Therapy for the Wonderfully Weird
Queer. Neurodivergent. Kinky. Poly. Too sensitive, too much, too smart. You’ve spent your life contorting yourself to fit—and you’re SO over it.

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You’re Not “Too Much.” You’re Just Sick of Pretending You’re Fine

You’re the one with the big feelings, big brain, big heart—and a whole archive of messy receipts to prove it.

You overthink, overgive, overstay.

You’ve burned yourself out trying to fix relationships that barely give you the time of day.

You’ve gone to therapy before, but it never got deep enough. Or it pathologized and shamed the parts of you that are actually pretty amazing.

And somewhere in the chaos of those 2am texts, trauma bonds, and ADHD or OCD spirals, you wonder:

"Why do I keep doing this?"

"Why can't I find someone who treats me right?"

You realize:

You don’t need a hug.

You need a reckoning.

You need someone who gets it, can hold the heavy, and still help you build a life that's more honest and aligned.

And if you're looking for a queer, sex-positive, trauma-integrated, kink-aware, and neurodivergent-affirming therapist who really gets the deep stuff, you're in the right place.

Therapy with me happens virtually anywhere in Louisiana (or in person if you're in New Orleans). So whether you're down the block or hours away, we can do this work together.

LGBTQ+ affirming therapist in New Orleans

Therapy for the Queer, Neurospicy, Kinky & Chronically Over It

You may or may not call it trauma, but you know something shaped you:

The partner who chipped away at your worth.
The parent who taught you love = performance.
That weird period of life where you had an eating disorder, numbed out with alcohol or drugs, or made all the wrong choices.
The chronic pain or illness no doctor can explain.
The way your body flinches, your voice disappears, and your brain spirals—without warning, and sometimes for no reason.

Whether you call it PTSD, C-PTSD, or just “ugh, why am I like this,” I work with people navigating relationship issues, figuring out why you do the thing you do, and the beautiful mess of becoming who you were always meant to be.

If you’ve ever thought:

Why do I keep picking people who hurt me?
Why is our relationship falling apart?
Why can't I just be normal?
Why can’t I say what I really need without panicking?
Why does intimacy feel like a trap, even when I want it?

…welcome. You're in the right place.

Now Picture This

You actually don’t answer his 2am "WYD?" text.

You get in the Uber, head high, phone charged, no second-guessing.

You feel that pull to fix them, to chase them, to prove them wrong—and you breathe through it instead.

Your relationships get less chaotic. Your self-trust gets louder.

You cook a real meal for yourself—for no one but you—and eat it with your favorite music playing and your phone in the other room. You feel... peaceful. Who even is this version of you?!

You’re not pretending to be okay. You are okay—more than okay, actually—because you chose yourself.

This is trauma-informed therapy for the bold, the burnt out, the boundary-hungry.

Come as you are. Come ready. Just come real.

You Don’t Need Another Therapist Who Nods and Asks, “How Does That Make You Feel?”

You need someone who sees through the performance—and helps you rewrite the pattern.

I work with:

Queer, trans, and gender-expansive folx tired of shrinking to survive
Neurodivergent baddies masking like it’s their second job
Kinky & non-monogamous clients reclaiming power and pleasure
Sex workers sick of being pathologized or pitied
“High-achieving” folks who are secretly falling apart

You’ve already survived. Now it’s time to start living like it. Let’s rebuild from the inside out—with clarity, honesty, and tools that actually work for you.

This Space Was Built For You If…

🔥 A woman, trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer, and you’ve been told to tone it down, take up less space, or be easier to love

🌈 Queer, LGBTQIA+, or questioning and craving a space that feels like relief, not another place to explain yourself

🧠 Neurodivergent (ADHD, ASD, or just uniquely wired) and tired of trying to “just focus” or “be normal”

💋 Kinky, curious, or reclaiming your relationship to power, pleasure, and play—on your own terms

👠 A sex worker who’s DONE being pathologized, lectured, or treated like a curiosity

💞 Polyamorous, ENM, or somewhere in the messy middle of figuring out what freedom and love really mean to you

💪 Living with disability, chronic pain, or HIV/AIDS and need support that sees you, not just your diagnosis

🌍 A multicultural couple navigating cultural identity, communication, and connection (I’ve lived and loved across several continents and speak multiple languages—this work is personal)

And You're Craving Therapy That Helps You…

✨ Stop twisting yourself into knots just to be palatable. You’re done walking into rooms wondering if you’re too much or not enough—you just are, and it’s powerful.

