Stephanie Schroeder

Stephanie Schroeder, a freelance writer based in New York City, has a special interest in transformative mental health, LGBTQ arts/activism and feminisims. She has written for The Guardian, The Brooklyn Paper, Curve Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Lambda Literary Review, and many other publications. Schroeder co-edited "Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness," published by Oxford University Press in 2019. She is also author of the memoir, "Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies & Suicide" published by Creative Evolution Press in 2012.

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2019

HEADCASE: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness

Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness. The pieces offer personal views from both providers and clients, often one and the same, about their experiences.

2019

2012

Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies & Suicide

2012

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Editors Schroeder (Beautiful Wreck) and social worker Theophano consider the word headcase to be a reclamation, acknowledging the challenge of being a sexual minority in a heterosexually centric world. Few books can make the claim of being unique, but this is one of them. The work is unusual in that it's an anthology of many forms of writing, from academic analysis and letters to personal essays and illustrations. Pieces from LGBTQ contributors touch on topics such as gay-affirmative therapy, which was unknown a few decades ago, as well as the now condemned conversion therapy. Importantly, there are new definitions of what it means to be mentally ill. The editors intend to start a conversation among LGBTQ people and the therapy community about topics that are usually hidden or ignored. In this goal, they succeed admirably by opening a space for dialog among communities that have often been at odds with one another. VERDICT This terrific and essential work will benefit a

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