https://aaronbreslowphd.com/therapy daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/331816fa-5bb4-49d6-bc81-f7a3be3362e3/Breslow_Aaron_PhD_Portraits_X_2025_7_15_16.jpg Therapy - A collaborative, affirming approach to therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584393013445-YC09NBFBT6W64WDEJOZA/volodymyr-hryshchenko-V5vqWC9gyEU-unsplash.jpg Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584392530816-8VRMHUYPTPBYMJTMYAF5/image-asset.jpeg Therapy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584392815430-WQZB1QRZKJ3JF198EBXL/image-asset.jpeg Therapy https://aaronbreslowphd.com/research daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584421440294-T0CUY77KSFM1SI8YDXUO/image-asset.jpeg Research - I think of research as a bridge connecting communities with data-driven, quality clinical care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1602267725383-6525F9TS69EA23KFE4VV/merakist-OI9LICevZwY-unsplash.jpg Research - Toward nonbinary nuance in research and care: Mapping differences in gender affirmation and transgender congruence in an online national US survey (2020) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Hailey Wojcik, Robert Cox, Jr., Nathaniel Tran, & Melanie Brewster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584385706956-R9573VRNNC06K42HOV6K/image-asset.jpeg Research - Adonis on the apps: Online objectification, self-esteem, and sexual minority men (2019) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Riddhi Sandil, Melanie E Brewster, Mike C Parent, Anthea Chan, Aysegul Yucel, Nicholas Bensmiller, Elizabeth Glaeser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584387962592-HBM26JHFIG4JVTWFMDH4/dainis-graveris-PTo28E-bIX4-unsplash.jpg Research - A content analysis of scholarship on consensual nonmonogamies: Methodological roadmaps, current themes, and directions for future research (2017) Melanie Elyse Brewster, Blake Soderstrom, Jessica Esposito, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Jacob Sawyer, Elizabeth Geiger, Negar Morshedian, Sarah Arango, Taymy Caso, Aasha Foster, Riddhi Sandil, Jacks Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584389958208-YAA4F5UJ3OS3VE837MWM/image-asset.jpeg Research - The psychological cost of anticipating HIV stigma for HIV-negative gay and bisexual men (2013) Tyrel J Starks, H Jonathon Rendina, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Jeffrey T Parsons, Sarit A Golub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/59147566-c24b-4e02-822c-2935bff66255/Screenshot+2025-07-30+at+3.52.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Research - “I’m always a little bit skeptical”: Intersex young adults’ recommendations for community-partnered health research (In Press) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Ellora Vilkin, Bria Brown-King, Elizabeth Cavic, Ginette Sims, Marla Renee Fisher, Kimberly Zieselman, Alesdair Ittelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1614702831657-UL6HQ49PUXP88L3SX68D/charles-deluvio-SKTHSf53KYc-unsplash.jpg Research - Transgender-specific developmental milestones and associated experiences of violence, discrimination, and stigma among Filipinx transgender women who are sexually active with men (2021) Arjee Restar, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Harry Jin, Ma Irene Quilantang, Olivia Sison, Maylin Palatino, Alexander Adia, Susan Cu-Uvin, Don Operario, Jennifer Nazareno, Amiel Nazer Bermudez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/032c5185-a242-43f4-9e69-d53d7563981a/aaron-weiss-UhSZEG0iLFY-unsplash.jpg Research - “Dysphoria? Don’t know them”: Applying the Health Belief Model in a reflexive thematic analysis of masculinizing top surgery-related content on TikTok (2025) Elizabeth Cavic, Allegra Cullen, Ginette Sims, Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/89d000cd-ec31-4a29-84bb-a2b91e71c41d/garrett-overheul-ZjSjmrhkIsY-unsplash.jpg Research - Through a different lens: Occupational health of sex-working young trans women (2023) Marla Renee Fisher, Caitlin Turner, Willi McFarland, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Erin C Wilson, Sean Arayasirikul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584388102701-M891FWURJ2GD3RAD3ECD/image-asset.jpeg Research - Gender Socialization in Men (2017) Melanie Elyse Brewster, Jacob Sawyer, Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/0a2af79c-d4b4-40e7-b915-f89e56e6e92b/kelly-sikkema-FqqaJI9OxMI-unsplash.jpg