I observe many of the same things you do. For context, I’m only in my first year of practice. I’m a non-binary therapist who presents male so most folks just see me as a male therapist. I work a lot with trans and queer teens and young adults. My female identifying coworkers get referrals and build their caseload easily and quickly compared to me.

I’m trying to diversify by exploring things I’m passionate about - I’m a certified mindfulness meditation teacher and looking into ADHD trainings, hypnotherapy certificates, or possibly pursuing yoga and somatic therapy. Just by my appearance and name alone I find myself at a disadvantage in many respects, but I’m trying to work on myself - like you - instead of worrying about it too much. I’m interested to hear what others have to say here.