🦄 Step into your queer, kinky, or poly identities without shame. Like finally sharing your kink quiz with your partner and watching their face light up: "Oh my god, they’re into it too!"

🎆 Build relationships where you feel chosen, understood, and safe. You stop rehearsing the text 17 times before hitting send. You say what you mean. And they actually get it this time.

💔 Heal the trauma you may not even call trauma. You're beginning to understand that gut-punch feeling when they cancel again. You're calming the panic to fix things after conflict. You realize you’ve been parenting your partners and choose to stop. Yeah—we go there.

🫦 Reignite sex, intimacy, and connection. You initiate for the first time in months (OMG!) and it feels playful, not performative. Afterward, you don’t spiral. You smile (and maybe get ready for round 2).

🚀 Dismantle the perfectionism and people-pleasing that once kept you alive, but is now killing you. You stop saying “it’s fine” when it’s not. You start saying no, and meaning it. And—who knew?—the world doesn’t end.

🎤 Speak your needs without spiraling. You set a boundary. You feel like you might puke."Oh god, did I mess it all up? I should have never listened to my therapist." But they honor it, and you exhale for the first time all week.

🗣 Navigate conflict without the shutdowns or explosions. You and your partner pause mid-argument and laugh at how familiar this loop is. Then? You try something new. Together. It feels weird, but also amazing. You're slowly beginning to trust them more. Maybe things don't have to be like they were before...

🥇 Work with your brain, not against it. You stop forcing yourself into someone else’s TikTok productivity hack. You finally feel like your ADHD brain isn’t broken. It’s messy, and it's brilliant, and it's yours.

Real People. Real Healing. No Pretending.

You wake up and you’re not already bracing for impact. You’re not scanning the room for who needs caretaking, or second-guessing every word you said yesterday. You feel rooted. Clear. Like you’ve got your own back—finally.

You’re not spiraling in your head or shrinking in your relationships. You speak up. Set boundaries. Take up space. Not because it’s easy—but because it’s yours. Vulnerability doesn’t feel like a liability anymore. It feels like power.

You’ve got real tools—not just the same breathing exercises, but strategies that actually land to calm your mind and get your power back.

Anxiety doesn’t drive your relationships. Depression doesn’t dictate your life. The bitchy inner critic still pipes up sometimes, sure, but she’s not running the show.

You’re louder than the self-doubt now. And it shows.

Big life or relationship shifts? You’re not avoiding them. You’re making life happen, not letting it happen to you. In love. In work. In how you move through the world.

Your trauma? You're not just “managing” it. You're facing it, healing it, and learning how to live beyond it.

Your ADHD or neurodivergence? You’re done trying to fix what isn’t broken or what you can't control. You’re learning how your brain actually works, and, finally, how to work with it.

And your relationships? Oh man. Who knew they could feel so good, so right, so real? You're not walking on eggshells or stuck in rinse-and-repeat fights. You're actually connecting. Repairing. Growing.

Or maybe you're letting go—with grace and integrity—because you know your worth now.

This is what therapy looks like when it’s made for you:
Queer-affirming. Neurodivergent-saavy. Trauma-integrated. Radically real.

This is what my clients experience.

This is what’s waiting for you.

Online therapy for neurodivergent adults in Louisiana

Individuals: Owning Their Power & Thriving

Thanks to our work together, clients I've supported have:

✅ Finally stopped asking “what’s wrong with me?” and started thinking, “what if I’m not the problem?”—and meant it.

✅ Learned to ride out anxiety spirals instead of getting sucked under. They actually texted back, showed up, made the call.

✅ Turned the volume down on that mean inner voice. He wore the outfit. They spoke up in the meeting. She left the date early because it felt off.

✅ Quit apologizing for their neurodivergence. They made a planner that's a chaotic color-coded masterpiece, and it actually works.

✅ Stopped exploding or shutting down every time things get tense. They now take a breath before saying the thing. They no longer lose themselves in the process.

