Curriculum Vitae
Lin Fraser Ed.D.
Current
Psychotherapist in private practice 1976-present.
Education
Duke University, B.A. Psychology (in 3 years) 1967 Summer School: Stanford University, Radcliffe College.
San Francisco State University, M.A. Counseling 1975.
University of San Francisco, Ed.D. Counseling Psychology 1991.
Post-Graduate Training
Internships: Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, 1972; Fort Help, 1973-1979.
Postgraduate Professional Training: Human Sexuality Training, UCSF and San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute; National Council on Alcoholism Professional Training; Family Therapy Institute of Marin; San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute Yearlong Program for Professionals; C.G. Jung Institute Seminars for Professionals.
Specialized training and certification in online counseling.
Consultation: Group Consultation: Bay Area Gender Associates, 1986-current. Individual consultation: Paul Walker PhD, founding President of HBIGDA, 1983-1986. Jean Shinoda Bolen M.D, Author, Activist and Jungian Analyst, 1986 to present.
Certification and License
California Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT8288, 1976.
National Certified Counselor, NCC 17402 , 1987.
Pupil Personnel Worker, California Community College System,Instructor, Psychology, California Community College System, 1975.
Distance Certified Counselor, DCC 553, (Internet Counseling Credential), 2006.
Public and Professional Service
WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health): President 2011-2014. President-Elect 2009-2011. Board of Directors 2007-present. SOC7 (Standards of Care) Writing Committee; Responsibilities include Adult Psychotherapy and Web-Based Transgender Care, 2006-current. Update Co-Editor (with Jamison Green and Gail Knudson): WPATH Newletter.
Technical Consultation for the development of Blueprint for provision of care to Trangender persons in Latin America and the Caribbean- Group Member, sponsored by PAHO, Washington DC, Dec 19-21-2011
International Journal of Transgenderism: Editorial Board, 2006-present; reader and reviewer.
Conference on Family Law: Consultant/Participant, June 2006.
Transgender Mental Health Guidelines: Reviewer 2005.
Cathedral School for Boys: Board of Trustees, 1996-2002, Chair-Education Policy Committee, 1997-2002, Chair and Founder, Gender Issues and Boys Study Committee, 1997-2002,Cathedral School for Boys: Consultant and Co-Chair, Boys Study Committee- 2005-2008.
Duke University: Alumni Admissions Interviewer for Northern California- 2002-present.
The Urban School of San Francisco: Senior Endowment Committee, Chair 2003-2004, Diversity Committee, 2000-2004, Nominating Committee Chair-2002-2004.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific: reader for doctoral dissertation on “The Spiritual Life of Boys” 2004.
University of California San Francisco, Supervisor of Psychiatry Resident, 1998.
California School of Professional Psychology Adjunct Faculty, 1995-1997, Co- taught course – Gender Identity Issues.
TGSF (Transgender San Francisco, formerly ETVC); professional advisor and consultant for phone line for transgender peer counseling, 1990-1992.
Bay Area Gender Associates (BAGA): founder and participant: 1986 – current.
Pacific Center, Group Facilitator, TV/TS Rap Group, 1978-1981.
Lone Mountain (University of San Francisco)Adjunct Faculty, 1979-1981.
Professional Associations
WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) formerly HBIGDA (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association), founding professional member and President (2011-2014).
APA (American Psychological Association), clinical member, Division 46 (Media Psychology) , Division 52 (International Psychology), Divisions 39 (Psychoanalysis), Division 44 (LGBT), Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality).
CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), clinical member.
ISMHO (International Society Mental Health Online)- member.
Publications and Internet
Website http://www.linfraser.com
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/drlinsf
WPATH Standards of Care, Version 7 2011. I am one of 10 members on the writing committee.
Fraser, L et.al(2010), Recommendations for Revision of the DSM Diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder in Adults. International Journal of Transgenderism, 12:80-85 (with Drs. Dan Karasic, Walter Meyer and Kevan Wylie).
Fraser, Lin (2009) Etherapy: Ethical and Clinical Considerations for Version 7 of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care. International Journal of Transgenderism; Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 247-263.
Fraser, Lin (2009) Depth psychotherapy with transgender people. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 24:2,126 — 142).
Fraser, Lin (2009) Psychotherapy in the Standards of Care, International Journal of Transgenderism, 1434-4599, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110 – 126.
Classification, Assessment and Management of Gender Identity Disorders in the Adult Male: A Manual for Counselors, 1991, Doctoral Dissertation, University of San Francisco.
Transgender Identity Issues, A Binder for Graduate Students (with William Henkin, Ph.D.), 1996.
