The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys

An inclusive, evidence-based guide to healing and thriving as a cis or trans queer man.

The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys offers you a safe, inclusive space to examine, understand, and heal from systemic and interpersonal threats to your mental well-being. Based on proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this book provides proven-effective tools and exercises to help you reflect on, confront, and manage difficult emotions; improve self-image and self-esteem; and develop healthy coping skills.

This guidebook will help you: cultivate greater self-awareness; move past negative thinking habits; heal emotional wounds and build resilience; challenge heteronormativity and gender role rigidity; and care for your sexual health.

If you're struggling with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, or trauma—or feel oppressed or misunderstood by the world around you—this book can help you overcome the negative internalized messages that are causing you emotional pain, and build the self-awareness, confidence, and courage needed to embrace your unique identity and thrive.