
Find your best-fit therapist in about 60 seconds, or book a free 20-minute consult.