Overcome anxiety and depression for LGBTQIA+

With our self guided therapy programs created by LGBTQIA+ therapists and daily reflection journaling

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How it works

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Strengthen your mental health

Access video therapy sessions based on evidence based CBT, ACT, DBT, MBCT and neuroscience.
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Understand yourself deeper

Get to know yourself more with daily gratitude and reflection questions.
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Feel present and calmer

Find present moment focus and ground yourself with our library of meditations.
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Developed by LGBTQIA+ therapists
Kalda is developed for and by the LGBTQIA+ community, working in close collaboration with LGBTQIA+ therapists across a rainbow of diverse backgrounds. Our courses are informed by evidence based therapies, such as Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment therapy (ACT), Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT).

What's available

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Exploring your sexuality

Understand the tools and exercises to explore your own sexuality. Understand the difference between attraction vs. sexuality and explore asexuality, aromatic and more. Begin a process of coming out and acknowledging your feelings and identity.
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Embracing bisexuality

Why is bisexual erasure and biphobia experienced within the LGBTQIA+ community? Explore the internalised biphobia that exists and how to overcome it. Practice affirmative mindfulness and build connections to other bi folk.
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Exploring your gender identity

Learn about society and it's perception of gender. Navigate through the pressure to conform and learn the tools to visualise and explore your gender, and explore the ways folk can begin socially transitioning.
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Embracing being non-binary

Explore the history of non-binary identities and the exercises to help you connect and explore your non-binary identity. Find ways of expressing yourself and building other non-binary connections.
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Managing gender dysphoria

Understand gender dysphoria and how to process and respond to your thoughts and feelings. Develop the tools to manage the feelings of gender dysphoria, where they come from and how to find strength in your identity.
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Overcoming loneliness

Learn how loneliness can manifest and how to break out of negative thinking patterns. Begin a process of building self belief and self worth and understand your values and how to find new social connections.

What's coming up

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Overcome anxiety and reduce overthinking

Why do we experience higher levels of anxiety in the LGBTQIA+ community? Discover the cognitive techniques to challenge anxiety, develop self-compassion, reduce overthinking, and obsessive thoughts in order to step into your queer power.
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Overcome depression and the critical voice

Why is depression so frequent in the LGBTQIA+ community? Discover the neuroscience behind depression and uncover how the critical voice exerts itself and prevents us from managing difficult thoughts. Explore the ways to support low moods and depression.
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Manage healthly relationships and boundaries

Learn how to have healthy relationships, whether romantic or with friends and family. Learn to create healthy boundaries, overcome the stress of hidden partners and explore open and poly relationships structures.
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Build self-esteem and affirm your identity

As LGBTQIA+ folk, we experience stigma about elements of our identity on a regular basis. Learn to manage external stigma and improve your self esteem and step into your true identity, and what it means to us in the queer community.
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Embrace self-love and reduce the fear of being judged

Is it difficult to talk positively to yourself as you would a friend? Explore the ways to build positive self talk, self-acceptance and reduce the social comparisons we face in the LGBTQIA+ community and reduce the fear of being judged.
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Explore gender identity and sexuality

Explore the full spectrum of queer identities including sexuality and gender identity. Discover the experiences and challenges that arise when navigating our identities in the world we live in; and ways to build resilience to combat them.

What members are saying

“It was good it actually gives me hope for the future. The best I’ve felt about myself all week”

Milly

Kalda User

"Very nice and helpful. I felt less alone dealing with my sexuality"

William

Kalda User

“Soothing. Very happy I’ve found a safe space I can keep  to myself, I don’t feel safe expressing my gender identity around my family”

Michael

Kalda User

"Gentle, supportive"

Meg

Kalda User

"Wonderful, affirming, helpful, & validating :)"

Danny

Kalda User

No matter where you are on your journey