Arches Healing and Growth

Arches Healing and Growth We provide trauma-informed, multicultural therapy services to individuals, couples, families, and groups, especially LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals.

We have locations in Downtown Salt Lake City and Millcreek, and offer statewide virtual services.

Today is our final Courageous Conversations group. 💙What started as a space to process fear, anger, grief, and uncertain...
03/19/2026

Today is our final Courageous Conversations group. 💙
What started as a space to process fear, anger, grief, and uncertainty has become something so much more connection, resilience, and community.

In a time where so much feels heavy, it matters that we come together. That we speak honestly. That we are seen, heard, and supported. To every q***r Utahn who showed up, shared, listened, and held space thank you. You are the reason this space mattered. This may be our last group in this series, but these conversations don’t end here. We carry them forward with each other. 🫶 Make sure not to miss this! Free two hour parking city creek west! (Address: Held at the Utah pride center: 68 S. Main Street, 9th floor, SLC, UT 84102)

utahpridecenter CourageousConversation

At Arches Healing & Growth, we believe that every human being deserves safety, dignity, and the right to exist without f...
03/17/2026

At Arches Healing & Growth, we believe that every human being deserves safety, dignity, and the right to exist without fear.

The recent actions taken against immigrant communities are not just policy decisions—they are deeply human issues that impact families, children, and entire communities. We are witnessing fear, grief, and trauma in real time.

As therapists, we sit with individuals who are navigating impossible choices, uncertainty, and loss. We hear the stories of parents afraid to leave their homes, of children fearing separation, of people doing everything “right” and still being punished.

This is not okay.

To our immigrant community:
We see you. We stand with you. You deserve better.

And to those with privilege and power:
Silence is not neutrality. It is participation.

We all have a role in creating a world where safety and dignity are not conditional.

🧡 Stand up. Speak out. Support your community.
YouAreNotAlone

As a mental health provider working with LGBTQ+ youth, I want to be clear about what gender-affirming care actually is.I...
03/03/2026

As a mental health provider working with LGBTQ+ youth, I want to be clear about what gender-affirming care actually is.

It is not rushed.
It is not casual.
It is not experimental.

Gender-affirming care for teens is a structured, multidisciplinary process that includes comprehensive mental health assessment, ongoing therapy, parental involvement when appropriate, and careful medical oversight.

For many young people experiencing significant gender dysphoria, this care reduces depression, anxiety, and suicidality. It gives them time, safety, and support — not pressure.

Legislation like the “Chloe Cole Act of 2026,” which creates strict liability and allows lawsuits against providers for care delivered before age 18, has broader consequences. When access is restricted, families lose qualified providers, care is delayed, and youth are pushed into crisis rather than supported early.

Access to ethical, evidence-based care is what truly protects our youth.

At Arches Healing & Growth, we remain committed to supporting LGBTQ+ young people and their families with compassion, integrity, and clinical responsibility.

🌿 Latino Support Group — Tomorrow | Free & Community-Centered 🌿 We’re gathering tomorrow for our Latino Support Group a...
02/09/2026

🌿 Latino Support Group — Tomorrow | Free & Community-Centered 🌿

We’re gathering tomorrow for our Latino Support Group at Arches Healing & Growth, and you’re warmly invited.

This space is for anyone in the Latino/e/a/x community looking for connection, support, and a place to breathe a little easier with people who get it. Together we talk about life, family, identity, stress, resilience, and healing — in a space that honors culture, language, and lived experience.

✨ Free to attend
✨ Confidential & affirming
✨ Come as you are — no pressure to share more than you want

Whether you’re carrying a lot or just wanting community, you don’t have to do it alone.

📅 Tomorrow
📍 Arches Healing & Growth
💛 No cost

If you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your sign. We’d love to see you there.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr..“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?”Today ...
01/19/2026

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr..
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is,
What are you doing for others?”
Today feels heavy for many, especially for BIPOC communities and other marginalized people navigating ongoing harm, uncertainty, and exhaustion. 🫂
At Arches, we want to name that weight.
And also name this:
✊🏽Care matters.
✊🏽Community matters.
Mental health care is not separate from justice,  it is part of it.
If you’re feeling tired, overwhelmed, angry, or numb, you’re not alone.
You don’t have to carry it all by yourself.
We honor Dr. King’s legacy by continuing to choose compassion, collective care, and spaces where dignity and humanity come first. ✨💫🙏🏽💫

Legislation shapes systems but community shapes survival, care, and resilience. 🧡As Utah’s q***r and BIPOC communities f...
01/18/2026

Legislation shapes systems
but community shapes survival, care, and resilience. 🧡
As Utah’s q***r and BIPOC communities face increasing barriers to care, we continue to see something powerful: people showing up for one another. Through peer support, mutual aid, shared rituals, and collective care, community fills gaps when systems fall short.
At the same time, community care is not a replacement for professional mental health treatment and both matter. Each plays a different, connected role in sustaining well-being. 🫂
This reflection comes from Peer Power: Building Resilience in Utah’s Changing Landscape by Sneha P, LCSW
💛A therapist deeply committed to supporting marginalized communities with clarity, care, and intention.
✨ Read the full blog
✨ Book a conversation with Sneha
✨ Link in bio.

