What are the determinants of your mental health?
Join me for a community conversation around the release of my book: The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys (New Harbinger Publications). This book explores the social determinants affecting mental health outcomes for queer men and provides therapeutic tools such as cognitive-behavioural techniques, Gestalt role-play, and psychodynamic inquiry to foster resilience.
Author: Rahim Thawer, MSW
Talk Back Moderator: JT Mikulka, LCSW
This event welcomes GBTQ folks, allies, and service providers.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Your Social Context
- Coming Out
- Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia
- Internalized Shame
- Family & Culture
- Milestone Heteronormativity
- Disenfranchised Grief
Section 2: Your Connections
- Desire for Intimacy
- Managing Rejection
- Body Conscious Culture
- Endings in Queer Love
- Boundary Violations
Section 3:Your Health
- Accessing Medical Care
- Sexual Health
- Substance Use
- Aging
Foreword by Leo Herrera, queer Mexican artist and creator of Fathers, a multimedia project reimagining a world without AIDS.
Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW, is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist from Toronto, ON, Canada. He is a clinical supervisor, facilitator, university instructor, and public speaker. Trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Gestalt, psychoanalytic, and sex therapy approaches, Thawer’s work focuses on the intersections of mental health, sexuality, systemic oppression, and queer joy.
Follow him at https://allmylinks.com/the-politicized-practitioner
For interviews, press releases, and other invitations, please contact:
Ifeoma Odiwe
ifeoma.odiwe@newharbinger.com
Associate Publicist, New Harbinger Publications
