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The Psychotherapist Association for
Gender & Sexual Diversity
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Charla Malamed

 

Member profile details

First name
Charla
Last name
Malamed
 

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Background

Welcome
As with you, my journey to this point has been long unfolding. A lifetime. It has consisted of trauma, of right and wrong, whole and broken, sick and healthy, responsibility and ignorance, pride and fear, and of relationship and alienation. And also, when collapsed into the present moment, these dichotomies vaporize and exhaustion softens into acceptance

​​I provide a safe space to listen deeply, to thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories, fantasies, and bodily experience. By listening in new ways, we expand our capacity to hold more, respond with greater flexibility, clarity and ease, develop compassion, and become empowered to make positive changes, both personally and in the communities we're a part of.​​​
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My work is based in the understanding that body, psyche and spirit are unitary and that our suffering and joy in any of these areas leads to suffering and joy in the others. My work is trauma-informed, attachment-based, and neurodivergence-affirmative. I regularly use mindfulness skills and techniques from Internal Family Systems to assist my clients in developing their ability to expand their awareness, self witness, and integrate parts that have been dissociated.
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​​My work is also informed by an understanding of how systems work, how our embeddedness in systems can lead many of us, particularly those who are members of historically marginalized communities, to hold burdens of suffering that are not of our own making. These burdens might be unhealed traumatic wounding from our ancestors. It might be collective trauma from legacies of oppression or domination. Therapy and rites of passage are a powerful way to transform this suffering into empowerment, community, transformation, and liberation (both individual and collective).
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I was born and raised in California (Chumash territory) and Cape Town, South Africa, and very much identify as a west coaster, even though I've lived on the East coast for many years, because of jobs, community, education and other good reasons. I am culturally Jewish and Buddhist, with a longstanding practice in the Soto Zen tradition.

I am trans/genderqueer and have experience and expertise working with the trans and queer community, particularly with adolescents and emerging adults (which often involves working with parents). I am sex and kink affirmative, and love working with all manifestations of relationship, including queer groupings of partners.

I am licensed to work with folks in CA, MA, NH, VT and ME. If you reside in one of those states, we can work together.
Currently accepting new clients?
Yes
 

Telehealth (for Referral/Org. members only)

Telehealth: primary state
New Hampshire
 

Do you practice telehealth in additional states? (Please do not select your primary state here.)

Additional state license numbers
2933
 

Demographic info (optional).

Pronouns
  • they/them/their
Gender
  • NB / GNC
Sexual orientation
  • Queer
Ethnicity
  • White/Euro American
  • Jewish
 

Credentials (required)

Prof. degree
  • MSW
Prof. degree concentration
  • Clinical Social Work
  • Community Organizing
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Integral Counseling Psych.
  • Transpersonal Psych.
Year degree obtained
2020
Educational institution
Smith College School for Social Work
License type
  • LCSW
Year originally licensed
2021
License number
LCS 2933
License expiration date
March 31, 2027
 

Background and practice info

Theoretical approaches to my work
  • Integrative
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Somatic
  • Transpersonal
Clinical specializations
  • Adolescents
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • BDSM / Kink Aware
  • Career / Vocation
  • Coming Out
  • Couples / Relationships
  • Disability / Chronic Illness
  • Discrimination / Stigmatization
  • Ethnic or Cultural Issues
  • Gender Diverse / Trans / Non Binary
  • Gender Therapist (as defined by Gaylesta)
  • Grief / Loss / Dying
  • Polyamory / Non-Monogamy
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Psychedelic Integration Therapy
  • Religious - Homosexual Conflict
  • Religious - Spiritual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Size Acceptance / Body Image
  • Spirituality
  • TGNB
Types of therapy
  • Coaching
  • Counseling
  • Couples / Relationship / Marriage Therapy or Counseling
  • Distance Therapy (Phone or Internet-based)
  • Individual Therapy
  • Long-Term Therapy
Languages (used in therapy)
  • English
Client ages
  • Teens / Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Elders
Sliding scale
Yes
Low fee
No
Insurance info
Quest, Aetna, and some BCBS carriers
Private insurance plans
  • Blue Cross PPO
  • Blue Shield
Available 24 hrs?
No
 

Group Therapy Information

Group #1: Name
Support and Discussion for Parents of Trans/Gender expansive youth
Group #1: Focus
  • Parenting; Family-Building
  • Sexual Identity; Coming Out
  • Transgender Partner Concerns
Group #1: Description
I am collecting interest in a group focused on supporting and educating parents of transgender and queer youth. If you are interested in joining, please reach out.
Group #1: Member orientation
  • Mixed (LBG & Heterosexual)
Group #1: Member demographic
  • All genders
Group #1: Length
Ongoing
Group #1: Telehealth state
California
Group #2: Telehealth state
California
Group #3: Telehealth state
California