A bald man with glasses and a beard.

About Me & My Practice

As a seasoned psychoanalyst and licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-R), I’ve been practicing since 2001. In addition to my private practice, I have years of experience working in community mental health with individuals, couples, and groups.

My certificate in psychoanalysis is from the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP). I am also trained in EMDR, an effective therapy for trauma. Additionally, my thinking and working is informed by IFS (Internal Family Systems) parts work and somatic experiencing. The body/psyche connection is vital and I work with that connection in mind.

As an internationally recognized expert on gender identity, I was the first psychoanalyst to publish widely as openly transgender. My writing on the subject has advanced the field, appearing in several peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA), Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, The Psychoanalytic Review, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, International Journal of Transgenderism, and TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. My widely read article “The Masculine Vaginal: Working With Queer Men’s Embodiment at the Transgender Edge” has been translated and published in several countries, including Argentina, Germany, and Italy.

Outside of psychoanalysis, I am the author of several acclaimed books, both fiction and non-fiction.

I work with a spectrum of typical issues, including:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Grief and loss

  • Trauma

  • Shame and guilt

  • Self-esteem

  • Body image and mind-body pain

  • Life transitions

  • Family dynamics

  • Couples & relationship difficulties

  • Dissatisfaction with work

  • Feeling “stuck” in life

In addition, I have many years of experience in the LGBTQ+ community and specialize in working positively with:

  • Gay men, lesbians, & bisexuals

  • Transgender, non-binary, & gender expansive clients

  • Families, friends, & significant others

  • Sex workers

  • Gender identity

  • HIV-related concerns

  • Coming out & transitioning

  • Polyamory

  • Kink

I do not work with clients under the age of 18

Prior to my career as a clinician, I obtained a master’s degree in Creative Writing. I continue to write and publish, both creatively and professionally, and bring my experience as a writer to my therapy work with people in the arts. I have helped many artists, writers, and performers move through blocks in their creativity and careers.

A tunnel of books that is very long.

Publications

Hansbury, G.M. (2023). Note, in Reading with Muriel Dimen/Writing with Muriel Dimen, Hartman, S., editor. New York: Routledge.

Hansbury, G.M. (2023). Don’t Take Up Space: How the Patriarchy Works to Undermine the Trans Communities from Within, in Patriarchy and Its Discontents, Petrucelli, J., editor. New York: Routledge.

Hansbury, G.M. & Saketopoulou, A. (2022). Sissy Dance $1: The More and More of Gender. The Psychoanalytic Review. Sep;109(3):227-256.

Hansbury, G.M. (2017). The Masculine Vaginal: Working with Queer Men’s Embodiment at the Transgender Edge. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 65 (6): 1009-1031.

Hansbury, G.M. (2017). Unthinkable Anxieties: Reading Transphobic Countertransferences in a Century of Psychoanalytic Writing. Transgender Studies Quarterly, 4 (3-4): 384-404.

Hansbury, G.M. & Bennett, J. (2013). Clinical Social Work Practice with LGBTQ Clients, in J. Rosenberger (Ed.) Relational Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations. New York, NY: Springer.

Hansbury, G.M. (2011). King-Kong & Goldilocks: Imagining Transmasculinities Through the Trans-Trans Dyad. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 21: 210-220.

Hansbury, G,M. (2011). Trans/Virtual: The Anxieties of Transsexual and Electronic Embodiments. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 15(3): 308-317.

Rachlin, K., Hansbury, G.M., & Pardo, S. (2010). Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy Experiences of Female-to-Male Transgender Individuals. International Journal of Transgenderism, 12(3): 155-166.

Hansbury, G.M. (2005). Mourning the Loss of the Idealized Self: A Transsexual Passage. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 12 (1).

Hansbury, G.M. (2005). Middlemen: An Introduction to the Transmasculine Identities. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 6(3).

Hansbury, G.M. (2004). Sexual TNT. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, Vol. 8, No. 1/2.