BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy

You deserve a therapist who understands you.

No explaining. No code-switching. No heteronormativity. Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective is a bold collective of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ therapists offering affirming, culturally grounded care — online across California, Oregon, Washington, and New York.

Therapy that honors & includes every part of you.

At Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective, we believe the therapeutic relationship is most powerful when you don’t have to translate yourself and can enter a space where you are already understood. Our clinicians are BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ identified — bringing lived experience alongside expert clinical training.

We provide queer and affirming therapy that incorporates your identities, culture, and values directly into the healing space. Whether you’re navigating trauma, relationships, gender, or simply trying to feel more like yourself — we meet you exactly where you are.

  • No need to explain LGBTQ+ lived experiences to your therapist
  • Culturally informed, anti-racist therapeutic approach
  • Trauma-informed care across all service areas
  • Accessible online sessions from home — no commute required

What We Treat

Affirming mental health care across all of life’s challenges

Expert, identity-affirming therapy for the full spectrum of mental health and relationship needs.

Why Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective?

Different from day one.

There’s a reason clients say therapy here feels unlike anywhere they’ve been before.

01

Genuine Connection and Lived Experience, Not Just Allyship

Our therapists are BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ identifying. We don’t just support your community — we’re part of it. That lived experience changes everything about the therapeutic relationship.

02

No Code-Switching Required

Bring your full self. You won’t spend valuable session time explaining your identities, language, culture, or relationships. We already understand — and we build from there.

03

Expert Training + Real Experience

Licensed across multiple modalities — IBCT, sex therapy, trauma-informed care — our clinicians combine rigorous training with authentic shared experience for genuinely effective care.

04

Accessible & Convenient

100% online therapy means you can get care from wherever you feel most comfortable and safe. No waiting rooms, no commutes — just connection.

05

Intentionally Inclusive

Gay, straight, queer, questioning, nonbinary, trans, BIPOC — everyone is truly welcome. Our healing space honors every identity without hierarchy or condition.

06

Intimate & Personalized

Therapy here is a genuinely relational experience. We center the client-therapist relationship as the primary vehicle for healing — not just a backdrop for techniques.

Harry Dixon, LMHC LPCC LPC CST — Lead Clinician and Founder of Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective
Lead Clinician & Founder

About Harry Dixon, MA, LMHC, LPCC, LPC, CST

Harry is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LH60684311 (WA); 015648 (NY)), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC#4340 (CA)), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (C8199 (OR)) and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with licenses across California, Oregon, Washington, and New York. His approach combines deep clinical expertise with lived BIPOC and LGBTQ+ experience.

Trained in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindful self-compassion therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT), trauma-informed care, and sex therapy, Harry has built Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective on the belief that the most transformative therapy happens when clients don’t have to explain themselves — when they can simply be.

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Get In Touch

You deserve to be supported and to experience a holistic and authentically connected therapy experience.

Take the first step toward healing. Fill out this secure, HIPAA-compliant form and we’ll be in touch within one to two business days — no pressure, no commitment.

  • 💬 No commitment — just a conversation to see if we’re the right fit
  • 📞 Prefer to call? Reach us at 619.363.4674
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist Harry Dixon