Research - Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare worker parents (2023) Tamar Rubinstein, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Amanda Zayde, Olivia Ding, Jonathan Alpert, Vilma Gabbay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584385768436-E6OOI47ICZCY6D1X36NN/image-asset.jpeg Research - “Do you even lift, bro?” Objectification, minority stress, and body image concerns for sexual minority men (2017) Melanie E Brewster, Riddhi Sandil, Cirleen DeBlaere, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Austin Eklund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584388369983-4BSCJSRZWV9DF6TPWQ6I/image-asset.jpeg Research - Building a pantheoretical model of dehumanization with transgender men: Integrating objectification and minority stress theories (2016) Brandon L Velez, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Melanie E Brewster, Robert Cox Jr, Aasha B Foster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584389066906-SLA86V7CANO5FWOI4KCG/tumblr_pmvhyncwTu1r1120lo2_r1_1280.jpg Research - Men who have sex with mens’ exposure to, use of, and subjective experiences with the ‘NYC Condom’ (2014) Christian Grov, Aaron Samuel Breslow, H Jonathon Rendina, Ana Ventuneac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/c7e00130-0e30-4b51-ae61-e72a82a537ce/with-paul-4NC5TUcgHp4-unsplash.jpg Research - Fewer screens, greater needs: Housing insecurity and healthcare costs for transgender patients in a safety-net system (In Press) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Gray Babbs, Elizabeth Cavic, Iby Thomas, Isabella Gibaldi, Ana Progovac, Arjee Restar, Ginette Sims, Jonathan Alpert, Benjamin L. Cook, Kevin Fiori, Samantha Levano, and Earle Chambers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/8833a5a5-1f0b-4cc9-85ce-91045d746ab3/wiki-sinaloa-raJrSL-LfVg-unsplash.jpg Research - From crisis to action: Psychiatry’s ethical imperative to defend transgender people’s rights, dignity, and access to care (In Press) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Arjee Restar, Elizabeth Cavic, Jonathan Alpert, Benjamin Lê Cook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584385518221-H8C8D1YKYJOEOIEK0FX1/A+young+transgender+woman+looking+at+her+face+in+the+bathroom+mirror+at+school.jpg Research - Unpacking body image concerns and disordered eating for transgender women: The roles of sexual objectification and minority stress (2019) Melanie E Brewster, Brandon L Velez, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Elizabeth F Geiger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/8cd86b8c-8c4d-4a96-b4d8-643faab761fb/clay-banks-gr0wnD7PbJk-unsplash.jpg Research - Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 stressors and adverse mental health outcomes among healthcare workers in the Bronx, New York (2023) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Sherry Simkovic, Peter J. Franz, Elizabeth Cavic, Natalie Ramsey, Qui Lui, Jonathan E. Alpert, Benjamin L. Cook, Vilma Gabbay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/edb67325-9eb9-4d73-b359-93792bacd7e3/yasin-yusuf-fMh-VTuMHQs-unsplash.jpg Research - Structural racism and suicide prevention for ethnoracially minoritized youth: a conceptual framework and illustration across systems (2022) Kiara Alvarez, Lillian Polanco-Roman, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Sherry Molock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/8017bde1-4c4f-490f-8344-342573c3ed98/michael-schiffer-13UugSL9q7A-unsplash.jpg Research - Debunking bad science with trans and nonbinary communities (Book chapter in Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients, Second Edition) Douglas Knutson, Beck Urban, Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584390052228-T5GJ4HDU23T38AWHZJ15/sell-home-using-craiglist.jpg Research - Navigating condom use and HIV status disclosure with partners met online: A qualitative pilot study with gay and bisexual men from Craigslist.org (2013) Christian Grov, Linda Agyemang, Ana Ventuneac, Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584389292675-GJEYOC1YMOC4D2OUL3AY/image-asset.jpeg Research - Characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who attend sex parties: Results from a national online sample in the USA (2014) Christian Grov, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Michael