Laura A. Jacobs

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About Laura A. Jacobs

Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and author devoted to the diversity of gender identity and sexual expression. She is currently a psychotherapist in the New York City region working with LGBTQ and sexual/gender minority populations as well as with individuals in the arts and creative professionals, the elderly, and families affected by- HIV/AIDS. Straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, pansexual, asexual, trans*, transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, kinky, BDSM, vanilla, monogamous, single, polyamorous… regardless of our lifestyle, our identity, or our background, we all have struggles. We all have suffered from past trauma. We all have difficult relationships. We all seek happiness. Rather than approaching such issues out of brokenness and victimization (ie "born in the wrong body", or "broken and needing to be fixed"), Ms. Jacobs recognizes that all are arenas through which we can attain personal insight, achieve joyous relationships with others, become empowered, and explore questions of meaning within the human experience. Ultimately we can determine how we want to live, whether conforming to social norms or not. As Lawrence Jacobs, she worked in the arts as a musician performing independently and with bands, a composer of solo works and for independent theater, and a photographer exhibiting in galleries, as well as in less glamorous positions such as corporate middle management.