About

Kurt Oaklee, MA, LMFT

Psychotherapist

CA LMFT #53274, MI LMFT #4101007678

I was born and raised in California and spent my early adult life in Chicago. Before relocating to Michigan, I spent 16 years working in private practice in San Francisco.

My work has focused primarily on LGBTQ+ individuals, as I have long valued the resilience, honesty, and relational depth often found within LGBTQ+ communities and experiences. Those perspectives have deeply shaped my understanding of identity, belonging, shame, courage, and emotional healing… not as abstract ideas, but as lived human realities.

Clients often describe me as warm, grounded, thoughtful, and direct. My style is conversational, relational, and emotionally engaged rather than overly clinical or detached. I believe therapy works best when people feel genuinely safe enough to bring their full experience into the room without fear of judgment, performance, or needing to be anyone other than themselves.

Please look around the site to learn more about my core perspectives, and feel free to contact me with any questions.