E Newcomb, Joshua G Rosenberger, Jose A Bauermeister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/3fa4ec48-637c-4133-b1ff-054b7775738b/maskmedicare-shop-_Rkrbhyq84Y-unsplash.jpg Research - Mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority frontline health care workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) Hailey Wojcik, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Marla R Fisher, Caryn RR Rodgers, Patryk Kubiszewski, Vilma Gabbay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/d58e66a7-1ced-4305-9433-25d58f0bfaa7/david-matos-xtLIgpytpck-unsplash.jpg Research - Psychiatric implications of gender and sexuality (Book Chapter, Introduction to Psychiatry: Preclinical Foundations and Clinical Essentials, 2021) Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/c36b9dae-8887-48c0-a44c-d2eb0d38b648/Screenshot+2024-08-27+at+12.52.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Research - Lessons learned from a community-led, pilot teletherapy group for older women living with depression and HIV (2024) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Michelle Lopez, Barbara Warren, Jules Levin, Anjali Sharma, Dana Watnick, Ginette Sims, Elizabeth Cavic, Obioesio Bassey, Marla Fisher, Laurie J. Bauman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/ce44d11a-ffbe-47b7-9dd5-60e1cf596ef8/ev-LIpXyCKBvtY-unsplash.jpg Research - Reinforcing social safety for transgender and nonbinary communities amidst global legislative threats (2025) Arjee Restar, Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Wesley Correll-King, Trace Kershaw, Don Operario, Kristi Gamarel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584388805122-N92C980P1O57OUDVEKPC/image-asset.jpeg Research - Resilience and collective action: Exploring buffers against minority stress for transgender individuals (2015) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Melanie Elyse Brewster, Brandon L Velez, Stephanie Wong, Elizabeth Geiger, Blake Soderstrom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/a5d1af58-1a01-46d4-ba34-3733540ae537/claudio-schwarz-L8iPDE99z9c-unsplash.jpg Research - Longitudinal associations between HIV, mental health, and hospitalizations in a large patient cohort in New York City (2023) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Melissa Fazzari, Peter J. Franz, David Hanna, Uriel Felson, Elizabeth Cavic, Marla Fisher, Laurie Bauman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1590591673307-HWHQCWR4ETM67APX34HE/allie-9SDpGMJKGMA-unsplash.jpg Research - Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations (2020) Arjee Restar, Harry Jin, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Sari L Reisner, Matthew Mimiaga, Sean Cahill, Jaclyn MW Hughto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584385081936-6HIM3LX2W073IEWXU9IA/image-asset.jpeg Research - Developmental milestones in young transgender women in two American cities: Results from a racially and ethnically diverse sample (2019) Arjee Restar, Harry Jin, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Anthony Surace, Nadav Antebi-Gruszka, Lisa Kuhns, Sari L Reisner, Robert Garofalo, Matthew J Mimiaga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/28cba5d9-a62a-4b6b-a54d-88aab0fcd4ef/Screenshot+2024-08-27+at+12.47.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Research - Development and validation of the Gender Identity and Expression Microaggressions in Therapy Scale (GIEMTS) (2024) Brandon L. Velez, Jillian R. Scheer, Christian N. Adames, Elizabeth Cavic, Aaron Samuel Breslow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584384486973-H4ONIPCFZ8X60F0V8H0Z/image-asset.jpeg Research - Security amidst stigma: Exploring HIV and sexual minority stressors through an attachment-based psychotherapy group (2019) Christina Mastropaolo, Belinda Carrasco, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Gregory J Gagnon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584385195719-WUW1JVG1GY1RAR6NSVTS/image-asset.jpeg Research - HIV is not a crime: Exploring dual roles of criminalization and discrimination in HIV/AIDS minority stress (2019) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Melanie Elyse Brewster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584390849504-RI7OKYCU99RM16BX18G9/image-asset.jpeg Research - Disparities in suicidality by gender identity among Medicare beneficiaries (2020) Ana M