QUEER TALK THERAPY
Therapy that is queer, period—designed for people who’ve outgrown passive support.
QUEER TALK THERAPY
IN CHICAGO
DIRECT. HUMAN. EFFECTIVE.
Therapy built so your life moves.
TRANSFORMATIVE CARE FOR LGBTQ CLIENTS
Get therapy that turns the weight you carry into the ground you rise from.
Therapy is more than a place to talk.
Plenty of therapists will listen, but few will step with you into the heart of your pain, where the real story lives. Here in Chicago, Queer Talk offers LGBTQ therapy that’s built for depth, not volume—sessions that meet you as a whole person, not a case. Together, we trace the patterns, connect them to the parts of your life that matter most, and open the door to something different. This is where support turns into transformation, and your life begins to take a new shape.
Queer Talk Therapy, isn’t a subcategory, it’s the method.
It is not an afterthought, but the core that shapes every moment of the work we do together. We leave heteronormativity at the door and step into the freedom to choose, to love openly, and to live so boldly that audacity becomes authenticity. No one here will ever feel like they’re receiving therapy from the margins. This is therapy created at the center of who you are.
TIRED OF SHALLOW SESSIONS
LGBTQ-AFFIRMING THERAPY IN CHICAGO THAT GOES BEYOND THE SURFACE
At Queer Talk you’ll find LGBTQ-affirming therapy in Chicago, with full-hour sessions built for depth over volume.
This is work that leaves nothing wasted: not your pain, not your effort, not your time.
Change shows up in your life, not only in the room.
In-Person Therapy
When you walk into my office in the Loop, the space itself begins the work. The room is calm and intentional, a place that invites you to settle in and speak freely.
Being face to face adds a layer of connection that can’t happen through a screen, the kind of presence that shifts everything.
Sit with a queer therapist in Chicago, where steady presence helps the work land.
Telehealth Surgery Assessments
Our work together is focused from the start. We meet virtually wherever you are, built to honor your story without delay.
The outcome is a letter that clears the path forward and removes the barriers that should never have been there.
Focused, queer-affirming therapy that leads to a clear, timely letter for gender-affirming care.
In-Person Therapy
When you walk into my office in the Loop, the space itself begins the work. The room is calm and intentional, a place that invites you to settle in and speak freely.
Being face to face adds a layer of connection that can’t happen through a screen, the kind of presence that shifts everything.
Telehealth Surgery Assessments
Our work together is focused from the start. We meet virtually in a space that is private and efficient, built to honor your story without delay.
The outcome is a letter that clears the path forward and removes the barriers that should never have been there.
CLIENT VOICES THAT SPEAK TO THE WORK
LGBTQ-AFFIRMING THERAPY FOR CHICAGO THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
CARE THAT MEETS YOU WHERE YOU ARE
THERAPY THAT WORKS
Queer Talk Therapy is built for change.
Many of my clients arrive disappointed by past therapists, worn out by surface-level sessions that never seem to go anywhere.
This is LGBTQ-affirming therapy in Chicago designed to move you further than therapy-as-usual ever could.
Whether you are stepping into individual work, exploring gender, or reshaping relationships, you will find a method that refuses to skim the surface. This is therapy that claims the center of your story and dares to move it forward.
Many people searching for LGBTQ therapy in Chicago want work that moves beyond therapy-as-usual.
In-Person Therapy
A boutique Chicago office designed for clarity and comfort. Sessions are private, grounding, and focused on sharp insight that helps you move forward with meaningful change.
Gender Therapy
Affirming care for every stage of gender exploration. Together we build clarity, reduce isolation, and strengthen your ability to live with dignity, authenticity, and resilience.
Assessments
Surgical readiness and WPATH letters written quickly, respectfully, and without gatekeeping. You leave with advocacy that clears barriers and affirms your right to timely, gender-affirming care.
Polyamory
Support for polycules and nontraditional relationships. Therapy builds trust, clarifies agreements, and strengthens communication so partners grow together with honesty, respect, and lasting connection.
MEET TROY JOHNSON, LCSW
I’m Troy Johnson, LCSW, and I built Queer Talk Therapy to be the kind of space I once needed. Therapy that is real, direct, and transformative. I believe in sharp insight, bold conversations, and building a life you actually want to live. Clients often tell me one session here gave them more clarity than years elsewhere. That’s the work I do, I provide LGBTQ therapy in Chicago that is direct, affirming, and built for real change.
EXPERIENCE THAT MATTERS
Nearly two decades in practice across psychiatric care, community mental health, and LGBTQ+ advocacy have shaped a style that’s incisive, compassionate, and unapologetically real.
That background shapes queer-affirming therapy in Chicago that stays incisive without losing compassion.
CLARITY IN PRACTICE
Therapy should give you more than a safe space. It should give you direction. I cut through the noise so you can see yourself clearly and move forward with purpose.
The aim is practical clarity, the kind people expect when they look for a queer therapist in Chicago.
THE QUEER TALK METHOD: A QUEER-AFFIRMING APPROACH FOR CHICAGO
INTELLIGENT AND INCISIVE CARE YOU CAN TRUST
Why Queer Talk Therapy Exists
Queer Talk Therapy began as a name people could remember and share, especially in places where access to competent care was scarce. Over time it became queer therapy in Chicago that is unapologetically precise and deeply human.
What started as a doorway to surgery letters grew into a method that dismantles scripts, calls out performance, and brings you face to face with what is most true.
This approach draws from the best of established therapies but is sharpened by queer theory and queer competency. It is whip-smart, unapologetically bold, and built to move you further than therapy-as-usual ever could.
Who It’s For
This work is for anyone who has sat in therapy, felt the nodding, and left wondering if anything actually changed.
Queer Talk is for people who crave clarity over comfort, who would rather face what is real than keep performing what isn’t. If you’ve been searching for therapy that actually moves you forward, you’re in the right place.
If you have been searching for LGBTQ-affirming therapy in Chicago, you are in the right place.
What to Expect in Session
Sessions here do not drift. They move with purpose. I ask sharp questions. I bring humor when the room gets heavy.
Sessions keep a clear pace, one full hour, one client, the standard people want when they seek LGBTQ therapy Chicago.
I am not a blank slate behind a clipboard. I am engaged, present, and willing to step into the hard places with you. Therapy in this room is alive.
Begin LGBTQ therapy in Chicago with a practice built for depth, not volume.
Queer Talk is a clinician-run practice led by Troy Johnson, LCSW. Queer Talk focuses on evidence-based, affirming care for LGBTQ+ clients, including gender assessments and documentation for surgery, individual psychotherapy, and counseling for poly and ethical non-monogamous relationships. Read about Troy’s credentials and approach on the Meet Troy page.