Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW
(they/them)
Psychotherapist, Clinical Director
www.deedeegoldpaugh.com
Queer, Non-binary
Dee Dee provides compassionate care that prioritizes the inner healing intelligence of each client. They specialize in working with survivors of trauma, with an emphasis on sexual and relational abuse survivors, and people from queer and gender-diverse communities. Dee Dee uses insight-oriented approaches paired with somatic and trauma interventions tailored to each client's individual needs. They are trained in Psychodynamic Therapy, Sex Therapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy. Their approach to psychotherapy is both strengths-based and pleasure-centered.
Dee Dee is the Clinical Director of Chrysalis Integrative Psychotherapy, a psychotherapist, educator, clinical supervisor, author, and heart-centered activist. They have taught and published widely on the topics of psychedelics, sexuality, trauma, gender, and spirituality. They have been a leading voice in the development of Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy techniques, specifically with survivors of trauma and have published the first article to appear in an academic journal, Sexual and Relationship Therapy, exploring the intersection of sexuality, spirituality, and psychedelic integration.
Dee Dee offers Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy as part of the team at the Woodstock Therapy Center and facilitates ketamine-assisted therapy retreats. Additionally, they are a Clinical Supervisor on a research trial using a psilocybin analogue to treat major depressive disorder using the EMBARK psychedelic-assisted therapy approach. They have also completed the MAPS training in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Dee Dee is currently writing a book on psychedelics, trauma, and healing through pleasure due to be published by Inner Traditions in 2024.
Dee Dee has been a presenter in the Sex Therapy Collaborative and a faculty instructor in the Trauma Therapy program at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. They have presented at The Alt Sex Conference Speaker’s Series, The Center for Optimal Living, Ante Up! and are contributing author in the book Queering Psychedelics. They have been featured in articles by Vice Magazine, Chacruna, The Albany Times Union, Medium, Brides, Psymposia, Refinery 29, and Psychology Today. Dee Dee holds a Master’s Degree from the Hunter College School of Social Work. They have received post-graduate training at the C.J. Jung Foundation, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, the Parnell Institute, and have additional training in Internal Family Systems Psychotherapy. Dee Dee is a student of shamanic healing, bioregional herbal medicine and has attended intensive guide training through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy guides.
Tristan Bennett, LMSW
(they/he)
Psychotherapist
www.therapywithtristan.nyc
Queer, Gender-expansive
I feel extraordinarily fortunate to be connecting with you about doing this work together. It is something I take very seriously and try to practice joyfully. Therapy, both in the receiving and the giving, has enriched my life beyond measure. It is my job to share some of that with you.
I view therapy as a collaborative endeavor. I work with clients in a way that values non-hierarchy and I will be there to support your journey, the path of which is determined by you. My role is to help us determine the goals you’d like to focus on during our work together and to support our mutual accountability in working toward those goals. We are a team and you’re in charge. We go where you want, how you want, and when you want.
My work is trauma-informed, both by training and lived experience. I am fascinated by the interior landscapes described in psychodynamic theory and the potential for inner healing and wisdom written in those peaks and valleys. I also hold a deep interest in the parts work approach of Internal Family Systems. Finally, I employ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when appropriate.
I was not born a therapist. I have been a working poet and a public school teacher, a construction worker and a guide for transpersonal healing work. I have run a community bike shop in New Orleans and led a team of Water Protectors in service to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. I have helped to organize and build large festivals like Burning Man and I have managed a food pantry in Portland. By necessity I am steeped in harm reduction and crisis intervention methods. Helping those experiencing difficulty in their relationship with drugs and alcohol is a special interest of mine.
I came of age as an activist in the queer punk communities of post-Katrina New Orleans. I carry many of those values into my work as a therapist. I identify as queer, gender-expansive, and sex positive. My approach is open and understanding of all expressions of consensual relatedness and cognizant of the unique challenges faced by those navigating queerness in America today
A native of New York City, I hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work from New York University where I founded the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies. While at NYU I also conceived of and co-produced the annual NYU Symposium on Psychedelic Justice, a conference centering anti-oppressive and anti-capitalist voices in the psychedelic community.
Wherever you land on your journey, and though we’ve never met, I’m excited for you.
You can do it.
Rachel Harlich, LCSW
(she/her)
Psychotherapist
www.rachelharlich.com
Queer, Femme, Non-binary, Chronically Ill, Chronic Pain, Disabled, Fat-Identified, Neurodiverse, Trauma Survivor
I believe in therapy that brings our whole selves into our work. So in addition to deep empathy and going deep into the issues, you can expect space for our shared humanity, humor, and maybe a few curse words when working with me. In addition, my practice is rooted in principles of intersectional justice, harm reduction, pleasure, embodiment, and intentionality. I strongly hold the position that social oppressions such as racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, cissexism, and so on, operate as traumas and stressors and thus, are of clinical concern as barriers to wellness.
I specialize in working with folks who are: childhood and adulthood trauma survivors, LGBTQIA+, kink/BDSM-involved, polyamourous and non-monogamous, neurodiverse, chronically ill and in pain, disabled, and navigating the impact of fatphobia (whether you are fat-identified or not).