Progovac, Brian O Mullin, Emilia Dunham, Sari L Reisner, Alex McDowell, Maria Jose Sanchez Roman, Mason Dunn, Cynthia J Telingator, Frederick Q Lu, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Marshall Forstein, Benjamin Lê Cook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584384729085-SSVYGVVLKMFYNDS1KU7U/image-asset.jpeg Research - Depression treatment expenditures for adults in the USA: A Systematic Review (2019) Aaron Samuel Breslow, Nathaniel M Tran, Frederick Q Lu, Jonathan E Alpert, Benjamin Lê Cook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584389198866-A3F8MWMUJF1Y8HGNRGLV/image-asset.jpeg Research - Gay and bisexual men's use of the Internet: Research from the 1990s through 2013 (2014) Christian Grov, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Michael E Newcomb, Joshua G Rosenberger, Jose A Bauermeister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584389823968-BXQ61OPPGL2611971FPL/christian-buehner-hTX_SxkXoRA-unsplash.jpg Research - Interest in couples-based voluntary HIV counseling and testing in a national US sample of gay and bisexual men: The role of demographic and HIV risk factors (2014) H Jonathon Rendina, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Christian Grov, Ana Ventuneac, Tyrel J Starks, Jeffrey T Parsons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1614703076438-UQHIJBXJNPMWBE1YOY75/ev-pqkGQboKSeM-unsplash.jpg Research - When structural inequity is ubiquitous, can force ever be compassionate? (2021) Sriya Bhattacharyya, Aaron Samuel Breslow, Jianee Carrasco, Benjamine Cook https://aaronbreslowphd.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2020-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559154840855-HGPV37P63PDTX3G5SGD9/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559250423957-ZJ0CYEGWSA9Y6AUP3PGD/image-asset.jpeg Home I believe that in a world of modern maladies caused by work and lifestyle, food is often the best medicine. I teach my clients how to make small dietary changes that stack up big gains over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559165146340-DCON2SWINPURX5M1DA8I/image-asset.jpeg Home - “Colette’s method is incredible. I completely changed my eating habits, but never felt like I was missing out on anything.” https://aaronbreslowphd.com/consultations daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584424018000-1D0XITDNCQFR3GWIEZAI/lerone-pieters-ILL3G4bMp38-unsplash.jpg Consultations https://aaronbreslowphd.com/aboutme daily 1.0 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584419834938-DJTO012MI5PDZ3LDGCV2/alma_provider_breslow_samual_aaron_02a.jpg About Me - Aaron Samuel Breslow, PhD is a Licensed Psychologist in New York State who specializes in LGBTQIA+ health. Available for psychotherapy, research, and teaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584464655195-KJ3I182ZRW7EQU6YHMML/hms_logo_final_rgb.png About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584464868042-4L015FTRSFD0PXRCNHEJ/einstein.jpeg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1584464778017-TNCECE39BIAM9QX8K4D3/tccu_18_portrait_tag_301c_2000.jpg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1581458488405-JP0BE76EP1WZNJMEYFA9/Breslow+photo.jpg About Me My first priority with clients is to establish a safe, non-judgmental, and collaborative working relationship. In our first session, we will take time to co-create a strong therapeutic alliance: a dynamic of curiosity, care, and mutual trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4320d094439c2f8f499a06/1581458582168-T0KR12ZD1TOX6WM1IUE5/isaac-sloman-v7d4Wm0ENls-unsplash.jpg About Me - My research aims to identify strategies to promote health equity and reduce disparities. https://aaronbreslowphd.com/home-2 daily 0.75 2020-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559154840855-HGPV37P63PDTX3G5SGD9/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559250423957-ZJ0CYEGWSA9Y6AUP3PGD/image-asset.jpeg Home I believe that in a world of modern maladies caused by work and lifestyle, food is often the best medicine. I teach my clients how to make small dietary changes that stack up big gains over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cec313d79e46600019959fb/1559165146340-DCON2SWINPURX5M1DA8I/image-asset.jpeg Home - “Colette’s method is incredible. I completely changed my eating habits, but never felt like I was missing out on anything.”