✅ Stepped out of roles they never agreed to—therapist friend, emotional mule, fixer—and finally just got to be their wonderfully weird selves.

✅ Let someone see the soft, scared parts...and they stayed. Vulnerability stopped feeling like a trap.

✅ Moved through grief or heartbreak without drowning in it. They still feel it—but it doesn’t control them.

✅ Changed careers, left toxic jobs, or just stopped living for someone else’s version of success.

✅ Looked trauma in the eye, stopped blaming themselves, and learned to carry the past without it crushing their future.

👉 Curious how people like you stopped surviving and started thriving? Check out the Individuals page.

Couples & Partners: Breaking Old Cycles & Deepening Connection

Couples and polycules I've worked with:

💖 Pause mid-fight and realize—this isn’t the same argument anymore. They're both doing something different.

💖 Finally said the scary thing out loud. And instead of blowing up, they leaned in.

💖 Had sex that didn’t feel like a performance. Just closeness. Play. Maybe laughter. Maybe tears. But it was real.

💖 Still sometimes get distracted mid-convo (ADHD strikes again), but instead of spiraling into shame, they all worked with it.

💖 Said communication became something they could trust, not brace against. No more eggshells.

💖 Sopped tallying wins and losses. They’re on the same team now, even when it’s hard.

💖 Rebuilt trust after the betrayal. Not overnight—but with raw honesty, new boundaries, and time.

💖 Figured out what they want, not just what they “should” do. Maybe they’re growing together. Maybe apart. But now it’s conscious, not chaotic.

💖 Co-parent like the badass team their kid deserves—clear, kind, and no longer trying to sabotage each other via lunchboxes.

💖 Didn’t just survive a tough season. They used it as fuel for something stronger, more spacious, more them.

👉 Ready to break old patterns and build something real? Check out my Couples page.

Online and in-person couples therapy for queer and polyamorous adults in Louisiana

You’re Ready. I’m Here. Let’s Get Into It.

You’ve done the solo deep dives. The late-night spirals. The over-analyzing, over-functioning, over-everything. Maybe you've listened to a podcast or two or two hundred. You’re not broken. You’re brilliantly built for more, and you’re done trying to fit into boxes that shrink you.

My approach? Trauma-informed. Queer and neurodivergent-affirming. Kink-aware. Sex-positive.

No judgment. No one-size-fits-all or "therapy lite" BS. Just sharp insight, real strategies and real talk, and the kind of support that actually sees you.

If you’re craving therapy that cuts through the noise, meets you in the chaos, and helps you build something real...

Let’s make something brilliant out of the mess.

Katherine Wikrent, queer-affirming therapist in New Orleans offering therapy for LGBTQIA+ clients

Meet Your Therapist (Yep, I'm a Real Person)

Hi, I'm Katherine Wikrent (she/her). I’m a PLPC and NCC trauma and relationship psychotherapist at AEJ Counseling, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. I'm queer, kinky-friendly, neurodivergent-affirming, and proudly weird. I help fellow weirdo individuals, couples, and polycules across the state.

I work with folks who’ve been told they’re too much their whole lives: too intense, too sensitive, too complicated. Women, nonbinary babes, queer folks, kinky folks, poly folks, sex workers, neurospicy minds, and those who’ve been carrying relational trauma like it’s just part of the deal. Spoiler: it’s not.

I know what it’s like to feel like you're always the one managing everyone else’s chaos while silently falling apart. I’ve been the people-pleaser. The overthinker. The one who smiled through the dumpster fire. So when I say “I get it,” I’m not throwing around therapist-speak. I really get it.

I'm also a massive therapy and mind nerd—like, stay-up-past-midnight-reading-about-nervous-systems kind of nerd. I’m constantly learning because you deserve a therapist who brings both heart and skill to the table. I don’t do fluff. I do depth, strategy, and the kind of real talk that actually helps you shift your life.

Outside the therapy room, you’ll find me dancing badly but joyfully, chasing down the best ice cream in New Orleans, nerding out at the movies, or soaking in the magic of this messy, vibrant city after a decade of living around the world.

Wanna know more about how I ended up here, and why I'm so passionate about this work? Click here to hear my story!

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