Author Event: Rahim in Des Moines

Join me for a community conversation around the release of my book: (New Harbinger Publications). This book explores the social determinants affecting mental health outcomes for queer men and provides therapeutic tools such as cognitive-behavioural techniques, Gestalt role-play, and psychodynamic inquiry to foster resilience.

Author: Rahim Thawer, MSW
Talk Back Moderator: Max Mowitz Executive Director, OneIowa

This event welcomes GBTQ folks, allies, and service providers.

Table of Contents

• Coming Out
• Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia
• Internalized Shame
• Family & Culture
• Milestone Heteronormativity
• Disenfranchised Grief
  

• Desire for Intimacy
• Managing Rejection
• Body Conscious Culture
• Endings in Queer Love
• Boundary Violations
  

• Accessing Medical Care
• Sexual Health
• Substance Use
• Aging
  

Foreword by Leo Herrera, queer Mexican artist and creator of Fathers, a multimedia project reimagining a world without AIDS.

Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW, is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist from Toronto, ON, Canada. He is a clinical supervisor, facilitator, university instructor, and public speaker. Trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Gestalt, psychoanalytic, and sex therapy approaches, Thawer’s work focuses on the intersections of mental health, sexuality, systemic oppression, and queer joy.

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For interviews, press releases, and other invitations, please contact:

Ifeoma Odiwe
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Associate Publicist, New Harbinger Publications

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