by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 15, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Welcome to Day 3 of the Authenticity Toolkit week here at Byrnes Counseling Group. So far, we’ve talked about finding the right identity-affirming therapist and how EMDR can help us heal from the unique traumas the world throws at the LGBTQ+ community. Today, we’re...
by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 14, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Welcome to Day 2 of our Authenticity Toolkit week! If you caught yesterday’s post, we talked about why finding a therapist who actually "gets it" is the foundation of everything else. Today, we’re going a layer deeper. We’re moving past just talking about...
by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 13, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Let’s be real for a second: the term “identity-affirming” has been getting tossed around a lot lately. You see it on clinic websites, social media bios, and even on those generic "find a therapist" directories. It’s almost become like the "organic"...
by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 10, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Have you ever been walking through a park and seen a group of young boys just being… well, boys? Maybe they’re covered in dirt, arguing over the rules of a game they just made up, or pushing each other around in that specific way that says, “I like you, but I don’t...
by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 8, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
You know that specific feeling when you walk into a room and you don’t have to explain your existence? It’s like a physical weight lifting off your shoulders. You don’t have to define your pronouns for the tenth time, you don’t have to explain why you’re fidgeting...
by Tristan Byrnes | Apr 6, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
I spent years in the "client" chair before I ever sat in the "therapist" chair. And let me tell you, those years were… interesting. Mostly frustrating, occasionally helpful, but often deeply exhausting. If you’re a member of the LGBTQ+...
