Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys: Skills to Cope and Thrive as Your Authentic Self

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.