Amibkaplanlcsw
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I’m Ami B. Kaplan, LCSW. I’m a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in New York City and have worked with Transgendered and Transsexual individuals for many years.
I’m a long time member and committee member of WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health). I’m interested in a discussion of what works and what doesn’t work in helping individuals achieve the highest level of comfort with their past and current lives, with transitioning and with dealing with the problems of growing up with some form of gender variance.
email:[email protected]
and please find me on facebook.
MY BLOGS
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Transgender Mental Health
http://tgmentalhealth.com/
A forum to discuss all things related to mental health, psychotherapy and support for transgendered, transsexual, gender queer and gender variant individuals and their friends and family.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 27 )
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Trans Manga: ‘Wandering Son’ Or ‘Hourou Musuko’
After the previous post on SNL’s shameful portrayal of transsexuals I thought I’d give an example of something really great. Wandering Son (‘Hourou Musuko’ in... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2011 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
SNL Contribues to Trans-phobia with ‘Estro-Maxx’ Parody
Yes, I know its comedy, but NBC’s Saturday Night Live TV show aired a ‘commercial’ for feminizing hormones who’s sole comedic purpose was to laugh at trans wome... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2011 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
A New Children’s Book: “Be Who You Are”
Jennifer Carr has made an important contribution to children’s literature in her 2010 offering “Be Who You Are” (Author House, Bloomington, IN). Read more
Posted on 09 January 2011 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
The Need for Post Transition Support (Part 2)
A follow up to the Mike Penner/Christine Daniels saga.The LA Times posted a long follow up article on the suicide of Mike Penner/Christine Daniels, the late LA... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2010 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
Confusion Around Changing Sexual Orientation for Trans People
I’ve been working on an article (hence the lack of posts lately) and midway through I went on a little tangent (OK, it was a rant) about this issue of... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2010 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
WPATH Releases De-Psychopathologisation Statement on Gender Variance
This is the statement from WPATH:“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 26, 2010The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has prepared and released a... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2010 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY -
The Prevalence of Transgenderism
Someone asked me recently “what is the prevalence of transgenderism”, so I thought I’d take a stab at finding out.An article on questions of prevalence and... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2010 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUALITY