“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.”
– The Dalai Lama
Licensed in: New York — New Jersey — Washington, D.C. — Pennsylvania — Rhode Island — Illinois
– The Dalai Lama
My mission is to aid gender and sexually diverse individuals and communities find joy through my psychotherapy, public speaking, writing, and activism…
You should never have to justify your identity to a healthcare provider. I provide culturally competent, compassionate, and affirming psychotherapy where we can safely ask questions to help you make your own conscious decisions about your life. Our sessions are nonjudgmental, client-centered, and targeted at you and your needs. If you are so minded, we can simultaneously investigate issues of existential meaning.
I assist people of all genders and sexualities. Whether you identify as transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, nonbinary, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, kinky, queer, questioning, pansexual, asexual, detransitioner/retransitioner, Dominant, submissive, M/s, a sex worker, monogamous, polyamorous, unicorn, or even cisgender, straight/hetero, or vanilla… our goal together is your happiness.
I am also devoted to education – of other providers, of allies, of organizations – and I share my expertise on gender and sexual diversity through books and other writing, as well as through clinical supervision. I have provided several hundred lectures, workshops, and interviews throughout the United States and in Europe. I also have served on numerous boards and in other advocacy projects; all this to improve the cultural environment in which we live. And I have access to many resources you may need.
We can be defiant against the current physical and legislative assaults on our identities where ‘they’ bully the vulnerable, inciting hate, violence, fear, and despair. If you, like so many, are feeling distressed about the current world… I can provide support and hope.
I believe all our lives provide fascinating opportunities to explore the human experience. I am devoted to the exploration of identity and the relationship between individual and society, the diversity of gender and sexual identity and expression, and the search for existential meaning. And I am a fierce advocate against those who would see us returned to the shadows, the closets, or worse… I am one of many in the movement to better our world.
“It really aids my therapy that you understand my Star Trek references. I feel confident discussing concepts in a shorthand that we both understand… I feel you appreciate who I am.”
“It helped me to listen to the callers [on SiriusXM] and how you responded to them. You are very professional and… you are the right person to work with these individuals! I now understand how these individuals feel and what they go through in life. I am glad there are people like you to help them walk through their difficult journey. Everybody needs to be happy.”
“Great workshop.. Great sense of self... and sense of humor! What an inspiration.”
"This was an excellent presentation. I specifically enjoyed Laura Jacobs. Her presentation style was great. She was knowledgeable and thoughtful. Her case study was excellent and really encouraged therapists to ask more questions about their motivation and how they are dealing with countertransference issues. Would love to see her present again."
"If I'm becoming someone who is starting to like [much less hateful music and is becoming more compassionate], things must be going in the right direction."
“How fucking wonderful that I have you as a therapist. I’m in awe of how grateful I am.”
— Long-Term Therapy Client