About Laz Baum LCSW, MEd
I work mostly with queer and trans clients who are eager to deepen their relationships with themselves and each other. I enjoy supporting people in healing the internalized societal, generational, and trauma-based patterns that limit our access to authenticity and intimacy. If you’re interested in relationship therapy as a collaborative space to slow down interactions, get curious about your defenses and needs and learn what help s you access safety and build trust, we will likely be a good fit.
As a sex educator with over a decade of experience and a masters in Human Sexuality Studies, I take a resource-rich, holistic approach to sex therapy. I don’t believe in the concept of “normal” when it comes to bodies, genders, and sexualities. I’m here to help you deconstruct what you learned you were supposed to like/want/perform and help you discover what brings you fulfillment and connection.
I bring warm, frank, playful energy to therapy. I use an embodied, relational, and attachment-based approach to tend to old wounds in real time. I offer my clients deep attunement, a politicized lens, and a sense of humor. In this toxic society, I believe in the connection between relational healing and collective liberation.
I am poly-friendly, ace-friendly, kink-friendly, and fat positive. I enjoy working with disabled and chronically ill folks. I also love working with teens and young adults. As a trained death doula, accompanying people through times of impending loss or acute grief is another meaningful part of my work.
Ultimately, I want to co-create an approach to healing and growth that makes space for all parts of you. Please reach out if you want to work together!
Specializations
- LGBTQIA+ Populations
- Gender Identity
- Asexuality
- Grief and Loss
- Life Transitions
- Anxiety
- Disability, Chronic Illness
Modalities
- Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Systemic-Narrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Attachment Theory
- Polyvagal Theory
- Somatic Experiencing
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