Welcome to Queer Life Refuge!

  • * Provide a safe space and community for LGBTQIA+ folks seeking refuge

    * Serve as a therapeutic resource for the LGBTQIA+ community, with respect to contemplative health and wellness practices

    * Support the transformation of LGBTQIA+ mental health in our society through research on and engagement with contemplative practices and education for Queer Religious Trauma

    * Provide therapeutic services, groups, and education for healing from Queer Religious Trauma and other forms of suffering

    * Promote inclusivity, equity and social justice by increasing our capacity to connect and communicate with, and thereby learn from, one another

    * Promote progressive environment for mental health research, education, and practice

    * Honor the ways in which contemplative, embodied and mindfulness practices can support the LGBTQIA+ community in increased self-awareness, healing, and action for a more just and inclusive society

  • * Queer owned and operated!

    * Secular and inclusive by nature and intent

    * Trauma and mental health informed

    * Open to all individuals from all walks of life

  • * Opportunities for inner reflection and embodied experience to support holistic healing and well-being

    * Resources for contemplative practices and pedagogy, community building and support through life’s struggles

    * An antidote to the many stressors in life through care and community

    * Specifically focused therapies for LGBTQIA+ peoples and those suffering from religious trauma and other forms of trauma

  • * The full range of human experience and the beautiful diversity of our Queer community

    * The wisdom and lineage of traditions from which the range of contemplative practices arise

    * Collective liberation, including cultural, racial, and social justice

    * Non-pathological and holistic therapeutic modalities

  • * Individuals

    * Couples

    * Non-Normative Relationships

    * Families

    * Groups

    * Adolescents (13 – 17)

    * Young Adults (18 – 20)

    * Adults