Tag: Joonwoo Lee

Transness is our salve: How trans identity facilitates healing from relational trauma with parental figures

Posted on 02/17/2026

Journal of Traumatic Stress (2026) Authors: Joonwoo Lee, Sebastian Barr, Alberta M. Gloria, Tonya J. Roberts, Stephanie L. Budge Abstract: Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals experience high rates of relational trauma from parental figures, yet their pathways to healing remain underexplored. This qualitative study used constructivist grounded theory to develop a theoretical framework of how …

Implementation and Evaluation of the Gender Resilience, Resistance, Empowerment, and Affirmation Training (GREAT) Pilot Program

Posted on 03/26/2025

Psychotherapy (2025) Authors: Elliot Tebbe, Em Matsuno, Joonwoo Lee, Sergio Domínguez, Stephanie Budge Abstract: This article reports program evaluation findings of the effectiveness of a pilot training program integrating key principles from the psychological framework for radical healing (French et al., 2020) and models aimed at decreasing internalized stigma (Israel et al., 2021). Our main …