GLOW Counseling
Moshe Rozdzial, LPC
Denver, Colorado
Gays & Lesbians Out and Well
Psychotherapy for emotional, sexual, spiritual, and mental health
Moshe Rozdzial, LPC
Denver, Colorado
Gays & Lesbians Out and Well
Psychotherapy for emotional, sexual, spiritual, and mental health
Depression in the Gay Community
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GLOW (Gays and Lesbians Out and Well) is psychotherapy and counseling with
a gay-affirming focus for the Denver, Colorado, LGBT community.
Denver, Colorado:
Example of work with depression in my Denver, Colorado, gay counseling and
psychotherapy practice:
Click here for more on LGBT centered therapy in my Denver, Colorado Gay psychotherapy practice.
Click here for more on substance abuse, alcoholism, and sex addiction in the LGBT community.
Click here for more on bisexuality counseling in my Denver, Colorado GLBT mental health practice.
Click here for more on GLBT domestic abuse and violence in my Denver Gay therapy practice.
Click here for FAQs about Coming Out in my Denver, Colorado Gay mental health practice.
Click here for an article on Gay Parenting.
Click here for more on gender nonconformity in my Denver psychotherapy practice.
Click here for more on grief counseling in my Denver Gay counseling practice.
a gay-affirming focus for the Denver, Colorado, LGBT community.
Denver, Colorado:
- By definition, depression is anger directed at one's self. I see individuals and
couples struggling with internal anger and stuckness. Research has shown that
Gay men and Lesbians may have higher rates of depression when compared with
the general population. Homophobia may be part of the reason. GLBT folk
struggle with both internalized homophobia (directed against oneself) as well as
the homophobia many gay people encounter at school, work, home, and in society
at large. Gay teenagers and young adults are also more vulnerable to becoming
depressed, possibly due to the stresses associated with "coming out". Other
variables that may increase the sense of sadness or hopelessness may include:
- Sense of self as worthless or destined to loneliness.
- Lack of social connectedness or family support.
- Dealing with legal, religious, or employment discrimination.
- Lack of role models or relational templates.
- Lack of opportunities to socialize with other gays/lesbians.
- Sexuality and HIV-related issues.
Example of work with depression in my Denver, Colorado, gay counseling and
psychotherapy practice:
- I am working now with a young gay man who has a kind of depression that comes from
internalized oppression. Living in a world where one feels ostracized and unaccepted
translates into self non-acceptance and unworthiness.
Helping a client in this situation requires showing him how he has internalized social and
cultural messages, causing him to turn against himself.
Demonstrating how to separate that message from his self-concept allows him to become
more accepting of himself. Recovery can only come when one is able to differentiate the self-
concept from how others define him or her.
Click here for more on LGBT centered therapy in my Denver, Colorado Gay psychotherapy practice.
Click here for more on substance abuse, alcoholism, and sex addiction in the LGBT community.
Click here for more on bisexuality counseling in my Denver, Colorado GLBT mental health practice.
Click here for more on GLBT domestic abuse and violence in my Denver Gay therapy practice.
Click here for FAQs about Coming Out in my Denver, Colorado Gay mental health practice.
Click here for an article on Gay Parenting.
Click here for more on gender nonconformity in my Denver psychotherapy practice.
Click here for more on grief counseling in my Denver Gay counseling practice.
 | CALL NOW! For a free, confidential, phone consultation: 303-399-2314. | |
| Located at 3500 E. 17th Ave., #3, Denver, Colorado, 80206--info@glowcounseling.com | |
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