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David Greenan EdD

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Teachers College, Columbia University;
Counseling psychologist and family therapist
Contact at:
Office: 212 252-0404
E-mail: DavidGreenan@verizon.net
Language: English

Expertise:

  • Same-sex couples
  • Same-sex marriage
  • Mental health in LGBT populations
  • Grieving and loss
  • HIV treatment and prevention issues

Additional Information:

David Greenan is the former Executive Director of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York City, an agency that provides family training to individuals, and systemic consultations to organizations, working with couples and families that are marginalized due to racism, socio-economic conditions and/or sexual orientation. He has extensive experience counseling same-sex couples and families dealing with catastrophic illness. He is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Teachers College of Columbia University and is on the faculty at NYU Medical Center where he teaches and supervises interns in family therapy.


Selected Research and Publications:

Tunnell, G. & Greenan, D.E. (2004). Clinical issues in gay male couples. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.3.

Greenan, D. E. (May/June 2003). Open relationships and gay couples. Psychotherapy Networker, vol. 27, no. 3, 71-75.

Greenan, D.E. & Tunnell, G. (2003). Couple therapy with gay men. New York: Guilford Publications
Greenan, D.E. (1996).  Men and dependency:  The treatment of a same-sex couple.  In S. Minuchin, W.Y. Lee & G. Simon, Mastering Family Therapy:  Journeys of growth and transformation.  New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Greenan, D.E. (1993).  Clinical Outcome Study of Efficacy of Multiple Family Groups for Gay Men With HIV, Teachers College, Columbia University, Doctoral Dissertation.

Greenan, D.E. (1988). AIDS-The Hidden Grievers.  Produced and directed documentary film, Award of Merit, 7th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill, McGill University, Montreal.

Selected presentations:

Greenan, D.E. (August 2006) Working With Same-Sex Couples: The Intersection of Gender and Gay Identity Formation. VII Congreso De La Asociacion De Psicoterapia Sistemica De Buenes Aires, Buenes Aires.

Greenan, D.E. (June 2005) Similarities and Differences in Working with Heterosexual and Same-Sex Couples.World Conference on Families. Hong Kong University.

Greenan, D. and Papp, P. (June 2005) The Universal Couple. AFTA-IFTA International Conference on Family Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Greenan, D.E. (2005). Couple therapy with gay men. Grand Rounds, Lincoln Hospital, New York.

Greenan, D.E. & Tunnell, G. (2003). Couple therapy with gay men: Healing connections. Workshop presentation, American Psychological Association, Toronto.

Greenan, D.& Tunnell, G.  (March 2003). Couple Therapy with Gay Men. The Family Networker Symposium, Washington, D.C.

Tunnell, G., & Greenan, D. ( October 2002).  Short term structural family therapy with gay male
 couples.  American Association of Marital and Family Therapy, Cincinnati, OH.

Ariel, J., Greenan, D., Tunnell, G., and Stearns, J. (June 2002).  Lesbian and gay couples in the 21st century: A dialogue.  American Family Therapy Academy, New York.

Dowds, P.,Greenan, D., Holm, R. (2001). The Role of The Family Systems Consultant. Workshop presentation at AAMFT  Conference, Nashville.

Greenan, D. & Tunnell, G. (2001, June).  Race and gender and heterosexism:  Multisystemic lenses to use when working with same-sex couples.  American Family Therapy Academy, Miami Beach, FL.

Tunnell, G. & Greenan, D. (2000, November).  Expanding clinical skills to work with gay male couples.  Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, New York, NY.