The following people identified themselves as trans-experienced therapists:
Stephanie J. Abate, M.S.S.W., Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Provider's own gender: female
Contact Information
150 Fearing Street, #13, Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 887-8187
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: sex therapy, family therapy, couple therapy, trauma, LGBT issues, depression, anxiety, grief
- Population(s) treated: adults, couples/relationship therapy, family therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop, offers weekend and evening appointments for established clients
- Insurance accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Harvard, Pioneer, United Behavioral Health
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: post-graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases, research
- Notable training or experience: "I teach a human sexuality/sex therapy course at the University of New Hampshire in their Marriage and Family Therapy Master's Program."
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Erin Battistoni, L.C.S.W., Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Provider's own gender: female (queer, lesbian, gender nonconforming)
Contact Information
Multicultural Clinical Services
26 South Prospect St., Suite 204, Amherst, MA 01002
413-206-6261
www.multiculturalclinic.com
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: LGBTQIA+ affirming care, depression, anxiety, coming out/identity, life transitions including transition to college and out of college, stress
management, chronic illness, grief/loss, academic stressors, ADHD, executive functioning - Population(s) treated: adults
- Accessibility: offers weekend and evening appointments, offers virtual appointments
- Insurance accepted: Aetna, Beacon, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, EAP, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, HealthNet Plan, Health New England, Humana, Medicare, OPTUM, Tufts Health Plan, UniCare, United HealthCare, WELLFLEET Student
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: CEU hours, clinical supervision of trans cases, conference attendance, graduate coursework, post-graduate coursework, research, workshops/seminars
- Notable training or experience: "Multiple conferences over the years on supporting LGBTQIA+ college students, Safe Space (3 different institutions) trained, most
recently, Mindwise Innovations suicide prevention training with marginalized groups, Social Justice training and a trainer, trainings through the UMass Stonewall Center, UMass
Spectrum Community mentor."
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Laura D.M. Grant, Psy.D., Psychologist and Health Service Provider
Provider's own gender: Cisgender female with boyish gender variance
Contact Information
Champions Wellness LLC
7 Hadley Street, Suite 4 (top floor, front), South Hadley, MA 01075
(866) 649-4038; www.championswellness.com; www.facebook.com/championswellnessinc; http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/185099
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: anxiety, mood disorders, life transition, identity concerns
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents, couples/relationship therapy, group therapy
- Accessibility: in a facility that is near a bus stop, offers evening and weekend appointments
- Insurance accepted: Harvard Pilgrim and some United Healthcare Carriers; offer sliding scale
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: graduate coursework, post-graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, community events
- Notable training or experience: "Nine months as a behavioral health technician on the PRIDE unit of Ft. Lauderdale Hospital (inpatient psychiatric facility); 1 year pre-doctoral internship at the South Florida State Hospital with a number of transgender and genderqueer identifying inpatient persons served; two years post-doctoral position at the Mount Holyoke College Counseling Service, with 25% of my caseload serving students who identify as agender, transgender, genderqueer, or non-gender conforming; current clients identifying as agender, transgender, genderqueer, queer, non-gender conforming and other expressions which convey a gender which does not correspond with binary normative identity (30% of caseload)."
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Amy Gray, M.S.W., Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Provider's own gender: cisgender female
Contact Information
70 Main St., 2nd floor
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 522-4903; www.amygraytherapy.com
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: depression, anxiety, LGBTQIA, trauma
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents
- Accessibility: in a facility that is near a bus stop, offer evening appointments
- Insurance accepted: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health New England
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
Trainings or experience related to trans people: undergraduate coursework, graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, clinical supervision, conference attendance, community events
Notable trainings or experience: "too many to list at this point"
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Jane Harris, M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Provider's own gender: female
Contact Information
Clinical and Support Options, 1 Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 774-1000, ext. 2037
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: "inner child therapy to accept the authentic self," adult survivors of past trauma
- Population(s) treated: Adults
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, offers weekend appointments
- Insurance accepted: Mass Health/Medicaid, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, United Behavioral Health, Tufts, Health New England
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases
- Notable training or experience: attended several Transcending Boundaries Conferences and several Transgender Lives Conferences, attended a Brattleboro Retreat workshop on creating an LGBT-friendly practice, have 16 years’ experience with support groups for straight spouses of LGBT partners, am president of the Franklin-Hampshire MA chapter of PFLAG.
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? No
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Stephanie Jordan, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Contact Information
Leaves of Change Counseling
Northampton, MA
(413) 307-3464
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/stephanie-jordan-northampton-ma/714598
Information About Practice
- Population(s) treated: trans and gender-expansive individuals and individuals throughout the LGBTQ+ community
- Insurance accepted: BCBS, Optum, United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Tufts and Healthy New England
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Susan C. Loud, M.Ed., Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Provider's own gender: female
Contact Information
25 Main Street, Suite # 332, Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 585-0689
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: depression, substance abuse, and related issues; gender identity issues, especially related to transitioning and family involvement
- Population(s) treated: adults, couples/relationship therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop, offers evening appointments
- Insurance accepted: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Behavioral Health, Harvard Pilgrim, Fallon Behavioral Health, Health New England
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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CarmenLeah McKenzie-Ascencio, M.S.W., M.P.H., Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Provider’s own gender: cis woman
Contact Information
(781) 436-0116; http://freedomlaborlove.com/
“I work outside in the Pioneer Valley doing nature-based therapy.”
