Paul Garcia-Ryan, LCSW

Senior Advisor

Paul Garcia-Ryan is a New York City based psychotherapist in private practice with a clinical focus on trauma, dissociation, and identity development. His expertise in gender dysphoria has afforded him the opportunity to regularly support therapists working in this area and to educate professionals in competent practice with gender non-conforming people, identity formation, and psychosocial approaches to managing gender dysphoria. He holds a Master of Social Work from Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. He is the president of Therapy First.