You don’t have to carry everything alone. 🤍Our Latino/a/le Support Group is a free, confidential space for adults (18+) ...
01/12/2026

You don’t have to carry everything alone. 🤍
Our Latino/a/le Support Group is a free, confidential space for adults (18+) to connect, share experiences, and receive emotional support within community.
This group is rooted in care, cultural understanding, and collective healing a place where your voice, story, and presence matter.
🗓 Tuesdays, every two weeks
🕔 5:00–6:00 PM
📍 Millcreek Office
✨ Free & welcoming
Upcoming groups: January 13th & 27th
Scan the QR code or reach out to learn more.
You are welcome here 🇸🇻🇬🇹🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇺🇾🇻🇪exactly as you are.

BIG GOALS get a lot of attention this time of year ➡️but real, lasting growth rarely comes from one bold decision or per...
01/12/2026

BIG GOALS get a lot of attention this time of year ➡️but real, lasting growth rarely comes from one bold decision or perfect plan.
It’s built in the quiet moments.
🌈The small, steady steps.
🌈The pauses where you check in with yourself instead of pushing harder.
Growth doesn’t have to be dramatic to be meaningful.
Consistency matters more than perfection.
And you don’t have to do it alone.
This reflection comes from our newsletter, where we share grounded thoughts on growth, healing, and moving forward in ways that honor your capacity 🤍
✨ If this resonated, we’d love to stay connected.
Subscribe to our newsletter 💌 link in bio.

There are moments when the world feels heavy and our bodies feel it too. 🫂🕊️✨What we see, hear, and absorb during times ...
01/12/2026

There are moments when the world feels heavy and our bodies feel it too. 🫂🕊️✨

What we see, hear, and absorb during times of collective stress and violence doesn’t just stay in our minds. It lives in our nervous systems, our breath, our sleep, our ability to feel safe.

If you’re noticing tension, exhaustion, anger, numbness, or overwhelm, this is not a personal failure. It’s a human response to an unsafe environment.

This post is an invitation to slow down, limit what you take in, and gently return to your body.
Care is not avoidance its regulation.

Our founder’s grounding approach reminds us to come back to what supports us most:
✨mind,
✨body,
✨heart,
✨and connection.

You don’t have to carry this alone. Therapy, group support, and community care are here softly, without pressure.

You matter. Your body matters. Your care matters. 🤍

The holidays don’t feel the same for everyone.🤍💛❄️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜🖤🤎❄️For many in the LGBTQ+ community, this season can bring ...
12/24/2025

The holidays don’t feel the same for everyone.🤍💛❄️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜🖤🤎❄️
For many in the LGBTQ+ community, this season can bring up grief, distance, and longing,especially when family relationships feel complicated or unavailable.
If you’re navigating the holidays alone,
🤍you’re not broken.
💛You’re human.
This reflection is part of a collaboration between Project Rainbow Utah × Arches Healing & Growth, where community conversation meets therapeutic care. Together, we’re creating space for honest, grounded reflections that honor lived experience while holding it with gentleness.
You don’t have to do the holidays the “right” way.
You get to do them your way. 🤍
-Joselyn Romero, LCSW (they/she)
🌈 Held with care. Rooted in community.💫

💛You don’t need to be ready.💛You don’t need the right words.💛You don’t need to explain yourself.This Adult Trans & Non-B...
12/23/2025

💛You don’t need to be ready.
💛You don’t need the right words.
💛You don’t need to explain yourself.
This Adult Trans & Non-Binary Support Group exists to offer what so many spaces don’t:
✨ safety
✨ consent
✨ low pressure
✨ real community
Come as you are, quietly, curiously, tenderly, joyfully.When we say all parts of you are welcome, we truly mean it.
🗓 Weekly on Wednesdays | 5–6 PM
💻 Virtual 💕link to register in bio
&
🗓 First Wednesday of each month
📍 FREE & in-person

Facilitated with care by CJ (they/them), CSW
at Arches Healing and Growth.

Some hills aren’t up for debate.These are a few truths Sneha stands by as a BIPOC therapist, grounded in trauma-informed...
12/16/2025

Some hills aren’t up for debate.
These are a few truths Sneha stands by as a BIPOC therapist, grounded in trauma-informed care, accountability, and context.

Healing isn’t about “fixing” yourself.
It’s about understanding what shaped you, naming harm (personal and systemic), and creating space for repair. ✨🫂✨

✨ Therapy tools matter, and so does the world we’re surviving in.
✨ Your voice belongs in the room.

If this resonates, you don’t have to navigate it alone.
💛Care that honors your lived experience starts here.
Discover Arches Healing team and purpose.💛
Link in Bio.

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Millcreek, UT

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+13852159441

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