Therapy with Transgender People Across the Life Span (edited version) http://www.apadivision44.org/newsletter/2005summer.pdfAPA Division 44 Newsletter, Summer 2005.
Therapy with Transgender People Across the Life Span (expanded version) ACA AGLBIC Newsletter 2006.
Can Same Sex-Schooling Survive? A Forum at Grace Cathedral http://www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/forum/for_19990516.shtml
Addressing Psycho-Social Issues in the Transgender Client, Transgender Care Conference http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-07&ss=xsl%2Fconf-t2 May 2000.
Observations About Transgender People, Talk at ETVC, 1991http://www.transkids.us/obstg.html
Media
Films/Documentaries
The Case of John Brown 2007 Form Media, UK, Channel 1.
Sex Change, Her to Him 2006 Beyond, Australia.
Changing Sexes, Follow-up 2005 Discovery Channel Changing Sexes, Female to Male 2003 Discovery Channel.
Changing Sexes, Male to Female 2002 Discovery Channel.
The Blank Point- What is Transsexualism? 1992 Award-winning Independent Film.
A Question of Gender 1986 Independent Film.
Easing Stress 1979 Pan Am Training Film.
Radio/Television
Interviewed on CNN, Discovery Channel, KPFA, KTVU, Learning Channel, KPIX and others Print Media Interviewed for San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Times, Independent, Guardian, CNN Print Version, Blender, Baltimore Sun, New York Times, XPress and others.
Training/ Consulting/ Legal
Report for Transgender Law Center petitioning nondiscrimination of transgender pilot, December 2010.
Report for Prison Law Project Advocating Treatment for Transgender inmate August 2010.
Training for 3PAR Corporation, informational session regarding a transgender employee transitioning in the workplace, Feb 12, 2010.
All-day seminar for psychotherapists on Gender Variant and Transgender Identities, Clinical and Ethical Issues, in Bakersfield, California, February 27, 2009. For information on this seminar, see http://sites.google.com/site/transgendertherapyandtraining/
Training for State Fund, informational session regarding a transgender employee transitioning in the workplace, June 2005.
Training for Primavera Corporation, informational session regarding a transgender employee transitioning in the workplace, Nov 17, 2003.
Staff Training on Transgender Issues, University Health Services, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 8, 1999.
Staff Training on Transgender Health Care, Dept. of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, April 15, 1998.
Two-Day Seminar on Gender Identity Issues for doctoral psychology students at CSPP (with Dr. William Henkin), 1995-1997.
Training of members of Episcopal Church regarding transitioning member, Benicia, CA Jan. 1997.
Training for Naval Post Graduate School regarding transitioning TG Employee, May 24 1996.
Training for State Fund regarding transitioning executive employee, San Francisco and Los Angeles, May 1995.
Prior to 1995, I did trainings at San Quentin, Family Therapy Institute of Marin, San Francisco State University Departments of Counseling as well as Psychology among others.Served as professional advisor to lawyers and as expert witness in various court cases relating to trans issues.
Lectures
Transgender Beyond Disorder: New Paradigms and the SOC7 in II Colloquium “Trans Identidades, Género y Cultura”. The 6th Cuban Congress on Sexual Education, Counseling and Therapy , Havana, Cuba, January 24, 2012.
Meet the Presidents, WPATH Vision and Goals, with Jamison Green PhD and Walter Bockting PhD, WPATH 2011 International Symposium, Atlanta, GA, September 28, 2011.
Implementation of version 7 of the WPATH Standards of Care for Transgender Health, with the SOC7 Writing Committee, WPATH 2011 International Symposium, Atlanta, GA, September 28, 2011.
Plans for the 2014 WPATH International Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, WPATH 2011 International Symposium, Atlanta, GA September 26, 2011.
Transgender mental health care across the lifespan, Aging and the transgender person, WPATH 2011 Biennial Symposium, Atlanta, GA. September 26, 2011
Launch of version 7 of the WPATH Standards of Care for Transgender Health, Plenary with Eli ColemanPhD, WPATH 2011 Biennial Symposium, Atlanta GA, September 26, 2011.
WPATH Standards of Care for Transgender Health, with Jamison Green PhD, Eli Coleman, PhD, Jamie Feldman MD, WPATH Sponsored Symposium at Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Site, Atlanta, GA, September 23, 2011
Observations about transgender people: 40 Years of Practice as a gender therapist, Presentation at Southern Comfort Conference,Atlanta, GA, September 22, 2011.
WPATH Day-to-Day,then and now, Standards of Care and transmen, Keynote at the Robert Eads Health Fair, Atlanta, GA, September 22, 2011.
WPATH Day-to-Day, Professionals Workshop at Gender Spectrum Conference, Berkeley, CA, July 29, 2011.
