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New YorkLynn Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Flushing, Queens, NY.
Phone : (718) 762-1530
Dr. John Capozuca
210 Bleecker St.
New York, NY.
Phone : (212) 243-4310
Connections Psychotherapy Associates
10 Colvin Avenue
Albany, NY. 12206
Hawk Stone (B.S.) is an transgendered female who brings a shamanic viewpoint to dealing with transgendered people. Hawk works hard to help people find a comfortable gender expression, including working directly with insurance companies and other agencies to assist transition.
Arlene Istar Lev LCSW, CASAC
Choices Counseling and Consulting
321 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY. 12206
Phone : (518) 463-9152
Email :
istarlev@aol.comEmail :
info@choicesconsulting.comWebsite :
http://www.choicesconsulting.comArlene Istar Lev LCSW, CASAC, is a social worker, family therapist, educator, and writer whose work addresses the unique therapeutic needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. She is the founder of Choices Counseling and Consulting (www.choicesconsulting.com) in Albany, New York, providing family therapy for LGBT people and is on the adjunct faculties of S.U.N.Y. Albany, School of Social Welfare. She is the author of The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide (Penguin Press, 2004) and Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families (Haworth Press, 2004). Additionally, she maintains a "Dear Ari" advice column, which is currently published in Proud Parenting (www.proudparenting.com) and Transgender Tapestry. She is also the Founder and Project Manager for Rainbow Access Initiative, a training program on LGBT issues for therapists and medical professionals, a Board Member for the Family Pride Coalition (www.familypride.org), and on the editorial Board of The Journal of GLBT Family Studies. Her "In a Family Way" column on LGBT parenting issues is nationally syndicated.
Joseph R. DiLorenzo, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
New York, NY
Email :
blueicez@pipeline.comDr. DiLorenzo is a transgendered person who specializes in work with trans persons. His practice focuses upon gender identity issues and sexual orientation with adults and children. He has expertise in childhood sexual abuse and works with children and their families on issues of gender and sexuality. Another focus of his practice is with families in which one or more persons are transgendered (adult or child). He is an advocate for the transgender community and is active in various trans political organizations.
Gender Identity Project
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY. 10011
Phone : (212) 620-7310
Support, counseling, advocacy and referral services for gender dysphoric individuals. Peer-to-peer counseling, facilitated support groups, professional referrals, and alcohol and drug abuse counseling services. MTF support group Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 pm; MTF and FTM Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm; Couples Support Group and Lovers and Friends Support Group alternate Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm until June. Call for dates. The Project is part of the Center's Mental Health and Social Services Programs and all services are confidential and professionally supervised.
David R. Yonkin, LCSW
211 W. 56th Street Suite 30-G
New York, NY. 10019
Phone : (917) 842-2655
A graduate of NYU Social Work Graduate School, licensed psychotherapist in New York City and in private practice work particularly with those who present with transgender issues, and with a special focus on transmale-identified individuals. Full member of WPATH (formerly HBIGDA) and the American Psychological Association, Division 44. Therapist member of Identity House in NYC, a peer-run LGBT organization that provides peer-counseling to the community. He provides clinical supervision to the counselors there, and has a close affiliation with The Gender Identity Project (GIP) at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, New York City, where he once interned and facilitated transgender support groups. He has presented workshops at various transgender conferences in Washington, DC and NYC. He is a full-time therapist/consultant and clinical supervisor at an employee assistance program on Wall Street, and often works with various levels of management and human resources departments regarding employees who are transitioning, and with their families as well. He co-authored the chapter "Transgender Identity" in a textbook for social work students, Sexual Orientation And Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working With Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender People, (Morrow & Messinger, Eds.), Columbia Press, 2006; and wrote the chapter for trans issues in the companion volume, Case Studies on Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice.
Barbara B. Holstein
Assistant professor of Clinical Medicine
Marriage and Family Therapist
Sex Therapist
Lafayette Family Health Center
2394 Route 11
Lafayette, NY. 13084
(315) 677-3186
(315) 677-9469
Trained as a sex therapist at the SUNY Human Sexuality Program, she specializes in gender issues in adult sexuality and relationships. Barbara sees both individuals and couples in her private practice. All services are private and confidential. Individuals and couples interested in support groups are encouraged to call.
Shelley Juran, Ph.D.
158 Montague St
Brooklyn Heights, NY. 11201
Phone : (718) 625-6526
Email :
Sjuran@aol.comShelley Juran, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and certified (interpersonal) psychoanalyst who has worked with transgendered clients for over 20 years, since, as a faculty member at NYU Medical Center, she ran the daily operations of their gender clinic. Now she is a Full Professor of Psychology at Pratt Institute, where she teaches Sexuality and Gender courses, and sees, privately, in Brooklyn Heights, clients who are interested in making decisions about their life based upon an in-depth exploration of their issues.
