In Person in Denton and Telehealth across Texas for LGBTQ+ Couples
As a millennial gay woman from the South, I’ve experienced religious discrimination and family estrangement firsthand. My own path to personal and relational healing, along with 15 years of couples work, shapes everything about the way I practice at Rogue Haven Counseling and Wellness.
Family, faith, and being out at different speeds can affect what happens
between partners. I wrote about how LGBTQ+ couples can talk through that
pressure and face it together.
LGBTQ+ Couples Counseling in Denton and Across Texas
Your relationship shouldn’t have to be translated before therapy can help. I work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, nonbinary, and other LGBTQ+ couples who want practical support with conflict, disconnection, trust, intimacy, or a decision about what comes next.
I’m Jay Krenek, LPC. As a gay woman from the South, I know that the pressures around a relationship can matter as much as what happens between the two of you. Your identities and experiences will be taken seriously without being treated as the whole story.
In person in Denton · Online across Texas · Private pay · $150 per 60-minute session
You shouldn’t have to spend your first sessions correcting assumptions or explaining why your relationship is real. We can focus on what you came to work on while making room for the parts of your experience that shape it.
Your relationship sets the terms
I won’t assume who takes which role, what commitment should look like, or what a healthy relationship has to resemble.
Both partners get a voice
The work is not about taking sides. We look at what each of you experiences and how the pattern between you can change.
Identity can matter without taking over
Family reactions, minority stress, gender, sexuality, and community can be part of the conversation when they are part of your experience.
You don’t need a crisis to start
You can come in because a familiar conflict is wearing you down, connection has faded, or you want to protect what you’ve built.
You Don’t Have to Edit Yourselves Here
I’m pictured here with my wife, Megan. My own experience informs the care I bring to this work, but your relationship is your own. You don’t have to make your story fit mine—or anyone else’s—to feel understood in the room.
What LGBTQ+ Couples Bring to Counseling
Every relationship is different. These are some of the concerns couples bring into the room.
The same fight, again
You keep circling the same argument, and each attempt to resolve it leaves one or both of you feeling more alone.
Distance, sex, or intimacy
You want to understand what has changed in your emotional or physical connection and how to talk about it without pressure or blame.
Trust and repair
A betrayal, secrecy, or broken agreement has changed how safe the relationship feels. You need clarity about what repair would require.
Family, community, or faith
Differences in belief, family acceptance, or religious history are affecting the way you relate to each other or plan your future.
Different needs or relationship agreements
You’re trying to talk about boundaries, monogamy, openness, or expectations in a way that respects both partners.
Work and life pressure
High-stress careers, parenting, caregiving, or major decisions are taking up the space you want to have for each other.
A Clear, Practical Way to Work
My style is warm, direct, and structured. We’ll get specific about what keeps happening between you and identify changes each of you can practice outside the session.
Understand the pattern
We slow down a recent conflict and look at what each of you felt, needed, and did next.
Make room for both experiences
We identify how the pattern affects each partner and where each of you has room to respond differently.
Practice the next conversation
We work on communication, accountability, boundaries, and repair in ways you can use at home.
Build change into daily life
You leave with a specific next step. We review what happened and adjust the plan together.
What informs my approach: I draw from Relational Life Therapy and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, use selected Gottman-informed tools when they fit, and am influenced by Esther Perel’s writing and ideas about desire, intimacy, and partnership.
If Faith Is Part of Your Relationship, It Can Be Part of the Conversation
You may be active in a faith community, questioning what you grew up with, navigating different beliefs, or carrying complicated feelings about religion. You don’t have to resolve those questions before starting couples counseling, and faith won’t become the therapist’s agenda.
In-person couples sessions are available in my downtown Denton office. Telehealth is available to couples throughout Texas.
Private-Pay Couples Counseling
$150 per 60-minute session
Couples counseling is private pay. Insurance does not cover relationship counseling as a standalone service. When insurance is used, it generally requires medically necessary treatment for one partner’s diagnosable mental-health condition, with the other partner participating as collateral.
My couples counseling focuses on the relationship. It does not require a diagnosis or medical-necessity determination, and both of you are my clients. I don’t bill couples sessions to insurance. I can provide a Good Faith Estimate so you know the expected cost in advance.
Want More Time to Focus on the Relationship?
Couples intensives give you a longer block of focused work when a standard session doesn’t leave enough room to slow down the pattern and practice a different way forward.
Do you work with LGBTQ+ couples who aren’t married?
Yes. I work with couples who are dating, living together, engaged, married, or building a committed relationship in another way.
