Louis Pansulla Jr., LCSW

(212) 633-8070

LouPansulla@aol.com

BA, 1981, International Affairs/Foreign Languages.

Seeing patients with full range of presentations, specializing in issues related to gender identity, sexual identity, HIV/AIDS, multicultural issues, history of trauma.

Set up training modules for mental health interns/externs; facilitated interns’ supervisory group; provided individual clinical supervision; helped create “Transgender Working Group” at agency, multi-disciplinary team focused on set-up and implementation of dedicated services for transgender population. Co-authored state-of-art protocol for medical and mental health service provision to trans population. Working group also serves as advocates for underserved trans communities. Also facilitated clinical support groups at agency.

Oversight for full mental health clinical services at agency serving primarily lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender teens. Responsibilities include individual and group supervision for all clinicians, oversight of social work interns, facilitation of weekly case conferences, programmatic liaison with other service providers, other department heads, management. Also maintained small caseload of clients, coordination of psychiatric evaluations with psychiatrists; clinical presentations of this work at local/national/int’l conferences.

As part of a clinical team, maintained a full caseload of individual clients with wide range of issues including developing challenges of adolescence, sexual and gender identity issues, family issues including poverty, sexual/physical/verbal abuse & trauma, HIV/AIDS, chronic losses, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, cultural issues related to race & ethnicity. Also ran a diverse mix of support groups on “Men’s Relationships”, “HIV & AIDS”, and school-based community “Class support groups”. Also actively engaged many youths’ families around these issues, and served as ‘youth advocate’.

Part of a group practice serving mostly ‘LGBT ‘ clients, primarily adults. Major clinical presentations involved relationships, depression/anxiety, HIV/AIDS, death of a loved one, domestic violence, drug & alcohol abuse.

Worked on multi-disciplinary team in grant-funded program to identify, counsel, and provide clinical supports for at-risk women and their unborn babies for HIV infection. Assisted in co-writing original grant. Direct care included psychoeducational interventions to individuals and families, HIV testing and counseling in all clinical settings, provided longer-term supportive clinical counseling to clients and their families. Facilitated help with concrete services, advocacy, referrals to other services. Population was predominantly Latina, and sub-Saharan African.

Provided clients with emotional support, advocacy, concrete services, developed referral plans, helped each client with daily living plan. Acted as caseworker and client advocate in securing client needed services and benefits. Created support group for partners.

As a charter member of new team of teen volunteers, worked directly with terminally ill elderly patients, and their families. Assisted in their emotional and physical well-being, helping them with daily tasks, and social activities.

an academic, research and advocacy organization serving the transgender community in NYC and throughout the U.S.