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Canada's Queer & Trans Therapists
Find a therapist who shares your lived experience
CQTT lists queer and trans therapists across Canada. Search by what you need, read the whole profile, and email the therapist yourself. Nobody sits in between, and it costs you nothing.
For people looking for care
How it works
Search
Filter by what you need, where you are, how you want to meet, and the identities and communities that matter to you.
Read a profile
Every profile shows fees, sliding scale, availability, languages, credentials, and how the therapist works, so you know it all before you reach out.
Contact directly
Your message goes straight to the therapist's inbox. No account, no intake form, no middle-person.
Free, and staying that way
You don't sign up or answer screening questions. Therapists list the provinces they can practise in, so you can tell straight away whether someone can see you, and many offer sessions online as well as in person.
CQTT is a listing directory, not a referral service. Therapists write their own profiles and state their own credentials and fees. Confirming that someone is registered with their regulatory college, and whether they're the right fit for you, is still yours to do. A first conversation is a reasonable place to start.
Learn about therapy explains who can provide psychotherapy, what the qualifications mean, and how insurance and publicly funded options work.
For therapists
Are you a queer or trans therapist?
CQTT exists so our communities can find us on purpose rather than by luck. A listing puts you in front of people looking specifically for a therapist with your lived experience, at the moment they're looking.
CA $144/annually, or
CA $15/month
Both start with 14 days free. Nothing is charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel from your own billing portal at any time.
- A full profile
- Your fees, sliding scale, availability, languages, the provinces you can work in, and what you actually work with.
- Enquiries straight to you
- Clients email the address on your profile. CQTT takes no cut and holds no part of the conversation.
- Your own short link
- A personal cqtt.ca address for your email signature and socials, with your headshot as the preview image.
- Pause when you need to
- Hide a live listing while you're on leave or full, without cancelling the subscription.
- Group practices
- Set up separately. Get in touch rather than listing everyone individually.
What the profile form asks for
It takes 20 to 30 minutes with your details to hand, and you can save and come back. You log in with an emailed code, so there's no password to lose.
- A headshot
- JPEG or PNG, up to 5 MB. A phone photo is fine. It's also the preview image for your short link, so leave a little space around your face.
- Your registration details
- Governing body and credential, or your professional association if you're unregulated.
- Two descriptions
- A one-line tagline for the directory, and a longer bio for your profile page.
- Your fees
- A standard rate for each service, and your lowest sliding-scale rate if you have one.
- Links
- Your website and up to two social accounts, if you want them shown.
- A card
- For the subscription. Nothing is charged until the 14 days are up.
Every identity question is optional. They help clients find therapists whose lived experience matches what they're looking for, and each one asks separately whether you want it shown publicly. Fill in only what you're comfortable having on a public profile.
The Toronto mailing list
Separately from CQTT, there's a free Google group for private-practice therapists in the Greater Toronto Area who identify with the 2SLGBTQ+ community. It's a mailing list, not a directory. To join, email the moderators at tqtt+subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Where to go next
Learn about therapy
Plain-language articles on qualifications, insurance, and finding the right therapist.
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