Powerful and proven-effective skills to improve your mental health and cultivate resilience, self-love, and queer joy. If you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer, and you are also struggling with a mental health issue such as trauma, depression, or anxiety, you are not alone. LGBTQ+ folks are at a greater risk for mental health challenges - often as a result of discrimination, harassment, violence, and other forms of bigotry. This workbook offers powerful and compassionate tools you can use to improve your well-being, find emotional balance, connect with a vibrant and joyful community, and thrive. Written by a queer therapist, this evidence-based workbook outlines the core skills of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) - mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness - to improve your mental health and help you embrace who you are. You'll learn to manage intense emotions, overcome fear and anxiety, and cultivate resilience and self-compassion. And finally, you'll discover strategies to help you cope with stigma, challenge negative self-talk, andlive a full and meaningful life as your authentic self. This empowering workbook will help you: - Work through difficult thoughts and feelings- Overcome stigma, fear, and shame- Cultivate self-acceptance and build self-worth- Build or connect with a community- Celebrate who you are!.