Do you work with trans, nonbinary, and bisexual couples?
Yes. I welcome LGBTQ+ couples across identities and relationship structures. I won’t assume that one label or experience defines what your relationship needs.
How much does couples counseling cost?
Couples sessions are $150 per 60 minutes. Couples counseling is private pay, and I can provide a Good Faith Estimate before you begin.
Do you accept insurance for couples counseling?
No. I don’t bill insurance for couples sessions. My couples counseling focuses on the relationship and is private pay.
What if one of us is unsure about starting?
It’s common for partners to feel differently about counseling. The first session gives both of you space to say what is happening and what you want help with. Both partners need to be willing to participate in the work.
Can faith or spirituality be part of our sessions?
Yes, when it matters to you. I work with couples across faith traditions, interfaith relationships, people who are questioning or deconstructing, and couples who are not religious.
You Don’t Have to Keep Having the Same Conversation Alone
Email me a brief description of what brings you in and whether you’re interested in ongoing counseling or a couples intensive. I’ll reply about fit and availability.
After working in law enforcement myself, I understand how high-stakes work can follow you home. For LGBTQ+ couples in first response, medicine, education, and other demanding fields, job stress can combine with identity-related pressure and strain the relationship.
I bring experience with both the professional demands and the relationship impact. I work with couples in Denton and across Texas by telehealth.
Every relationship is different. We’ll focus on what matters to the two of you, which may include:
Communication breakdowns and recurring conflict
Emotional connection, intimacy, and desire
Repairing trust after betrayal or hurt
Minority stress, belonging, and external pressure
Family-of-origin patterns and chosen family
Differences in faith, spirituality, or deconstruction
Relationship agreements and questions about structure
Burnout, recovery, and major life transitions
How I Work With Couples
I draw from Relational Life Therapy and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. I use selected Gottman-informed tools when they fit, and I’m influenced by Esther Perel’s writing and ideas about desire, intimacy, and partnership.
We’ll look at the patterns shaping your relationship, identify what each of you wants to change, and practice new ways of responding to one another.
Take the Next Step
Couples counseling is private pay at $150 per 60-minute session. I don’t bill insurance for relationship counseling because coverage generally requires medical necessity tied to one partner’s diagnosable mental-health condition. In my couples work, the relationship is the focus and both partners are my clients.
I offer in-person sessions in Denton and telehealth across Texas. If you’d like to ask about fit or scheduling, email me directly.
Gay and lesbian couples face many of the same pressures as other couples, along with stressors tied to identity, belonging, family acceptance, and how others treat the relationship. We’ll focus on what matters to the two of you. That may include:
Minority stress and pressure from the outside world
Communication breakdowns and recurring conflict
Emotional connection, intimacy, and desire
Shame or rejection affecting how you relate to each other
Family-of-origin patterns and boundaries with family
Finding a balance between closeness, independence, and shared responsibility
Differences in faith, spirituality, or religious deconstruction
Repairing trust after betrayal or other painful experiences
Substance use, recovery, and rebuilding trust
Relationship agreements and questions about relationship structure
Major transitions such as marriage, parenting, finances, or building chosen family
Burnout and the strain of high-pressure work on your relationship
Specialized Experience in LGBTQ+ Couples Counseling
LGBTQ+ couples counseling is a focused area of my practice. I work with gay and lesbian couples on the relationship challenges they share with other couples, while also making room for the ways minority stress, family acceptance, faith, identity, and belonging can affect a partnership. I don’t assume every couple has the same experience.
My couples work draws from Relational Life Therapy and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. I use selected Gottman-informed tools when they fit, and I’m influenced by Esther Perel’s writing and ideas about desire, intimacy, and partnership.
I continue to deepen my understanding of LGBTQ+ relational health through ongoing learning and engagement with the experiences of LGBTQ+ couples.
Ready to Get Started?
$150 per 60-minute couples session · Private pay
I meet with couples in my Downtown Denton office and offer telehealth across Texas. I also offer nontraditional hours for busy couples, with access to private spaces beyond my office for experiential work when it’s a good fit.
Jay Krenek is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working with individuals and couples in Denton, TX. She sees clients in-person and via telehealth across Texas. Her practice, Rogue Haven Counseling and Wellness, specializes in LGBTQ+ affirming therapy and couples counseling. Surrounding areas include: Northlake, Highland Village, Southlake, Argyle, Ponder, Justin, Keller, Krum, Decatur, Valley View, Sanger, Gainesville, Flower Mound, Corinth, and the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.
