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-Elect 2009-2011 Board of Directors 2007-present SOC (Standards of Care) Task Force; Responsibilities include Adult Psychotherapy and Web-Based Transgender Care, 2006-current Update Co-Editor (with Jamison Green): WPATH Newletter

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

APA (American Psychological Association), clinical member, Divisions 39, 44, 51

CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), clinical memberI

ISMHO (International Society Mental Health Online)- member

Publications and Internet

Website  http://www.linfraser.com

Twitter  http://www.twitter.com/drlinsf

Etherapy: Ethical and Clinical Considerations for Inclusion in Revision of the Standard of Care (in press). International Journal of Transgenderism;

Consensus Statement, GID-Adult, Workgroup Report- (in press) for WPATH advisory group to APA on DSMV Revision on GID Diagnosis (with Drs. Dan Karasic, Walter Meyer and Kevin Wylie);

Fraser, Lin(2009)’Depth psychotherapy with transgender people‘,Sexual and  Relationship Therapy,24:2,126 — 142);

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

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 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 & Iran as young adult Much international travel my entire life Conversant in Spanish and Portuguese Pan American World Airways, 1967-1976 Flight Attendant. 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.