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    QUEERIES - A Journal of LGBTQ Reflections

    What's In A Name? A LOT!

    April 3, 2017

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    Joan Bellsey, LICSW, CAC (she, her, hers)

    All I know is, one day I felt like I was left out of the Gay club.   You too?  You thought you knew who you were - Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Homosexual. You remember Stonewall, don’t you?  Good.   Our history remains but the names are changing.  Now, there are new names to...

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    We’re Looking to the Future, by Catching Up With the Past

    March 14, 2017

    The pre-modern Hawaiians acknowledged 8 different forms of gender; our high tech world is only now beginning to catch up.  Over the past 20 years, trans awareness has spread from continent to continent with the expansion of the internet as cyber brothers and sisters re...

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    THE SHAME CODEX

    March 8, 2017

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    R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil

    I work with the long-term wounded every day in my job as a psychotherapist; one of my clients described herself as “the walking dead.” Nowadays we know that trauma is stored in the body, that the long-term consequences of trauma are often crippling physical illnesses a...

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    Hope & Change

    February 1, 2017

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    Sid Binks, PhD, ABPP-CN

    Many folks entering therapy come with hope for change while others come without hope or with hope dashed and little ability to imagine change.  One of the most rewarding experiences for a therapist is to witness someone discover hope, clarify what they would like to ch...

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    Body-Mind Therapy for Anxiety and Trauma

    January 10, 2017

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    Jane Whitaker, LCSW

    It is challenging to seek therapy when you are fearful. Whether your symptoms are high levels of anxiety, panic attacks, or symptoms following traumatic events, there are effective and safe methods to decrease your discomfort and create greater calm and freedom to live...

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    Overcoming Our Upsetting Thoughts

    November 15, 2016

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    Larry Cohen, LICSW

    • How awful!! This disastrous election will undo all the progress we have made for LGBT rights and for other human rights!

    • If I assert my opinions or feelings with my partner, she’ll be disappointed and will leave me.    

    • I’m not as attractive / m...

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    You Have Always Known You Were "Different"

    February 11, 2016

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    Maria del Carmen Puig-Casauranc

    It feels like it has been since forever, that you knew you were “different” even though you did not really know for a long time what that meant.  What you did know is that you could not talk about this sense with anyone; somehow you knew it was not safe sharing this na...

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    The Hero's Journey and Finding Home: Gender Transition in the Digital Age

    January 10, 2016

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    R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil

    Each one of us is a hero on our own life journey, whether we are male or female, whether or not we bring home the Golden Fleece.  We have different itineraries from one another, different scenic overlooks and destinations; we take different short cuts and trade routes,...

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    Social Anxiety & Coming Out

    December 15, 2015

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    Larry Cohen, LICSW

    • I'm fundamentally different, and don't fit in.

    • I'm not worthwhile unless I'm accepted by those I admire.

    • I can't be accepted by others unless I meet their expectations.

    • If someone got to know the real me, they wouldn't accept me.

     

    These are among t...

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