Meet Your Therapist
Harry Dixon, MA, LMHC, LPCC, LPC, CST
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor · LPCC #4340 (CA)
MA · LMHC (WA) · LPC (OR) · LMHC (NY) · AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
Hi, I’m Harry — a Korean American gay Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. I founded Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective on a simple belief: therapy works best when you don’t have to explain yourself.
Whether you’re navigating your identity, your relationships, your sexuality, or all three at once — I get it. Not as an ally. As someone who has lived it.
Private pay or Cigna · Free 15-minute consultation
My Story
The highest compliment I receive is “Wow, you get it.”
Growing up Korean American, gay, and embedded in a religiously conservative Presbyterian church, learning to be my true, authentic self was a hard-fought and worthwhile journey. That journey is the foundation of everything I bring to therapy.
I’m no stranger to the compounding stresses of navigating multiple marginalized identities — the code-switching, the cultural expectations, the shame, and the extraordinary resilience it takes to live authentically. I don’t ask my clients to explain their lives. I ask them to tell me how they live.
“You don’t have to code-switch or educate me on your life or culture. I get it. Just tell me how you live — not why and we'll find a way to help you live your best life.”
I’m here to help you make sense of your life, clarify what matters to you, and make choices that fit how you want to live. Not to judge. Not to fix. To provide a compassionate, warm presence that helps you feel less shame and more fulfillment.
I bring my whole self to my practice as a:
- Gay, nonmonogamous cis man
- Korean American and second-generation child of immigrants
- Neurodivergent person (ADHD)
- Former member of a conservative religious community
- Survivor of the unique pressures of LGBTQ+ identity formation
As the founder of Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective, my mission is to create a therapeutic space where LGBTQ+ and BIPOC individuals can heal authentically — from the first session. Clients deserve to feel seen from the outset, not after three sessions of explaining themselves.
Why I started Rainbow Connection Counseling Collective
The first time I saw a therapist, I was in college. She was a lovely, well-intentioned White Christian woman, and I could feel her compassion and care. But therapy with her always felt incomplete. There were parts of me I didn’t think she would — or could — understand: my Korean heritage, and certainly not the gay identity I was still keeping hidden.
She wasn’t the last therapist I’d feel that way with. When I moved to Seattle, I found a straight White male therapist, thinking maybe the gender of my therapist was the issue. The disconnect was still there.
Over time, I realized that clients like me needed a space of our own — a place where you can feel that your clinician truly gets you, where you can be seen and held in all that you are, without wondering whether your therapist will understand. A place where you can bring up questions about your sexuality, your gender, your culture, and your mental health without hesitation, and know that all of it is welcome here.
Areas of Expertise
Where identity and healing intersect.
Specialized, affirming care across the full complexity of LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and intersectional lived experience.
LGBTQ+ Mental Health & Sex Therapy
- Gay and queer sex therapy — sexual health, intimacy, and pleasure
- LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy — supporting your authentic self
- Sexual orientation exploration and coming out support
- Trans and gender-affirming mental health care
- Queer couples therapy — including polyamory, CNM, and kink-aware & affirming counseling
Asian American & BIPOC Mental Health
- Asian American mental health — cultural identity and family dynamics
- Intergenerational trauma and immigrant family experiences
- Intersection of LGBTQ+ and Asian/BIPOC identities
- Cultural code-switching and authenticity
- Religious trauma and decolonizing mental health
Sex Therapy & Sexual Wellness
- Sexual shame and guilt — especially in cultural and religious contexts
- Erectile dysfunction and performance anxiety
- Sexual desire discrepancies in relationships
- Kink and BDSM affirmative therapy
- Sex-positive education and erotic empowerment
Additional Areas of Expertise
- ADHD and neurodiversity (I’m an ADHDer myself)
- Men’s mental health — depression, anxiety, anger
- Young adult life transitions and identity development
- Shame resilience and self-compassion work
- Clinical supervision for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-focused associates
How I Work
Why it matters that your therapist shares your life.
I once sat across from a kind, well-meaning therapist who was white, straight and Christian. I was closeted, Korean American, and scared of coming out to my conservative Christian family. Her advice was to set better boundaries with my parents. For a Korean American son, that felt impossible. She cared. She just didn’t understand where I was coming from. Something kept getting lost in translation. I built my practice to close that gap.
No Code-Switching Required
You won’t spend sessions explaining your family, your culture, your queerness, or why “just set boundaries” doesn’t work. We start where you are.
All of You, Not in Parts
Many queer Asian American and BIPOC clients learn to leave part of themselves at the door: their queerness, their family’s culture, their experiences of racism. Here, all of it belongs in the room, because that’s often where the answers are.
Advice That Fits Your Family
Family duty and belonging aren’t symptoms to fix. Together we find a path that honors your culture and your queerness, so you don’t have to choose between them.
Tools With Their Roots Intact
Mindfulness comes from Buddhist and other Asian contemplative traditions. I use approaches like ACT with that context put back: decolonized, and shaped around your culture instead of a white, Western default.
Humility Where Our Lives Differ
Sharing an identity doesn’t mean sharing a life. Where I don’t share your experience (your race, your gender, your faith), I stay curious, welcome correction, and keep doing my own learning so you never have to teach me who you are.
Sex-Positive & Shame-Free
As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I move beyond shame-based narratives to help you embrace pleasure, intimacy, and sexual fulfillment on your own terms.
You deserve a therapy space where you can be all of you.
Read my story: Lost in Translation →Therapeutic Modalities
Education & Training
Expertise you can trust.
Master of Arts in Counseling
University of San Diego, 2014. Graduate-level training in clinical mental health with a focus on multicultural counseling and LGBTQ+ affirmative practice.
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
One of the most rigorous certifications in the field. AASECT certification requires extensive supervised hours, training, and a commitment to ethical, evidence-based sex therapy.
Sexual Health Alliance Certification
Specialized certification in sexual health, including kink-affirmative therapy, CNM, and the full spectrum of human sexual diversity.
Licensed & Accepting Clients In
All therapy services are provided by Harry Dixon, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC #4340 (CA)
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Harry Dixon, MA is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California (CA LPCC #4340), a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington (WA LMHC #LH60684311) and New York (NY LMHC #015648), and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon (OR LPC #C8199). The designation Certified Sex Therapist (CST) is a professional certification issued by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) — it is not a license issued by any state licensing board. All services are provided via telehealth and are subject to the laws and regulations of the client's state of residence. This website constitutes advertising under the California Business and Professions Code.