Marty A. Cooper, PhD, LMHC, NCC
Dr. Cooper is an adjunct faculty member of NYU Steinhardt and an Associate Professor at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury in the graduate Mental Health Counseling program. He is a counseling psychologist and a licensed mental health counselor with international experience. His research focuses on sexual orientation, gender identity, ageism, and Native American populations. Recent works include a new identity development model for transgender and gender non-conforming individual published in the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality and a presentation on intergenerational trauma of indigenous individuals presented at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. He is the editor of the journal GROUP. Dr. Cooper is the clinical director at Cooper Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Among numerous volunteer activities, Dr. Cooper conducts asylum assessments for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking asylum in the US. He also engages in leadership activities in Division 17 of American Psychological Association and Easter Group Psychotherapy Society.
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Benau, E.M., Jung, S., Vaughan, C., Cooper, M.A. (2024). Implicit biases toward aging-related stimuli corresponds with anxiety about aging and ageism: Evidence from a crowdsourced Go/NoGo Association Task. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology. SUNY Old Westbury.
Cooper, M. A. (2024, April). Working with Afghan Students: Countertransference and Dissociated Processes of an Analyst in Training. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 34(1), 126-130. doi: 10.1080/10481885.2023.2290279
- Cooper, M., Jung, S., & Gordon, J. (2022, July). Identity process treatment model for transgender and gender non-conforming clients. Studies in Gender and Sexuality.
- Cooper, M. (2021, December). Role of religion in the expression of sexuality. Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality and Culture.https://www.iisb.org/pdf/december2021/14.%20Role%20of%20religion%20in%20the%20expression%20of%20sexuality.pdf
- Cooper, M.A., & Gordon, J.L. (2021, April) Understanding panic buying through an integrated psychodynamic lens. Front. Public Health 9:666715. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.666715
- Gordon, J., & Cooper, M. (2020, June). Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) online dating experience. Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality and Culture, 06(1), 57-64. http://www.iisb.org/pdf/june2020/11.%20Transgender%20and%20gender%20non-conforming%20(TGNC)%20online%20dating%20experience.pdf
- Cooper, M., & Gordon, J. (2019, December). Relevance of drive and relational theories in the context of homosexuality and masochism: A case study. Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality and Culture, 05(2), 78-87. http://www.iisb.org/pdf/december2019/10_The%20Relevance%20of%20Drive%20and%20Relational%20Theories%20in%20the%20Context%20of%20Homosexuality%20and%20Masochism.pdf
- Cooper, M. (2019, June). Anti-Indian bias and homophobia: A psychotherapy case study. Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality and Culture, 05(1), 45-52. http://iisb.org/pdf/june2019/11.%20Anti-Indian%20Bias%20and%20Homophobia%20A%20Psychotherapy%20Case%20Study.pdf
Book Chapters
Beckstead, A. L., Metzler, S. C., Buspavanich, P., Morgan, E., Cooper, M.A. (2024). Develop your sexual/gender self-knowledge. In A. L. Beckstead, J. Cheng, S. Giwa, M. A. Yarhouse, & I. Žegura (Eds.) Feel secure in yourself (pp. 81-105). Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538190401/Feel-Secure-in-Yourself-A-Guidebook-for-LGBTQIA-People-and-Those-with-a-Different-Label-or-No-Label
- Cooper, M., Gordon, J., Fassinger, R. (2022). Mentoring. In A.E. Goldberg (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. SAGE.
- Cooper, M., & Holland, B. (2019, October). Health Care. In Moglia, P. (Ed.), Salem Health: Aging (2nd ed., pp. 359-364). Salem Press.
Marty A. Cooper, PhD, LMHC, NCC