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As a cis or trans man who loves men, you face unique and challenging circumstances, including homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, struggles with body image, and rejection from family. The lingering effects of bigotry, discrimination, microaggressions, and hate crimes can have a devastating impact on your well-being. This guide offers powerful skills to help you heal the pain of trauma and thrive authentically in a world that often misunderstands or marginalizes your identity and experiences.

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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.

The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys

Skills to Cope and Thrive as Your Authentic Self

Author Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW

Narrated by Curtis Michael Holland

Publication date Jun 1, 2025

Running time 6 hrs

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