by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Aug 26, 2020 | Acceptance, Discrimination, education, Family, group therapy, Mental Health, Therapy, Transgender
Trust is a tricky thing. Once it’s been broken, it isn’t easy to regain, especially today, when you don’t need special equipment to take damning photographic and/or video evidence of wrongdoing, and the internet makes sure that all of it is disseminated and preserved...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jul 29, 2020 | education, group therapy, Mental Health, social distancing, teletheraoy, Therapy, Transgender
There is a need right now, more than ever before, and I am not just being prosaic, for connection. I can only speak for the people I know, but despair is the real enemy here, despite the frightening specter of Covid and the fact that the US government seems to be...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jul 6, 2020 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Discrimination, education
With the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent resurgence in understandable fury in the Black Lives Matter movement, past transgressions of racism (both by law enforcement and otherwise) are finally garnering the attention warranted. For many Americans, it is a...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Mar 20, 2020 | Coming Out, education, Family, Mental Health, New York City, Politics, social distancing, Transgender, Uncategorized
With all of the precautions New York City and State are taking along with the rest of the country, we hear the phrase “Social Distancing.” We want to correct the phrase to “Physical Distancing,” as we believe that being social is more important...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Mar 16, 2020 | college, Coming Out, education, Transgender
Given the disheartening rates of depression and suicidal behaviors associated with the transgender school-aged youths in grades K-12, the prospect of furthering education in college can present those approaching college consideration with equal parts excitement and...
