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Chris Tompkins

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Author and Therapist

Chris Tompkins is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in working with adult gay men. He is also the author of the award-winning book Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground.

Chris has a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, with a specialization in LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology.

In addition to being a therapist, Chris is a writer and public speaker. He is a regular guest on popular podcasts and leads workshops and presentations across the U.S. and internationally on topics such as mental health and LGBTQ populations, spirituality, sobriety, “inner advocacy,” and raising LGBTQ allies.

His work has been featured on TEDx, NBC, HuffPost, Psychology Today, The Advocate, and more.