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The Alphabet Soup of Sexual and Gender Diversity
By: Michael Toohey, Psy.D. | May 24, 2019
In 1969, after the Stonewall Riots — the violent demonstrations by gay community members in response to a New York City police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village — did men and women in sexual minorities become vocal and active in defining themselves. ‘Gay’ was the first all-encompassing term. It applied to anyone […]
Read MoreTherapy Changes Welcomes Dr. Michael Toohey
By: Michael Toohey, Psy.D. | March 8, 2019
Joining Therapy Changes feels like the culmination of a lifetime of service dedicated to helping others. I started helping others in the 8th grade as a volunteer when my junior high school opened a facility for severely developmentally delayed youth. In high school, early 1980s, I helped lower classmen affirm their own sexuality while I […]
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