Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice and a faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City.
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Listen to the “Gender Fluidity” Workshop
03 May, 2010
I presented my work with gender-variant and transgender children and adults at the Psychotherapy Networker in March 2010.
Check out the recording of the session here
Crystal Meth in the LGBT Communities
03 May, 2010
Check out the new National Meth Center Stories:
Monthly Parents Support Group
17 October, 2009
Are you concerned about your child’s gender behaviors?
Are you looking for a safe space to share your feelings and learn from other parents in your situation?
This professionally facilitated support group will provide you with a platform to air your experience, explore your dilemmas and hear the solutions and successes that other parents have found with their families. While emphasizing your agenda, the group will focus on fostering positive parent-child relationships in an atmosphere that nurtures your child’s development. Issues of disclosure to family members and friends, advocacy in schools, faith communities and other institutions where the family belongs will be addressed.
When: The group will meet monthly on the second Friday of the month from 2-4pm. Start date: November 13th, 2009.
Location: 1133 Broadway – Corner of 26th Street - Suite 521 - New York, NY 10010
Facilitators: Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT & Elijah Nealy, M. Div, LCSW
For more information, contact Jean Malpas: 917.270.5119
Crystal Free Group
14 August, 2009
Have you been abusing Crystal Meth? Are you struggling to stay sober? Do you want professional support to strengthen your recovery?
Join “Crystal Free”: A Support Group for Gay Men in Recovery
Crystal Free is a professionally facilitated crystal meth relapse prevention group for gay men. It will start running this Fall on Fridays from 12:15pm to 1:30pm. This closed support group will be facilitated by Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT, a gay male psychotherapist and addiction specialist located in Chelsea. Fee: $65 per session.
Attendance requires: * Two intake sessions * On-going mental health treatment * The desire to quit using crystal meth
In the Crystal Free group, you will explore how to: * Recognize your triggers and signs for relapse * Manage your craving * Create and maintain sober connections * Get re-acquainted with sober sex * Understand why crystal had such a grip on you and your life * Tap into your inner resources
For information and registration, call Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT at 917.270.5119 or email jean@jeanmalpas.com. Thank you!
Ackerman Conference on Gender Variance
15 May, 2009
Join Ari Istar Lev and myself for an exciting and educational day on gender variance at the Ackerman Institute for the Family on May 15th 2009.
The program will encompass the multiple ways gender variance and transition affect individuals, couples and families, including couples in transition and families with gender-variant children.
To register, please click here
New Office and Phone Number
27 April, 2009
Dear clients,
Starting Monday April 27th, my office will move from Suite 511 to Suite 521 in the same building, 1133 Broadway at the corner of 26th Street. I look forward to receiving you in this new and engaging environment.
Also, please note that my primary phone number will be 917.270.5119. Thank you for discontinuing using my previous number: 646.336.7537.
Thank you for updating your contact information! I look forward to our continued relationship.
W.H.O.’s “Healthy Cities” Meeting in Liege
27 March, 2009
I was honored to be one the guests at the first French-speaking Networking Meeting of World Health Organization’s “Healthy Cities” where I presented recent projects on crystal meth addiction and HIV prevention in NYC.
Trauma Training, Uganda
09 January, 2009
I am going to spend most of January in Arua, Uganda participating in a course that prepare trainers to train mental health providers working in developing countries affected by war, violence and natural disasters.
This course is sponsored by Global Psycho-Social Initiatives (GSPI) of Kenya and Egypt, International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP) of USA and the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) of Uganda.
Reflections on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio Interview, May 4, 2006
03 January, 2009
Since the release of this interview in May 2006, I have continued to give a lot of thought to crystal meth addiction prevention and intervention. Were I to give this interview today, I would express my opinions somewhat differently. Although I continue to think that demonizing meth users increases their isolation and therefore decreases their chance of recovery, I agree with the importance, from a public health perspective, of highlighting - or even dramatizing - the ramifications of crystal meth use on individuals and communities. Too many people continue to lose themselves and their connection to a sustainable community for the illusion of liberation that crystal deceivingly provides. Psychotherapists, such as public health and community leaders, must hold a complex tension between, on the one side, clarity about the drug’s devastating effects and the necessity to abstain from using to reflect on the meaning of the drug taking and, on the other side, the non-judgmental empathetic position that allows individuals and groups to feel respected enough to open up and change.
JeanMalpas.com Goes Live
01 January, 2009
I am excited to launch jeanmalpas.com.
This site will function as a platform to share my work with colleagues and clients and announce services, training and writing.
For this purpose I encourage you to join my mailing list (at the bottom of this page). I look forward to working with all of you.
This site would not have been possible without the help of Seth Labenz and Roy Rub at Topos Graphics and Cadin Batrack. Check their web sites, they are talented!