Arlene Istar Lev R-CSW, CASAC
Choices Counseling Associates
321 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY. 12206
Phone : (518) 463-9152
Email :
Istarlev@aol.comIndividual, couple and family counseling, and work with Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgendered and other sexual minority folks. All services are confidential and offered on a sliding scale fee schedule. Many insurances are accepted.
Trained in general psychotherapy including addictions and recovery, domestic violence and sexual abuse, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image, relationship issues and parenting issues. Staff is trained in psycho-spiritual counseling and multi-cultural awareness.
Jennifer Lewis, LCSW
1 Kings Highway
North Westport, CT. 06880
Phone : (203) 226-9796
Works closely with Gender Identity Project, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schafer and Christine Wheeler in NYC.
Tom Mazur, Psy.D.
SUNY - Children's Hospital of Buffalo
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, NY. 14222
Phone : (716) 878-7093
Metamorphosis
P.O. Box 6260
Broadway Station
Long Island, NY. 11106-0260
Phone : (718) 728-4615
Professional psychotherapy, individual and group support, family counseling, evaluations, treatment for all gender related situations, particularly for transsexuals. Full transition support. Call or write for appointment and information, Mon.-Fri.,11am-5pm.
Michelle Poll, M.A.
Metamorphosis
P.O. Box 6260
LIC, NY. 11106-0260
Phone : (718) 728-4615
Email :
3therapy3@juno.comKatherine Rachlin, Ph.D.
153 Waverly Place, suite 700
New York, NY. 10014
Phone : (212) 206-3636
Fax : (212) 206-6361
Email :
KRachlin@aol.comKatherine Rachlin, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience in the trans-community. She has worked with transpeople, crossdressers, their families and partners for more than eleven years. Dr. Rachlin is trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy and sex therapy. She sees individuals at all stages of gender exploration and transition. She also works therapeutically with people who have decided not to transition or who are post-operative, post-transition or for whom transition is no longer a central issue.
Leah C. Schaefer, Ed.D.
285 Riverside Drive, #15A
New York, NY. 10025
Phone : (212) 866-1139
Dr. Leah Cahan Shafer
Riverside Drive and 101st Street
New York, NY.
Phone : (212) 866-1139
She is the inheritor of Dr Harry Benjamin's practice and the former chair of the IHBGDA
Margot Smith
The Genesee Hospital
Alexander Street
Rochester, NY.
Phone : (716) 327-3354
Voice Therapist.
Claire J. Tornay M.S.W. , C.S.W.
#710 Park Avenue
New York , NY. 10021
Phone : (212) 861-5408
Email :
clairetmsw@aol.comTransgender Health and Education Clinic of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (THE Clinic)
356 West 18th St.
New York, NY. 10011
Phone : (212) 271-7200
Fax : (212) 645-0013
Contact Jennifer Lewis, Director of Mental Health Offers medical and mental health care to the TG community. Cost: Initial: $5 registration fee, $25 medical, labs are at cost. Follow ups $20. No one is turned away due to inability to pay.
Mission: To provide quality health care to the transgender community at low cost. (Part of the overall mission of CHP to the l/g/b/t communities.) When : Second Saturdays, 11 am - 3 pm
Dr. John M. Wadsworth M.D.
313 Summer Street
Buffalo, NY.
Phone : (716) 883-5357
Pamela Walter, C.S.W.-R, A.C.S.W., B.C.D
768 CrossKeys Office Park
Fairport, NY. 14450
Phone : (716) 425-4750
Fax : (716) 586-9358
Over 20 years experience in dealing with the TG community.
Barbara E. Warren, Psy.D.
One Little West 12th Street
New York, NY. 10014
Phone : (212) 620-7310
Dr. C. Christine (Tina) Wheeler
Bristol Medical Building, Suite 202
305 East 55th Street
New York, NY. 10022-4148
Phone : (212) 599-2254
Fax : (212) 973-9431
Email :
drchristinewheeler@verizon.netSexologist, psychotherapist, marriage and family therapy, Charter member
of The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, current
author of the medical guidelines entitled, The Standards of Care.
Joanne Zager, Ph.D.
118 Park Ln.
Ithaca, NY. 14850
NYS Licensed Psychologist
Phone : (607) 272-6353
Email :
jzager@twcny.rr.comBruce Friedin, Ph.D.
39 New Mill Road
Smithtown, NY. 11787
Phone : (631) 361-6910
Email :
bfriedin@aol.comWebsite :
http://www.drbrucefriedin.comSecond Office :
Suite 218
175 Jericho Turnpike
Syosset, NY. 11791
Phone : (516) 496-7767
"I'm a psychologist on Long Island, and I specialize in sexuality.
I have worked with many Transgendered individuals."
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