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Letter from Governor Jared Polis

June 8, 2024

Op-Ed from Queer Asterisk Mental Health Services: Club Q Tragedy

December 7, 2022

Denver7 Colorado Gives Day - Queer Asterisk

November 30, 2022

Come Celebrate Queerness with Engender 2022: A Community Gala

October 11, 2022

Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services: Dedicated to Your Freedom to Transform

November 7, 2021

Dedicated to your freedom to transform – Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services

Non-Profit Spotlight
December 8, 2020

LGBTQ community celebrates Pride while recognizing challenges of the pandemic

Queer Asterisk connects LGBTQ community virtually
Jun 17, 2020

Queer Asterisk is Merging Art and Language

September 4, 2019

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Rafi Daugherty

Counselor

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My name is Rafi and I am a middle-aged, queer, Jewish, transguy and a parent. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a graduate of the University of Colorado, Denver. I also have a masters degree in Crisis and Trauma Studies from the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Originally trained as a couples and family therapist, I tend to view even individuals as a part of a system and understand that people need to be seen as the whole of who they are and where they come from. I enjoy working with individuals of all ages who are at any stage in the process of acknowledging, accepting, and living in their identities. I utilize relevant treatments from multiple theories but lean strongly into attachment theory and internal family systems theory. Being transparent with clients is an important aspect of the therapeutic relationship to me, I do my utmost to be honest and to be aware of how our differences or similarities might be impacting our work together.

RP Whitmore-Bard​

Director of Client Care & Communications

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RP Whitmore-Bard is a gender-queer Jewish psychoanalytic psychotherapist, writer, educator and facilitator. Originally from New York City, RP earned their Master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Buddhist Psychology at Naropa University and has been involved at Queer Asterisk since its founding in 2016. They have worked as a direct care provider with individuals and families at many organizations, including Jewish Family Services, Ginger.io, Safe Passage Domestic Violence Services, Eating Recovery Center, and Denver County Human Services. In addition to their work in mental health care, RP is trained in Rites of Passage, craniosacral therapy and shamanism. Guided by ancestors and transcestors, RP is passionate about weaving human and more-than-human networks, in service of shared language and authentic unfolding.

Chris Aguilar-García

Non-Profit Consultant

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Chris (Maddy) Aguilar-García is a Queer Chicanx writer and editor with an extensive career in community minded organizations including LGBTQ and literary nonprofits and libraries. They hold a BA from Antioch University Los Angeles in Liberal Studies with a minor in Queer Studies. In their consultant role Chris supports QA with human resources, operations, and grants.

Brett Adamek (Freeda Be)​​

Creative Director

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Brett Adamek (Freeda Be), MA, LPC is a queer/non-binary transpersonal somatic counselor and embodiment mentor. Freeda received a Master’s in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University and is a co-founder of Queer Asterisk. Freeda supports clients in finding freedom, empowerment and authentic self-expression through increased present-moment awareness of the body and mind. He is passionate about supporting clients of diverse identities and life experiences in discovering liberation in the midst of difficult life circumstances, not in spite of them. As an Asian-American adoptee, Freeda uses his own personal journey of otherness and belonging to support clients in finding home wherever they are.

Sorin Thomas

Executive and Clinical Director

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Sorin Thomas of Queer Asterisk

Sorin L. Thomas, MA, LPC, LAC, CGP, Founding and Executive Director of Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services, is a queer and transgender Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Addictions Counselor, and Certified Group Psychotherapist with over a decade of professional experience in the field of psychology serving queer and transgender individuals and their families. Sorin has a Masters in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University and post-graduate experience in wilderness therapy, addiction recovery, adolescent and adult residential treatment, community based services, emergency psychiatric services, and hospital settings. In addition to offering queer-affirming counseling and clinical supervision, Sorin offers consultation and diversity, equity, and inclusivity trainings through a queer lens to mental health organizations, addiction recovery centers, social service agencies, hospitals, and schools.

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