Experts Information

Helen Friedman, Ph.D.

Expertise:

• LGBT issues in schools
• “Coming out” issues
• Gender identity (Transgender issues)
• Mental health in LGBT populations
• Substance abuse in LGBT populations
• LGBT youths and their families of origin (parents, siblings, grandparents)
• Violent hate crimes against LGBT persons
• LGBT issues in the workplace,
• Religion and LGBT people
• LGBT Healthcare (non HIV)

Additional Information:

Dr. Helen Friedman is a clinical psychologist in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri for over 26 years. Her specialties include sexual trauma and compulsivity, dissociative disorders, posttraumatic stress, gender identity, and relationship issues. She has presented on these topics at national and international scientific conferences and has made numerous appearances on television, radio, and in print (USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Psychology Today, Cosmopolitan, New Woman, Mademoiselle, SELF, Redbook, YM, CosmoGIRL!, Salon, etc.). For 7 1/2 years, she hosted "PsychTalk" on KDHX Radio, for which she received the Community Partnership Award from BJC Behavioral Health Services “for providing thoughtful mental health education.” She also served on the advisory board of CosmoGIRL!, a national teen magazine, for 4 years.

Dr. Friedman is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine; media chair and a former president of the St. Louis Psychological Association; the recipient of the 2005 Merit Award from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health; and a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the International Foundation for Gender Education. She is featured in the book, The Successful Therapist (Wiley, 2005).

Selected Publications:

Friedman, H. R. (1999). A gestalt approach to sexual compulsivity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 6 (1), 63-75.

Friedman, H. R. (2000, July/August). Shame is ‘king’ in sexual compulsivity. The National Psychologist, p. 7-B.

Friedman, H. R. (2005). Interview with Helen R. Friedman, PhD. In L. Kase, The successful therapist: Your guide to building the career you've always wanted (pp. 119-123). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Friedman, H. R. (2005, December 28). Synergy in motion [Review of the book Hypnocounseling: An Eclectic Bridge Between Milton Erickson and Carl Rogers]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 52), Article 17.

Friedman, H. R. (2006, November 15). The drive toward completion [Review of the film Transamerica]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (No. 46), Article 20.