Bianca Palmisano

The mechanics of therapy look quite different for younger patients, whose experiences with depression vary by age, emotional vocabulary, cognitive development, and experiences with trauma.

In the last 5 years, many clinicians have faced tough questions about how best to serve transgender youth while doing no harm.

Sex workers already operate at the social and economic margins. SESTA-FOSTA makes it increasingly difficult for them to advertise and screen clients safely, deeply cutting into their incomes and threatening their livelihoods.

The heterogeneity of depression as a disease contributes to the challenge in identifying effective treatments.

Mental health professionals supporting patients living with HIV need to make space for their patients to process the emotional effect of their diagnosis, but not to make assumptions about what it means to them.

Mental health professionals regularly grapple with the best way to support clients navigating an onslaught of sexual violence in their daily lives.

Non-monogamy can have rules and meanings as varied as the clients who practice it.

Nearly 15% of all gay men report dealing with anorexia or bulimia during their lifetime.

The PLISSIT model offers a method for introducing sexual health into the clinical conversation.