Brandeis Counseling Center

Inclusive Therapists: Inclusive Therapists is a social justice and liberation-oriented mental health directory, community, and resource hub. They offer a safer, simpler way to find a therapist, counselor or coach committed to collective liberation and healing: racial, 2SLGBTQIA+, neurodivergence, and disability justice.

• Out at Home Finding Your True Self: A trauma-informed virtual process group facilitated by an LMHC that provides space for 18+ trans/nonbinary folks to openly discuss their experiences, questions, and feelings with others who understand what they are going through.
  • Every other Monday from 8:30-9:30 p.m.
  • Many insurances are accepted.
  • More information and how to join
• Merrimack Wellness Virtual Queer & Autistic Young Adult Group (25 and under):
  • 8-week group, every Monday, 4-5 p.m. starting January 2025
  • Note: The cost for groups is $50 per session (effective January 1, 2024), insurance is accepted and scholarships are available based upon need and availability. Insurances accepted by Merrimack River Wellness include ALLWAYS Health Partners, BlueCross BlueShield, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts Commercial, United Behavioral Health, Optum, Out of Network
  • A brief intake interview is required prior to entry into all groups.
• Dr. Overstreet Gender Identity Virtual Support Group: If you are exploring your gender identity, transgender, nonbinary, or gender queer, then you are in the right place. You don’t have to be good with technology to attend the group. As long as you have a phone or video access, we would love to have you.
  • Time: 1st Tuesday of the month, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
  • Sign-up or RSVP is not required to join the group. Register online.

• Fenway Health: Trans, Non-Binary, Gender Diverse and Questioning Peer Support Group: This group is open to trans, non-binary, questioning, or other gender diverse identified people ages 18+. You do not need to be a Fenway Health patient to join, and the group is free to attend. No sign-up or registration required.
  • Time: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 6-7:30 p.m.
  • Please visit Fenway Health for additional information.
• Compass Support Group: Compass is a support, information, and social group for people assigned female at birth who feel that is not an accurate or complete description of their gender.
  • Time: Regular Compass meetings take place on the first Thursday of every month, from 7-9 p.m., in Boston (currently on Zoom).
  • Contact: For more information, visit the Compass website or email us at info@compassftm.org.
• MASSBATS: A peer-run support group for trans and non-binary adults in the Boston area.
• Pinkmantaray (Schuylar Bailar) Free Support Groups: Virtual, free support and affinity groups for POC, Trans+, LGBTQ, and Trans Masc folks. Dates and times vary. Folx Health is a digital healthcare service provider for the LGBTQ+ community. Folx Health supports Pinkmantaray Support Groups, making them entirely free for the community. Learn more at folxhealth.com.
• Home for Little Wanderers Out @ Home Program: Lavender Lens Monthly Workshop and Community Building Event: Lavender Lens is a new monthly workshop series, serving the goal of continuing to build LGBTQ+ affirming community and connection. We meet each month to discuss queer culture, history and experience, focusing on the specific interest and needs of our community. This is a group focused on the queer sensibility and is a unique opportunity to have a discussion with an all-queer group of people in a non-therapeutic space.
  • Time and Location: The time and location will be determined each month based on the event and needs of the community.
  • Contact: Lisa Collins (she/her) at 617-875-2892 or ecollins@thehome.org.

• Trevor Project Lifeline: (1-866-488-7386 or Text START to 678678) A national 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth
• Trans Lifeline: (877-565-8860) Trans-led, peer support hotline
• LGBT National Youth Talkline: (800-246-7743 or email help@lgbthotline.org) Free and confidential peer support for the LGBTQ and questioning community ages 25 and younger. Call or connect to an online peer-support chat.
  • Hours: Monday - Friday from 2-11 p.m., and Saturday from 12-5 p.m.

• Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY): For nearly 50 years, BAGLY (The Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth) has been a youth-led, adult-supported social support organization, committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs, policies, and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community in Massachusetts.
• Compass: Compass is a female-to-male (FTM) trans support, information & social group for people assigned female at birth who feel that is not an accurate or complete description of their gender.
• Fenway Health: Local behavioral and medical health services for the LGBT community.
• GLBTQ+ Adolescent Social Services (GLASS): GLASS provides a continuum of services to LGBTQ+ youth of color and their allies in the Greater Boston area. As a leader in LGBTQ+ youth services, they also provide education and consultation to other providers and community organizations.
• Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC): Founded in 2001, MTPC is an advocacy, education, and community leadership organization that works to ensure the wellbeing, safety, and lived equity of all trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive community members in Massachusetts. They support and advocate for all persons who have been, are being, or might be deprived of equal rights and/or fair treatment because of their gender identity or gender expression.
• Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA): NQAPIA is committed to providing a supportive social, political, and educational environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage.
• Trans Community of New England (TCNE): TCNE’s primary mission is that of being a social and support club for transgender individuals in the New England area.