Partners of Trans+ People Support Group

A support group for partners for trans+ individuals

Now accepting new members for Spring 2025

Please sign up below

  • About

    Partners of Trans+ People Support Group is a process and support group specifically dedicated for partners of trans+ individuals to explore, reflect, and connect with others that have similar partnership experiences.

    Whether you are in a long term relationship and your partner recently shared their gender identity with you, or you have been partnered for a short time and want to reflect on your experience and identities within your relationship, this is a space for you.

    Goals for the group include self-reflection, identity integration, perspective sharing, and feedback from other group members and will consist of 6-8 individuals plus two group therapists.  "

  • Details

    This group will be held virtually on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM. Participants must be 18+ and are asked to commit to the first 8 weeks of the group. After 8 weeks, members will have the option of continuing with the group.

  • Cost/Insurance

    BCBS PPO, BCBS Blue Choice, United Healthcare, Cigna, and Aetna may be used to cover the cost of this group. (Copay, deductible, and/or co-insurance apply.)
    The cost of this group without insurance is $50 per meeting. A limited number of sliding scale spots are available.

Group Facilitators:

Casey VanderStel, LPC (they/she)
Karli Bigler, LCP (she/they)

Casey is supervised by Dr. Anna Zettel at Transcend Counseling Chicago
Karli is supervised is by Marissa Cirilo, LCSW at Transcend Counseling Chicago.

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