Gerald Perlman

Gerald Perlman, PhD, has been a Supervisor of Psychotherapy at Fordham and Yeshiva Universities and at the City University of New York as well as the William Alanson White Institute where he received his certificate in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Perlman has written numerous articles and chapters, and given presentations on the practice of psychotherapy and the mental health issues of gay men. He is a Former Director of Psychology Internship Training at Manhattan Psychiatric Center in NYC. And he is a...See more

Gerald Perlman, PhD, has been a Supervisor of Psychotherapy at Fordham and Yeshiva Universities and at the City University of New York as well as the William Alanson White Institute where he received his certificate in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Perlman has written numerous articles and chapters, and given presentations on the practice of psychotherapy and the mental health issues of gay men. He is a Former Director of Psychology Internship Training at Manhattan Psychiatric Center in NYC. And he is a former President of the New York Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychologists. Along with Jack Drescher, MD he co-edited, A Gay Man's Guide to Prostate Cancer (now out of print). In his private practice in NYC, Dr.Perlman specializes in individual and couples therapy. For the past 8 years he has been facilitating an ongoing, open-ended group of gay men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer under the auspices of Malecare, Inc. a non- profit self-help organization that focuses on men dealing with a variety of cancers. He lives in New York. See less