Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir
Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir, MA, is a doctoral student and clinical psychology intern at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. She collaborated in adapting ABFT for SGM individuals and their nonaccepting parents. She is also an expert therapist in attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority (ABFT-SGM) for individuals, and she served as a therapist on the first ABFT-SGM clinical trial.
Her dissertation research examined how changes in parental behavior over the course of ABFT-SGM were associated with young adults’ sense of parental acceptance and rejection.
Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults and Their Non-Accepting Parents
Many parents experience fear, shame, and loss upon learning that their child is same-sex oriented or gender non-conforming. Therapies to help parents become more accepting and foster meaningful... (more)