Gender Identity Therapy in San Francisco

Free 15-Minute Consultation

About the Therapist

Christina Wade, LCSW

Christina Wade, LCSW, brings nearly two decades of experience in helping individuals navigate identity, trauma, and emotional well-being. As a queer BIPOC clinician, she offers deeply affirming, trauma-informed care with a special focus on gender identity. Christina creates a space where clients can explore their truth without pressure or assumptions. Her approach blends evidence-based therapies like ACT, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and somatic work, always centering your lived experience. With calm presence and genuine empathy, she supports people in reconnecting with who they are—at their pace, in their way, and on their terms.

Begin Your Journey with Affirming Gender Therapy in San Francisco

If you’ve landed here, know that you’re in the right place. Exploring or affirming your gender identity can feel both empowering and overwhelming—and you don’t have to carry that weight on your own. Christina offers gender identity therapy in San Francisco, San Mateo, and across California (virtual only), supporting transgender, non-binary, questioning, and gender-diverse adults in a safe, inclusive space.

Together, you and Christina can work toward clarity, self-acceptance, and relief from dysphoria, while building strategies to navigate transitions, relationships, and daily life. As an affirming therapist in the Bay Area, Christina’s role isn’t to push or prescribe, but to walk alongside clients with compassion and care. In this space, you’ll learn what gender identity therapy is, what sessions might look like, and how you can begin.

What Is Gender Identity Therapy and How Can It Help You?

For Christina, gender identity therapy is not about “fixing” who you are—it’s about creating space for you to unfold into your fullest self. Therapy becomes a place to explore, question, and affirm your gender identity in ways that feel grounding and empowering.

Many of the people who work with Christina come in carrying dysphoria, confusion, or pressure from family, work, or society. Others are navigating a transition or simply want a place where they don’t have to explain or defend their identity.

Some of the most common reasons people seek gender identity support include:

Working through feelings of gender dysphoria
Exploring identity with curiosity and safety
Navigating coming out to loved ones or coworkers
Finding tools to manage anxiety, shame, or overwhelm
Seeking therapy for transgender adults to support transition steps

With gender exploration counseling, Christina offers a space where your voice is honored, your truth is welcome, and your next steps can unfold at your pace.

Who Can Benefit from Gender-Affirming Therapy in San Francisco?

Gender-affirming therapy can make a meaningful difference for anyone across the gender spectrum. Christina works with:

Adults questioning their gender who want clarity and a supportive space to explore.
Transgender individuals navigating transition, whether social, medical, or both.
Non-binary adults experiencing the weight of societal or family pressure to conform.
Anyone facing dysphoria, isolation, or anxiety related to identity.

If you’ve ever felt fear, shame, or uncertainty about your gender, please know you’re not alone. These feelings don’t define your future. With Christina, you’ll find an LGBTQ+ therapist who understands and honors your unique journey.

What You Can Expect from Gender Therapy Sessions with Christina

Beginning therapy can feel vulnerable, but knowing what to expect can help ease that first step. The first session with Christina is an intake: time for you to share your story, explore what’s been weighing on you, and set goals for your work together. Sessions are 50 minutes, held weekly or bi-weekly, and are entirely virtual so you can access support from the San Francisco Bay Area or anywhere in California.

As a trans-friendly therapist, Christina brings warmth, affirmation, and a trauma-informed lens. Sessions might include reflective conversations, mindfulness practices, and identity-focused tools. Over time, progress may look like relief from dysphoria, a deeper sense of self-acceptance, and growing confidence in navigating life and relationships.

Some of the topics often explored in therapy sessions for gender identity include:

Christina hopes this work together feels like both a grounding anchor and a place of possibility. Healing is possible here—and growth is something to be celebrated.

Christina’s Approach for Gender Empowerment

Christina’s approach to therapy is rooted in affirmation, curiosity, and empowerment. She believes therapy should be a space where clients feel deeply respected and fully seen.

Using gender therapy techniques and a trauma-informed perspective, Christina helps clients build resilience, self-compassion, and confidence. With identity exploration therapy, clients connect with their truth, process challenges, and move toward a life that feels aligned and authentic

Here’s what Christina’s process often looks like:

Every step of this gender empowerment therapy is client-led—Christina walks alongside, never ahead.

Why Christina Does This Work

Christina’s commitment to gender-affirming therapy is both personal and professional. As a lesbian and queer therapist, she has lived within LGBTQ+ communities for many years, witnessing and sharing in the stories of courage, resilience, and joy that come with claiming one’s identity. She also understands the pain—how exhausting it can feel to constantly educate others, how deeply misgendering can wound, and how heavy it is to carry dysphoria or shame in silence.

Because of these experiences, Christina believes no one should have to navigate their gender journey alone. Her passion is to create a space where transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse adults feel not only safe, but genuinely seen and understood. For Christina, this work is more than therapy—it’s about restoring wholeness, dignity, and belonging.

Why San Francisco Clients Trust Christina with Their Gender Journey

San Francisco is a city known for its diversity and progressive spirit. Still, many gender-diverse adults struggle to find therapy that feels genuinely affirming and culturally competent. That’s where Christina comes in.

As a gender therapist in San Francisco, Christina brings not only professional experience but also a deep commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ communities. Clients often share that they value her respect, confidentiality, and unwavering dedication to their safety.

You deserve a trusted LGBTQ therapist who meets you where you are, without judgment. In Christina’s practice, inclusive therapy in San Francisco means your whole self is welcome—exactly as you are today.

Ready to Explore Your Gender Identity with Christina?

If you’re here reading this, maybe part of you is already ready. Ready to feel more at ease in your body. Ready to live into your truth. Ready to stop carrying the weight of navigating this alone.

Christina wants you to know: you are safe here. You are welcome here. And you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.

If you feel called to take the next step, Christina would be honored to connect with you. Schedule a consultation today, and begin your journey toward clarity, empowerment, and peace.

Your story matters. Your identity matters. And healing is possible here.

About the Therapist

Christina Wade, LCSW

Christina Wade, LCSW, is a licensed therapist specializing in addiction, substance use, and trauma-informed care for adults across California. With a compassionate, non-judgmental approach, she helps clients explore their relationship with substances through a lens of curiosity, not shame.

Christina integrates evidence-based methods like MI, ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and somatic therapy to support meaningful, lasting change. She is deeply experienced in working with LGBTQ+ individuals and those navigating major life transitions, identity stress, and emotional overwhelm.

Through virtual sessions, Christina creates a safe, collaborative space for healing—whether clients seek moderation, sobriety, or simply clarity around their substance use.

Gender Identity Therapy in San Francisco

Free 15-Minute Consultation

About the Therapist

Christina Wade, LCSW

What Is Gender Identity Therapy and How Can It Help You?

Who Can Benefit from Gender-Affirming Therapy in San Francisco?

What You Can Expect from Gender Therapy Sessions with Christina

Christina’s Approach for Gender Empowerment

Why Christina Does This Work

Why San Francisco Clients Trust Christina with Their Gender Journey

Ready to Explore Your Gender Identity with Christina?

About the Therapist

Christina Wade, LCSW

Free 15-Minute Consultation

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