WELCOME to the website of Gaylesta: The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Psychotherapists Association of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.
We provide mental health services including therapist referrals, education, and consultation. Our members offer a wide range of specializations, allowing us to serve as a unique resource both the LGBTQ communities and to other service providers.
Explore our site to find a therapist, learn more about us, or become a valued member.
HOT NEWS
Project: 50 Things Therapists Need to Know About Working with LGBTQ Couples
If you’re a therapist who works with LGBTQ couples, OR you identify as LGBTQ and have gone to couples therapy, please share something about that experience that would help other therapists. We’d like just a few sentences on what you think would be helpful to therapists who are learning how to be LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Submissions Deadline: Jan 31, 2012.
Video Project on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
We're launching a video project to educate other professionals and the public on the problems with treatments that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation — video submissions due February 1st, 2012.
Gaylesta and Marriage Equality
Standing up for your rights in the face of discrimination is always an act of courage. You are not alone. We have each other and we have allies; and rest assured we will prevail. Listed below are steps you can take:
Fighting for Social Justice and Marriage Equality
Our mandate to promote the mental health of our community is not limited to what we provide our clients directly in the therapy room. We understand the impact that prejudice, discrimination and social injustice have on the well-being of our community, individually and collectively.