The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys
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31st July 2025
Price: £15.95
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781648485039
An inclusive, evidence-based guide to healing and thriving as a cis or trans queer man.
As a cis or trans man who loves men, you face unique and challenging circumstances, including homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, struggles with body image, and rejection from family. In addition, the lingering effects of bigotry, discrimination, microaggressions, and hate crimes can have a traumatizing and devastating impact on your mental health and well-being. This compassionate guide offers powerful skills to help you heal the pain of trauma and thrive authentically in a world that often misunderstands or marginalizes your identity and experiences.
The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys offers you a safe, inclusive space to examine, understand, and heal from systemic and interpersonal threats to your mental well-being. Based on proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this book provides proven-effective tools and exercises to help you reflect on, confront, and manage difficult emotions; improve self-image and self-esteem; and develop healthy coping skills.
This guidebook will help you:
·Cultivate greater self-awareness
·Move past negative thinking habits
·Heal emotional wounds and build resilience
·Challenge heteronormativity and gender role rigidity
·Care for your sexual health
Also included is a #DiggingDeeper community wellness campaign to help you reflect on the deeper questions of the book and share your own challenges and triumphs with others on social media.
If you’re struggling with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, or trauma-or feel oppressed or misunderstood by the world around you-this book can help you overcome the negative internalized messages that are causing you emotional pain, and build the self-awareness, confidence, and courage needed to embrace your unique identity and thrive.
As a cis or trans man who loves men, you face unique and challenging circumstances, including homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, struggles with body image, and rejection from family. In addition, the lingering effects of bigotry, discrimination, microaggressions, and hate crimes can have a traumatizing and devastating impact on your mental health and well-being. This compassionate guide offers powerful skills to help you heal the pain of trauma and thrive authentically in a world that often misunderstands or marginalizes your identity and experiences.
The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys offers you a safe, inclusive space to examine, understand, and heal from systemic and interpersonal threats to your mental well-being. Based on proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this book provides proven-effective tools and exercises to help you reflect on, confront, and manage difficult emotions; improve self-image and self-esteem; and develop healthy coping skills.
This guidebook will help you:
·Cultivate greater self-awareness
·Move past negative thinking habits
·Heal emotional wounds and build resilience
·Challenge heteronormativity and gender role rigidity
·Care for your sexual health
Also included is a #DiggingDeeper community wellness campaign to help you reflect on the deeper questions of the book and share your own challenges and triumphs with others on social media.
If you’re struggling with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, or trauma-or feel oppressed or misunderstood by the world around you-this book can help you overcome the negative internalized messages that are causing you emotional pain, and build the self-awareness, confidence, and courage needed to embrace your unique identity and thrive.
Reviews
Rahim Thawer's book, The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys, is timely and offers insight into the experiences of cis and trans individuals, and how they can cope with their own emotions and support others. The book is a much-needed guide for personal and educational use; it introduces the reader to key concepts and therapies such as CBT, Gestalt, and psychodynamic therapy.
Rahim Thawer has written an accessible mental health guide that I'm sure many queer and trans men will benefit from. Reading this guide is like going on a journey with a well-traveled friend holding your hand. The exercises draw on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, and Gestalt therapy. The vignettes reflect a diversity with regards to race, sexuality, gender, age, HIV status, and more that I applaud.
Rahim's writing is a gift—relatable, accessible, and deeply and truly empathetic. His voice reflects his boldness and experience as a therapist and leader, offering love and understanding on every page. With his experience empowering gay men's communities in Canada and beyond, Rahim's words carry wisdom and heart. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking connection, authenticity, and true insight.