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Scholarly Publications 

“Listen Like an Actor: The Key to the Performing Art of Therapy,” Psychoanalytic Inquiry

“We’re in This Scene Together,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives

“Life Behind the Screen,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives

 “Review of A Kid Like Jake,” Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

 “Don’t Act, Don’t Tell: Discrimination Based on Gender Nonconformity in the Entertainment Industry and the Clinical Setting,” Journal of Lesbian & Gay Mental Health

Popular Publications

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“Be Yourself, But Don’t!”: Mixed Messages from a Mother to her Gay Son for Psychotherapy Networker | April 2022
Should Therapists go Back to an Office? for Psychotherapy Networker | August 2021
When Your Supervisor’s a Tough Crowd for Psychotherapy Networker | November/ December 2021
The Audition 
for Psychotherapy Networker | May/June 2020
Character Work: What Therapists Can Learn from Actors for Psychotherapy Networker | March/ April 2019
Straight Life Cycle/ Queer Life for Psychotherapy.net | May, 2017
Queer Couch for the Straight Girl for Psychotherapy.net | May, 2016
Dear Actor for Backstage | June, 2016
Why Men Cheat for Marriage.com | December, 2016
Pecs and Ass: The Age of Daniel Craig for Out Magazine | December, 2012
Discussion with Ken Corbett on Gender, Bullying and More for The Huffington Post 
| June, 2012
Citation in Out Magazine | August, 2013

Selected Columns for Psychology Today:
How to Talk to “The Other Side” on Social Media |  October 2020
How to Choose the Best Therapist for You |  July 2018
Pride in Mental Health Series |  June 2017
White House Targets Transgender Students: Bad for us All | February 24, 2017
Immigration and the Benefits of Other-Regarding Actions | January 29, 2017
Boys Will Be…What We Let Them Be: Ken Corbett’s ‘A Murder Over A Girl’ and the 2016 Election
 | November 1, 2016
Who Looks After You? | September 25 2016

Psychoanalysis and CBT go to Couples Therapy | April 28, 2016
Guns and Mental Health | October 21, 2015
Coming Out and Taking In | October 11, 2015
What is Transgender?: A Beautiful Short Film Has an Answer | June 24, 2015
Fun Home and the Gift of Being Out | June 24, 2015
Don’t Just Ask Bruce Jenner for Answers, Ask Yourself | May 1, 2014
Hand-in-Hand: Marriage Equality and Gender Equality | September 17, 2014
You Can Be Womanly, Manly, or Both at Work | September 17, 2014
Playing in the Spaces | June 12, 2014
Don’t Act, Don’t Tell Is In Effect | March 11, 2014
Three Ways Marriage Is A Queer Choice | October 30, 2013
The Right To Bare Breasts | August 28, 2013
She’s So Trauma | June 5, 2013
Michael Douglas Liberates as Liberace | May 29, 2013
American Psycho(analysis) | May 21, 2013
Equality Crept Into The Wedding | April 23, 2013
To Be, Or To Be “Well”: How Therapy Works | April 17, 2013
It Gets Better, For Whom? | March 5, 2013

Selected Articles for The Huffington Post:
Big Little Truth: When Women Get Along On Screen We All Win | April 11, 2017
Leslie Jones, Hollywood, and Racism July 25, 2016
The Oscar Speech I Wanted: Mya Taylor from “Tangerine” | February 24, 2016
Hollywood Diversity Awakens | January 5, 2016
Viola Davis Matters | September 25, 2015
How to be a Groomsgal | August 25, 2015
Into the White White Woods | December 29, 2014
How My World Became the Real World | November 13, 2014
We Need to Talk About Butt Sex | January 25, 2013
Jodie Foster: It’s Complicated | January 16, 2013
Calling All Hobbits of Color | December 21, 2012
The American Family Is Queer | November 20, 2012
Kathleen Turner’s Voice Could Save Your Life… | September 17, 2012
How to Be a Bridesman | June 26, 2012
Don’t Act, Don’t Tell | April 27, 2012
Bully Gets ‘Girl’ | April 6, 2012

Selected Articles for Truthdig:
Beyond #MeToo and #IBelieveYou | October 27, 2017
Silence is Killing Your LGBT Relatives | June 20 2016
Stop, Breathe, and Think: Tips for Pre-Election Posting | March 13, 2016
The Same Second Class | August 7, 2012
‘Game Change’: Life Imitates TV Drama for Republican Women | March 16, 2012
Men in Drag: Armisen Charms, Sandler’s a Miss | March 6, 2012

Self-Help Articles for The Huffington Post:
Tips to Survive Thanksgiving in Post-Election Turmoil | November 23, 2016
A Quick and Easy Guide to Survive the Holidays | November 25, 2015
Stop Trying to Relax | August 14, 2012
Love Bites: Couples Counseling Tips | February 11, 2013

Trim Your Christmas ‘Three’ | November 27, 2012