My name is James Macaulay McManus. I'm a gay trans man and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, seeing clients across New York and New Jersey.
I received my graduate education at Fordham University, started my social work career at non-profits like Housing Works and the NYC Anti-Violence Project, and have been in private practcing for the last 4 years. I received my post-graduate training at the [Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy
Gestalt is a relational, experiential, and experimental modality. We pay attention to the here and now, and to what happens between us in the room.
I have experience supporting LGBTQIA+ clients, people practicing polyamory and consensual non-monogamy (CNM), members of the kink community, sex workers, survivors of sexual violence, and individuals living with chronic illness and disability. I additionally write gender-affirming surgery letters pro bono, in a single session, for folks in NY and NJ.