LGBTQ+ Therapy For Thriving Relationships.
Online trauma therapists serving Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut
Healing That’s Personal And Empowering.
Heal trauma, reconnect with your body, and reclaim your voice
When Past Therapy Just Didn’t Land.
If you’re LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent, you might know the feeling of having to edit yourself in therapy, translating your story into something digestible, toning down your energy, or hiding parts of your identity just to be understood.
It’s exhausting to censor yourself in the very place that’s supposed to be safe. And when the focus shifts to making yourself “fit” instead of being fully seen, therapy stops feeling like healing and starts feeling like work.
Instead of feeling seen, you wonder if therapy is even meant for you.
At Relational Realm, You Will…
Finally Feel Understood
No more shrinking, editing, or over-explaining. Therapy becomes a space where your full self is seen and validated, without judgment.
Come Back to Your Body
Find the pause you’ve been craving. Learn to breathe deeper, rest easier, and reconnect with emotions in ways that feel grounding and safe.
Rebuild Self Trust
Discover what it’s like to trust yourself again, and carry that into your relationships and the world around you.
Reclaim What Was Lost
Joy, creativity, curiosity: these aren’t gone, just buried. Together, we’ll uncover and nurture the parts of you that stress, trauma, or burnout may have dimmed.
Our Approach
Meet Your Therapist
“There are so many therapists out there. Why should I choose Relational Realm?”
I’m Shira,
As a queer, neuro-spicy clinician with chronic pain, I know what it’s like when traditional therapy makes you feel totally unseen. With me, you can show up as your full self, and be met with curiosity, compassion, and clarity. I see you. I’m here to help you.
I specialize in supporting…
LGBTQ+ adults navigating identity, relationships, and healing
Survivors of sexual violence and complex trauma
Clients exploring gender, sexuality, or creative self-expression
People who feel “too much” or “too different” for traditional therapy
Anyone moving through burnout, chronic pain, or emotional overload
Upcoming LGBTQ+ Group Therapy and Workshops
Queer Joy After Sexual Violence
Online | Anywhere in PA
November 12, 2025 - February 11, 2026
Wednesdays 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Free “New Client” Consult
with Shira Required To Join
Life after sexual trauma can feel heavy and lonely. Have you ever felt like no one really gets what it’s like to be queer and a survivor? Like your healing journey is yours alone?
Healing doesn’t have to be lonely. This group is for LGBTQ+ survivors who want to heal in community, learn new tools, and re-connect with joy. You’ll be heard, seen, and supported by people with shared identities.
By joining Queer Joy After Sexual Violence, you’ll experience:
A safe, welcoming space made just for LGBTQ+ survivors
New ways to trust yourself and connect with others
A mix of learning, sharing, creative, and body-based activities
Moments of joy, laughter, and connection (because healing can be fun too!)
Attachment-Based, Relational Therapy Hits Different
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More Than Attachment Styles
Forget the TikTok bite-sized labels. This work goes deeper than anxious/avoidant quizzes. It’s about the patterns wired into your nervous system and how they play out in your relationships.
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A Mirror, Not A Lecture
You won’t get a textbook or a personality diagnosis here. Instead, therapy becomes a mirror, reflecting how you show up in love, friendships, and family. You’ll get real-time insight into the ways you protect yourself, push people away, or cling too hard, so you can finally rewrite the script.
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Change You Can Feel
Lasting change doesn’t come from reading about secure attachment, it comes from experiencing it. In session, you get to try on new ways of relating in real time, in a safe space. That embodied practice is what makes the difference between “knowing” better and actually living differently.
About Relational Realm
Therapy should always feel like a real relationship, not a transactional service.
At Relational Realm, our online trauma therapists care about you—all of you: your past, your present, and your future.
We’re trained in trauma-healing methods, like EMDR and IFS practices, because we recognize that insight alone doesn’t lead to healing—but processing and integration do.
Instead of band-aiding symptoms, our team of clinical experts treats stories, breaks survival strategies, and heals internal wounds so you can find clarity with your future, confidence in your actions, and conclusions for your trauma.
FAQs
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100% yes! But, it does not look like undoing the past. Instead, we reestablish safety in your body and environment, explore and mourn the losses associated, connect with meaningful and rewarding experiences, and reconnect with yourself and others in a safe and supportive way.
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We have a strong No Topic Is Off Limits rule: friendships, family dynamics, breakups, life transitions, romance…you bring it and we’ll dive into it.
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As a concierge therapy service, Relational Realm does not accept insurance because most insurance companies dictate the methods, frequency, and length of your treatment. As trauma therapists, we cannot ethically treat you based on someone else’s assumptions of your needs. Additionally, insurance companies require treatment “justification,” asking therapists to prove that someone is “sick” and is not improving. This goes directly against our mission and values; you are not broken.
We provide Superbills for out of network insurance reimbursement.
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Relational Realm is a registered provider with the Pennsylvania Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP). Through VCAP, survivors of sexual assault (in childhood or adulthood) are eligible for up to $5,000 in funding for therapy services if the crime occurred in adulthood, and $10,000 if the crime occurred in childhood.
Sexual assault victims seeking counseling services related to their abuse are not required to have reported the assault to police or other authorities to be eligible to receive these benefits.
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We meet online via a HIPAA-compliant electronic health & video conferencing platform, JaneApp. Once your account is created, you’re able to log in to maintain appointments and payments and meet with your therapist via secure telehealth video chat.
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All cancellations made sooner than 48 hours before an appointment will not incur a charge. If you cancel your appointment less than 48 hours before it is scheduled, you will be subject to the full charge of the session. Likewise, a “no-show” charge of the full cost of the session will be incurred if you miss a scheduled session with no notice. If you are more than 15 minutes late to your appointment, it is considered a “no show” and you will be responsible for the session fee.
Less coping, more healing.
Talking about it helped (at first), but it didn’t change how you navigate conflict, hold your boundaries, or heal your triggers. It’s time to go deeper so you can truly thrive both alone and within your relationships! Schedule your consultation with our online trauma therapists today.