Walter Bockting

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Walter Bockting
CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute Office

(646) 774-6953

1051 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10032
About

Walter Bockting

Walter Bockting, PhD, LP, is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Program for the Study of LGBT Health at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia Psychiatry and the Columbia University School of Nursing. His research interests include identity development across the lifespan, transgender health, and LGBTQ+ aging. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the New York Community Trust, and a number of other private foundations. He is currently the Principal Investigator of three large NIH-funded studies: Project AFFIRM, a longitudinal, multi-site study of transgender identity development across the lifespan; Convoy Q, examining the role of social networks in cognitive aging of LGBTQ+ adults and their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts; and a new investigation of the quality of life of trans and gender nonbinary individuals following gender-affirming surgery.
 
Bockting is an internationally known expert in gender-affirming healthcare as well as in the mental health and psychosocial adjustment of transgender, gender non-binary and gender-diverse children, adolescents, adults, and their families. He is the Editor of six volumes on gender and sexual health, and has published more than one-hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals. Bockting is a past president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and a past president and Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. In 2010-11, Bockting served on the Institute of Medicine Committee of the National Academies whose work culminated in the IOM Report on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding. Bockting's work at CUIMC focuses on combining research, clinical practice, education and training, and innovative policy development to promote the health of LGBTQI+ individuals and their communities.
Primary Specialty

Psychologist

Practice CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
Gender Male
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted UnitedHealthcare, Magnacare (National), World Trade Center Health Plan, Quality Health Management, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CIGNA, AETNA
Degrees Doctor of Philosophy
Office Name CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
Services Walter Bockting is a Psychologist office located in New York, NY. A psychologist focuses on the evaluation, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral health issues. A clinical psychologist uses psychotherapy and other counseling skills to improve emotional and mental health.

Please call Walter Bockting at (646) 774-6953 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information.
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