Counseling Center

The Counseling Center was founded in January 2022 to provide free trauma-informed and culturally competent mental health services to the District’s LGBTQ+ community, who are survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and/or anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

If you or someone you know is a survivor and needs support, please email us here or call us at: 202-465-8794

The Facts

More than half (54%) of trans and non-binary people have experienced Intimate Partner Violence.
LGB women are significantly more likely than straight women to have ever experienced Intimate Partner Violence in their lifetime, reported by 61% of bisexual women and 44% of lesbian women.
A third of men in same-sex relationships experience emotional violence, a quarter face physical violence, and one in ten endure sexual violence.
LGBT people nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes.