Connor McInerney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist at Quintess Counseling, LLC. Connor started in the mental health field working for a crisis hotline, where he discovered his passion for helping others when they may need it most. Connor earned his Master’s degree in clinical Social Work from the University of Houston. Connor has experience providing outpatient psychotherapy for adults, couples, and groups. Connor specializes in helping clients work through traumatic life experiences, anxiety, depression, suicide, harm-reduction, sexual wellness, gender identity and sexual orientation exploration, and building strong relationships including polyamory and consensual non-monogamy. Connor’s therapeutic approach is eclectic and experiential in nature, drawing from client-centered, mindfulness, empowerment, somatic, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Eidetic Image Therapy. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Connor has a unique perspective on what it is like to be different from what society dictates. In American culture today, we often experience profound disconnection from ourselves and other people. We receive messages that we are not enough, and that to be worthy of love and connection we must earn money, look beautiful, and not break a sweat doing so. Connor recognizes that one’s social environment plays an enormous role in their wellbeing and their freedom to be who they want to be. When we have been abused or neglected as children or adults, we can struggle to feel accepted and whole. The inherent pain of such rejection may leave us feeling empty, unmotivated, tired, nervous, on-edge, depressed, suicidal, unable to feel joy and satisfaction or even to just feel “okay.” Connor’s work focuses on every person’s innate potential for strength, growth, and happiness.