Alex offers:
Consultations, trainings, keynotes and speaking engagements, media interviews, and more on the following topics:
✓ gender
✓ sexuality
✓ relationships
✓ disability
✓ trauma
✓ mental health
✓ hiv
Alex is one of my favorite collaborators and co-facilitators.
Dr. Alex Iantaffi is a values-driven, hard working person whose expertise and vision have inspired me to do better in my work. They have served as a great mentor to me and I highly recommend them.
— Lauren Beach, J.D., PhD
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Long bio
Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, SEP, CST, CST-S, LMFT (they/he/lui) is an author, family therapist, WPATH certified gender specialist and mentor, AASECT certified sex therapist and supervisor, Somatic ExperiencingⓇ practitioner, AAMFT approved clinical supervisor and supervisor mentor. Alex is a Founding Member and Past Chair of the Trans and Queer interest network of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and Past President of the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT). They were the recipient of the 2023 AASECT Humanitarian Award, the 2019 MAMFT Distinguished Service Award, the 2013 Twin Cities Deaf Pride Community Organization Award, the 2012 Breaking the Silence Award at the University of Minnesota, and the 2000 Best Dissertation Award from the British Educational Research Association. Alex has researched, presented and published extensively on sexuality, gender, disability, relationships, and HIV, including how technology can support both prevention and treatment. They are a conditionally white, trans masculine, nonbinary, bi queer, polyamorous, disabled, neurodivergent, Italian immigrant with citizenship privilege and a parent who has been living on Dakota and Anishinaabe territories, currently known as Minnesota since 2008. Alex is the author of award-winning book "Gender Trauma: healing cultural, social, and historical gendered trauma", editor of “Trans and Disabled”, and co-author, with MJ Barker, of the books "How to Understand Your Gender: a practical guide for exploring who you are", “Life Isn’t Binary”, “How To Understand Your Sexuality”, “How to Understand Your Relationships”, and “Hell Yeah Self-Care: a Trauma-Informed Workbook”. They also host the podcast Gender Stories. You can find out more about them at www.alexiantaffi.com or follow them on Instagram, Threads or BlueSky at @xtaffi and @genderstories
Short bio
Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, SEP, CST, CST-S, LMFT (they/he/lui) is an award-winning author, family therapist, WPATH certified gender specialist, AASECT certified sex therapist, Somatic ExperiencingⓇ practitioner, and clinical supervisor. Alex has served in leadership in a range of professional associations and non-profits, including the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT) and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). They have researched, presented and published extensively on gender, disability, sexuality, and relationships. More information available at www.alexiantaffi.com
Links
BOOKS: https://www.alexiantaffi.com/books
PODCAST: https://www.alexiantaffi.com/podcast
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/genderstories
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/xtaffi/
NEWSLETTER: https://alex-iantaffi.myflodesk.com/