Affirming LGBTQ+ & Relationship Therapy in California, Florida, & Ontario
Our Story: Built for Belonging
Calming Tides Therapy was created from a deeply felt need: to build a mental health practice where intersectional LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and marginalized communities never have to explain, justify, or translate their basic humanity.
Virtual therapy across California, Florida, & Ontario.
Therapy Where You Don’t Have to Do the Heavy Lifting
Too often, traditional mental health spaces ask marginalized clients to act as cultural tour guides, educate their therapists, or settle for generic care that ignores the weight of systemic stress and minority burnout.
We built a practice grounded in true lived experience, cultural humility, and specialized clinical rigor. Our mission is to provide a safe, affirming space where your identity is celebrated as your greatest strength—never treated as a diagnostic label, a deficit, or something you have to defend.
Whether you are navigating identity, breaking conflict cycles in your relationship, managing chronic health needs like HIV, in recovery, or healing from trauma, you have found your anchor here.
What Guides Our Care
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We bridge rigorous post-graduate clinical training with our own lived experience as marginalized and intersectional members of the LGBTQ+, BIPOC communities. We get it because we live it.
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You are the ultimate expert on your life, culture, and lived reality. We show up without ego, entering every session with openness, respect, and deep reverence for your unique story.
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honor the full, rich complexity of who you are—acknowledging how race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, and socio-economic realities overlap.
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We are humans first, therapists second. Real healing happens through genuine trust, warm dialogue, and a grounded therapeutic relationship—not stiff, clinical distance.
Meet Habibi E. Feliciano Perez, CCTP, LCSW, MSW, RSW
Clinic Owner & Psychotherapist
“Living at the intersection of identity and mental health care can be complex. My goal is to help you feel grounded, seen, and empowered. With over 10 years of experience, I specialize in helping LGBTQ individuals and couples navigate minority stress, heal from relational or systemic trauma, and reclaim joy in their daily lives.”
Licensure & Geographic Coverage
Providing specialized virtual therapy across California, Florida, & Ontario.
Investment & Rates:
Individual Psychotherapy: $160 for 50-minute session
Couples, Relationship & Sex Therapy: $200 for 50-minute session
Specialties & Clinical Focus:
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Helping individuals and couples explore identity, navigate coming out, and build thriving, authentic relationships.
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Strengthening communication, rebuilding intimacy, and resolving conflict using evidence-based relational frameworks.
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Helping you process minority stress, heal past trauma, and develop effective grounding skills for emotional balance.
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Navigating major life changes, family boundaries, and personal growth within a safe, affirming space.
Clinical Approaches & Modalities
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Practical strategies to identify and reframe unhelpful thought patterns, beliefs, and behaviors.
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Empower yourself with practical DBT skills for mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation to navigate life's storms while honoring your authentic identity.
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Attachment-based therapy designed to help individuals and couples understand emotional patterns and create secure, meaningful connections.
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Compassionate parts-work therapy to help you understand, heal, and integrate different aspects of yourself.
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Structured, research-based interventions to improve communication, deepen intimacy, and manage conflict in relationships.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Therapy is a deeply personal partnership. We offer a free, no-pressure 15-minute phone or video consultation so you can ask questions, discuss your specific goals, and get a feel for our style before scheduling an initial session.
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Having a therapist who understands the nuances of minority stress, gender diversity, and intersectional identity eliminates the need to "translate" your life during sessions. It allows us to dive directly into deep, meaningful healing work from day one.
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Many insurance plans reimburse 50% to 80% of session costs once your deductible is met. At the end of each month, we provide you with an itemized medical receipt (a superbill) that you can easily submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement.
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Yes. To keep care accessible, we reserve a limited number of sliding-scale and reduced-rate slots based on financial need. We can discuss current availability during your consultation.
Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
Find a space where you can finally stop explaining yourself and step into true belonging. Schedule your free 15-minute consultation today to get started.