Mental Health Care Across the Lifespan, Psychotherapy and Aging, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2011
Mental Health Care Across the Lifespan, Psychotherapy and Aging, Plenary Lunch, National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, CA April 9, 2011.
Co-Occurring Mental Health Issues in Transpeople: DID and GID with Dan Karasic MD, National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, CA April 9, 2011.
WPATH Symposium with Walter Bockting PhD and Jamison Green PhD, National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, CA April 9, 2011.
Transgender Mental Health Issues. Transgender Health Lecture Series (for medical students), UCSF, February 2, 2011.
Transgender Care Across the Lifespan, Aging and the Transgender Person, Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, Mar 21, 2010.
Transition Issues for Transpeople with Dissociative Identity Disorder (with Dan Karasic MD), XXI Biennial Symposium, WPATH, Oslo, June 20, 2009.
Transgender Identity Development and Depression, Pre-Symposium for CME Credit, XX Biennial Symposiom, WPATH, Chicago, Sept 5, 2007.
2007 Web-Based Transgender Care, Ethical and Clinical Considerations, Plenary Lecture, XX Biennial Symposium, WPATH, Chicago, Sept 7, 2007.
Shadow Side of the Paradigm Shift; When Politically Correct is not Psychologically Correct. Panel presentation at the 19th International Symposium of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Bologna, Italy, April 6-9, 2005.
The Transgender Phenomenon: Psychodynamic Viewpoint. Opening Plenary lecture presented at the 18th International Symposium of the Harry Benjamin international Gender Dysphoria Association, Gent, Belgium, Sept. 10-13, 2003.
Psychotherapy With Transgender People/ Across the Lifespan. Plenary Lecture presented at Association of Gay & Lesbian Psychiatrists pre APA Conference “Beyond Coming Out, LGBT Mental Health Across the Lifespan”, San Francisco, CA, May 17, 2003.
Providing Therapeutic Care Outside the Binary Gender System. Plenary Panel at the 17th International Symposium of the HBIGDA, Galveston, Texas, Oct.31-Nov.4, 2001.
Nurturing the Emotional, Moral, and Spiritual Development of Boys. Paper presented at the National Association of Episcopal Schools Biennial Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 17, 2000.
What About Boys? The Case for Single-Sex Education: One School’s Perspective. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Boys School Coalition Conference “Bridge to the Future: Mentoring Boys in the New Millennium”. San Francisco, CA. June 25-28, 2000.
Transgender Identity Development. Paper presented at Transgender Care Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2000.
Normative Transgender Identity Development. Paper presented at the California Dreamin’ Conference, April 2000.
Can Same-Sex Schooling Survive? Speaker at the Forum at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, May 17, 1999.
Psychotherapy with TG People: A Jungian Perspective. Paper presented to American Psychological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 1998.
Observations About Transgender People. Paper presented at California Dreamin’ Conference, San Francisco, CA May 1998.
A Transgender Issues Consultation Group in the San Francisco Bay Area. Panel member at the 15th International Symposium of the HBIGDA, Vancouver, Canada, Sept 1997.
Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Psychotherapy, Paper presented at the 1st FTM International Conference, San Francisco, Ca. April 1997.
Earlier presentations for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Conference on Sexual Compulsivity, Addiction, ETVC and other trans organizations, Pan American World Airways among others.
Nonprofessional training:
Outward Bound School, Colorado Summer 1976; Yosemite Mountaineering School 1977; Advanced First Aid Teacher and Emergency Medicine Training 1978; Mountain Medicine and Outdoor Survival Skills Training 1979; Private Pilot Instruction & Solo Flight 1972.
International/Intercultural/Future Directions
One of youngest transatlantic commercial airline passengers- America to UK 1947. Expat for many years. Lived in Wales and Brazil as a child. Visited parents in Mexico and Iran as young adult. Much international travel my entire life.
Conversant in Spanish and Portuguese.
Pan American World Airways, 1967-1976. Flight Attendant. Taken off flight status for 2 years to develop training programs in Communication for PanAm Flight Service, Course Developer, Train the Trainer and Video Producer on Communication and Cross Cultural Communication, 1976-1979.
Foreign Language Institute, Moscow, USSR-Winter-1970.
Tom Dooley Foundation (now InterMed): volunteer researcher in remote mountain villages in Nepal, 1974-5.
Kibbutz Menara: volunteer in upper Galilee, Israel, summer 1973
Member-World Affairs Council.
Future plans include continued travel and doing international training and therapy online.
Personal
Married, one child.
Primary interests include people, cultures, world affairs, travel, reading, cooking and technology.
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