Lucas Ortiz

About

Imagine a first session that feels less like an evaluation and more like setting down a heavy bag. You talk, I ask the occasional question, and by the end we both understand a little more about what you have been carrying. I keep my caseload intentionally small, because the adults I see, most of them living permanently on edge, deserve a therapist with room to think about them carefully. As a gay man, I am committed to being a dependable presence for gender diverse clients in a world that keeps asking them to justify themselves. I try to offer the kind of quiet backing many of my clients never received from the men in their lives. My encouragement is not loud, but it is constant. Small steps count here, and so do the weeks when showing up was the whole achievement. Whenever you are ready for that first unhurried hour, I will be here.