Annalise Ophelian, PsyD is a San Francisco-based clinician, consultant, and trans ally. She interned for two years at New Leaf: Services for Our Community, one of the nation's leading LGBT community mental health clinics, where she worked with individuals and couples on issues of gender identity, alternative sexualities, and trauma recovery. Her previous clinical experience also includes running a drop-in group for trans youth at the Dimensions Clinic, as well as working with youth in the juvenile justice system in the Santa Clara County Court and Community Schools program. Dr. Ophelian is currently a post-doctoral fellow in forensic psychology with a private sector agency providing psychological assessment and mental health and substance abuse treatment to recently incarcerated individuals who are on federal probation or state parole.
Prior to her graduate training, Dr. Ophelian worked as a community-based sex educator, specializing in alternative sexualities, sexual and gender orientation, and communication and negotiation skills for sexual partners. She has lectured at colleges and universities around the country, and has taught clinical competency workshops on alternative sexualities for medical and mental health providers.
Dr. Ophelian has a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA and PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Diagnosing Difference is her first film.
Prior to her graduate training, Dr. Ophelian worked as a community-based sex educator, specializing in alternative sexualities, sexual and gender orientation, and communication and negotiation skills for sexual partners. She has lectured at colleges and universities around the country, and has taught clinical competency workshops on alternative sexualities for medical and mental health providers.
Dr. Ophelian has a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA and PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Diagnosing Difference is her first film.