Information About Practice
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents
- Accessibility: “I work outside – not in a facility. One of the places I work will be near a bus stop. I make sure to meet at outdoor places that are wheelchair accessible.”
- Insurance accepted: BCBS and Tufts Health (commercial plans only)
- Fluent in, and can provide treatment: Spanish
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: graduate coursework, post-graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, clinical supervision of trans cases, community events (or other events outside of a clinical setting)
- Notable training and experience: “I am a queer cis woman who has been in community with trans folks all of my adult life. This does not make me an expert of any sort, yet I mention this because my personal relationships/community with trans folks informs my clinical practice, love and care for trans people.”
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Kat Pangborn, M.A., Clinical Psychology (not a licensed therapist)
Provider's own gender: female
Contact Information
25 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 579-6791
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: "experienced working with LGBTQIAA clients and complex PTSD"
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents, children, couples/relationship therapy, inpatient therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop, offers evening appointments
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: graduate coursework, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases
- Notable training or experience: "I have attended the Philly Trans Health Conference (several times), Translating Identities, Transcending Gender, Gender Odyssey in Seattle, UConn Health and Law Conference, and the Hampshire College Queer Conference. I attended a training through the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment and a Sexuality Education training through Planned Parenthood. I have also been partnered to a transman (he is out and identifies himself this way) for 18 years."
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes, but only for individuals who are self-paying for medical procedures. As a non-licensed therapist, I cannot legally sign off for insurers.
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Rachel Redd, M.S.W., Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Provider's own gender: genderqueer, assigned female at birth
Contact Information
25 Main St., Suite 333, Northampton, MA 01060, and 409 Main St., Suite 112, Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 497-7100; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/rachel-redd-northampton-ma/351754
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: identity development, trans and gender non-conforming, queer, first generation college students and issues regarding social class, academic stress, family of origin concerns
- Population(s) treated: adults, couples/marriage therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility (Amherst office only), in a facility that is near a bus stop
- Insurance accepted: UMASS student insurance out of network, Out of network Cigna PPO and Aetna PPO, out of pocket costs based on a tiered sliding scale from $65-$145
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: undergraduate coursework, graduate coursework, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases, CEU hours
- Notable training or experience: 2017 Philadelphia Trans Health Conference
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Erika Higgins Ross, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Provider's own gender: female
Contact Information
110 North Hillside Rd., Deerfield, MA 01373
(413) 824-2249
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: narrative therapy, DBT emotional regulation, mindfulness, gender identity, LBGTQ, couples, family
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents, couples/marriage therapy, family therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop
- Insurance accepted: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health New England, United Behavioral Health, HP, Cigna; offer sliding scale.
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events
- Notable training or experience: DBT training, EMDR training
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? "Support to be discussed in sessions"
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Jill Rubin, M.S.W., Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Contact Information
Virtual Only
(413) 695-6818, http://www.jillrubin.com
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: relationships/LGBTQIA
- Population(s) treated: adults, adolescents, couples/marriage therapy
- Accessibility: N/A virtual
- Insurance accepted: private pay, compsych, PPO
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events (or other events outside of a clinical setting)
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters for trans individuals to obtain hormones? Yes
- Do you write letters for trans individuals to obtain gender-affirming surgeries? No
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Jassy Timberlake, M.Ed., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Board Certified Sex Therapist
Provider's own gender: cis queer femme woman
Contact Information
Northampton Sex Therapy Associates
40 Main Street, Suite # 206, Florence, MA 01062
(413) 587-0095;Jassy@NorthamptonSexTherapy.com; www.NorthamptonSexTherapy.com
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: sex therapy, sexual health, sexuality education, gender identity/diversity
- Population(s) treated: adults, couples/relationship therapy
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop
- Insurance accepted: Blue Cross/Blue Shield and all out of network insurance plans; offer sliding scale
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: post-graduate coursework, CEU hours, workshops/seminars, conference attendance, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes
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Katharine Waggoner, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Provider's own gender: cis femme female
Contact Information
(413) 534-7400
Information About Practice
- Area(s) of clinical expertise: gender dysphoria, eating disorders
- Accessibility: in a wheelchair accessible facility, in a facility that is near a bus stop
- Insurance accepted: Aetna, Beacon/BMC, Neighborhood Health Plan, Fallon, BCBS/BBA, CCA-Commonwealth Care Alliance, Health New England/ HNE BE Healthy, Medicare, MHN/Tricare, MBHP, Tufts/ Tufts Network Health, Value Options, United Behavioral Health, United HealthCare
Trans-Specific Training and Experience
- Trainings or experience related to trans people: undergrad coursework, graduate coursework, CEU hours, community events, clinical supervision of trans cases, workshops/seminars
Letters of Support for Transitioning Individuals
- Do you write letters in support of gender-affirming medical interventions? Yes.