help for Teens & Young Adults questioninggender identity/sexual orientation

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CONTACT INFO

TEXT (preferred) or CALL913-735-6767

EMAIL counseling@karidamato.com

OFFICE LOCATION

AT OPAL KC

8575 W. 110th Street, Suite 320Overland Park, Kansas 66214

BUSINESS HOURS

Tuesday-Thursday

10 am to 7 pm

APPOINTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THESEHOURS WILL BE CONSIDERED

Questioning who you are, how you identify, or who you’re drawn to can feel confusing, isolating, or risky—especially if you’re worried about family, faith, culture, or friends.You deserve a therapist who is affirming, informed, and not trying to push you into a box. My role isn’t to tell you who you are—it is to walk with you while you figure it out, feeling safer, steadier, and more seen.

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Ready to Talk?

If you are questioning, exploring, or trying to make sense of your identityor orientation, you deserve an affirming place to land. My role is not to tell you who you are—it’s to walk with you while you figure it out, feeling safer, steadier, and more seen.

Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Support for Teens &Young Adults in Overland Park, KS & Online in KS, CO, FL.

I offer confidential, nonjudgmental support. Reach out when you are ready—we will move at your pace.

Explore your identity, story, and values at your pace

Untangle internalized shame, fear, or confusing messages

Build language that actually fits your lived experience

Strengthen boundaries and safety plans in unsupportive

environments

Process family, school, social, and relationship dynamics

Support parents/caregivers in understanding and affirming

their child

how we will work together...

You are exploring gender identity or pronouns

You are questioning your sexual orientation

You feel“in between”labels or like none of them quite fit

You are out in some spaces and not in others

You are navigating dysphoria, shame, safety concerns,

or rejection

THIS SPACE IS FOR YOU IF...

You are a parent wanting to better support your LGBTQ

teen or young adult

Teen & Young Adult Counseling

In-Person Therapy in Overland Park, Kansas Virtual throughout Kansas, Colorado, and Florida