I am trained in both Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) both of which embrace a somatic and parts-work approach to healing from trauma, with an emphasis on working with complex trauma and attachment-wounding survivors. I am also very influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and consider my approach to parts-work a blend of TIST and IFS. I also incorporate tools from other modalities as may be helpful and agreed upon - collaboration and consent are essential cornerstones of our work together. I received my Master’s of Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. I also work as a coach, consultant, and trainer/facilitator and notably I’ve trained hundreds of other therapy and social service providers in LGBTQ+ Competency, as well as Somatic Wellbeing Practices and Navigating Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and Burnout. I’ve spoken for organizations such as United Way, the National Association of Social Workers, The Bridge, and the Mental Health America conference. In addition, I’ve been featured in articles by Them, Cosmopolitan, O.School, Verywell Health, and UpJourney.
I look forward to our work together and I will be honored to walk alongside you in your healing.
Britt Reid, LCSW
(they/them)
Psychotherapist
Queer, Trans masc, Non-binary
Starting therapy is brave. I aim to foster a relationship that is compassionate, free of judgment, and a place where you can express your truest thoughts and feelings. I believe that you are the expert on your own life, and the therapeutic space should be one that centers and honors your resiliency and strengths. Treatment is fluid and individualized uniquely for you. As such, I consider our work to be a co-created process and I endeavor to create a space where all expressions of selfhood and identity can be safely expressed.
As a white, trans masc, nonbinary queer practitioner, my work is informed by my lived experience, motivated by personal connection to the communities I serve, and aspires to be as multi-dimensional as you are.
I provide therapy to individuals, intimate partners, and families of all kinds with an aspirational anti-oppressive, anti-racist, trauma-informed, harm reduction, and client-centered approach. My practice is firmly rooted in anti-oppression. I believe examining relationships of power and privilege is often central to healing and meaning-making. I incorporate narrative, relational, IFS-informed, and psychodynamic approaches, as well as mindfulness and somatic work in my practice. I also have specialized training and expertise working with people struggling with substance use, experiencing anxiety and depression, and exploring their gender identities. I have extensive experience working with trauma and violence survivors, neuro-diverse clients, queer and TGNCNB+ people, immigrants, kink and D/S lifestyle relationships, sex workers, and polyamory/consensual non-monogamy, as well as many intersections of these lived experiences. I am a Field Instructor through Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York City.
Christina Tesoro, LMSW
(they/she)
Psychotherapist
www.janistherapy.com
Queer, non-binary/two-spirit (qariwarmi), mixed race, trauma survivor, sex worker affirming, single parent
Christina practices a blend of somatic and relational therapy. In session, this looks like drawing attention to present-moment somatic experiences as well as the developing therapeutic relationship in order to cultivate deeper insight and a greater sense of agency & well-being outside of the container of therapy. Their therapeutic approach is rooted in decolonial, trauma-informed and pleasure-focused values.
Their commitment to anti-oppressive and decolonial work is directly shaped by their own lived experience as the biracial child raised by an indigenous mother and a white father. Through their own lineage, Christina understands the pain of assimilation for survival that many immigrants grapple with upon relocating to the United States. Simultaneously, as a fourth generation Italian American, Christina also knows well the willful assimilation to the construct of whiteness in order to consolidate proximity to power, and the subsequent grief and fragmentation of identity that is the price of this type of self and ancestral abandonment. Guided by the work and wisdom of healers, writers, and cultural workers such as Resmaa Menakem, Mia Birdsong, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, as well as the ancestral knowing of their own two-spirit embodiment, Christina is adept at holding the complexity of both/and, as well as facilitating the rich and integral process of rupture and repair, in which therapist and client both honor the fullness of our humanity – our fallibility and capacity to cause harm, as well as our inherent ability to heal in community and right relationship with each other.
Christina is former LAMBDA Literary Fellow (2015) and two-time judge of the LAMBDA Literary Awards for Queer Young Adult Fiction. In 2018 and 2020, they served as a Fellow for the Sex Worker Giving Circle, a grantmaking initiative by and for current and former sex workers hosted by Third Wave Fund. In 2020 they released their self-published eBook Death to Whorephobia: A Guide to Sex Worker Affirming Care, an adaptation of their Master’s level thesis research. They are the co-editor of Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex (2023), and have contributed to numerous anthologies, including The Edge of Sex: Navigating A Sexually Confusing Culture from the Margins (2020), Bisexuality Beyond Binaries: Celebrating Multiple Bisexual Identities in A World of Erasure, and The People’s Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexuality Archive (2024). Christina has also been published at Autostraddle, Medium’s Forge, Catapult, PS Mag, and The Toast, and has guested on several podcasts, including Esther Perel’s “How’s Work?” and NPR’s LifeKit.
Christina is Level 1 Certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy through Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a certified holistic sex educator through the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment. As of 2023, they are also pursuing certification in Family Constellations, a modality of energy work focused on shifting and healing intergenerational trauma.
They received their Master of Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work in 2019. Christina also considers their years as a queer sex worker as central to their clinical expertise, and their dedication to pleasure and joy as sources of immense power, community building, and healing. Birthed by queer sex worker community, their work will always be devoted to sexual liberation, sex work decriminalization, and asserting our audacious right to pleasure, joy, and vibrant, life-giving, authentic expressions of love.