Liz Frost is the Owner and Founder of Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy, a trauma-informed telehealth practice based in Washington State. She specializes in helping clients heal from complex trauma, religious harm, and identity-related struggles. With over a decade of clinical experience, Liz integrates EMDR, narrative therapy, and mindfulness-based approaches. She is dedicated to serving the LGBTQIA+ community and fostering a supportive, inclusive practice for both clients and clinicians.

Some people spend years in therapy without ever truly feeling seen. For LGBTQ+ clients especially, therapy can often feel like another space where they must explain, justify, or tone themselves down. But what happens when therapy is built from the ground up to affirm who they are?

According to Liz Frost, a licensed therapist and mental health advocate, healing becomes possible when queer clients no longer carry the burden of educating their therapist. She highlights that true affirming care is about safety, not just support — meeting people in their grief, identity, and transformation without pathologizing their experience. The impact is profound: lives are not only saved, but deeply reshaped through connection, clarity, and compassion. Liz brings a trauma-informed lens to the clinical process, advocating for client autonomy in everything from gender-affirming letters to long-term identity exploration. She believes affirming therapy isn’t just a specialty, but a necessity.

In this episode of With Intention, Liz Frost, Owner and Founder of Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy, is interviewed by Chad Franzen of Rise25 Media to talk about how queer-affirming therapy saves lives and transforms mental health. Liz shares why LGBTQ+ clients face unique therapeutic challenges, how she approaches gender-affirming care, and the role of joy in the healing journey. Liz also gives advice for therapists looking to better support queer clients.