Psychotherapy Services - Ami B. Kaplan, LCSWAmi B. Kaplan, LCSW | Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York City

Hello,

Psychotherapy can help you find out more about what’s bothering you.

I am an experienced and empathic Psychotherapist. I bring a high level of training, and insight to the work of understanding and overcoming obstacles in your life. Some areas of specialty Include:

Depression, Anxiety
Transgender, Gay and Lesbian issues, Surgery evaluation letters
Issues of Assertion
Changing entrenched roles in Relationships
Difficult or narcissistic parents or partners

Video and phone sessions are available.

Recent Professional Activities and Publications

Policy and Procedures Committee Member – World Professional Association for

Transgender Health (WPATH)
Consultant – ‘New York City Health Information on ‘Transgender Health Advisory for primary care givers in NYC’. 2015
Planning Committee Member – Mental Health Section – Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference
Author of the section on ‘Internalized Transphobia’ and editor on the chapter on ‘Older Transgender’ in ‘Trans Bodies/Trans Selves’. Oxford University Press; June , 2014.
Book Chapter: “You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman: Thoughts on a case of Transsexual Identity Formation and Queer Theory” in ‘Clinical Encounters in Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Practice and Queer Theory’ Eds: Noreen Giffney and Eve Watson, New York: Punctum Books. Spring 2017.
Transgender Mental Health blog