Damien W Riggs Ph.D.

About

Damien Riggs, Ph.D., is a professor in psychology at Flinders University and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He is the author of over 200 publications in the fields of gender, family, and mental health, including Working with transgender young people and their families: A critical developmental approach (Palgrave, 2019). He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and a psychotherapist in private practice who specializes in working with transgender young people.

Books by Damien W Riggs Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Why Animal Companions Matter

For many people, coming home after a long day of work and being greeted by the wagging tail of a dog or the soft purr of a cat is the highlight of their day. This is why.

Trans/Masculine and Non-Binary People Negotiating Conception

Creating new possibilities and resisting entrenched social norms.

Stay at Home Dads

Promote positive representations of stay at home fathers

The Importance of Representation in Psychology

Representing LGBTIQ people in psychology

Celebrating Diverse Pathways to Reproduction and Parenthood

The importance of moving beyond normative assumptions about kinship to better understand individual experiences.

In the Name of Love?

Intersections of human and animal abuse in LGBT people’s lives.

Pregnancy Loss and Gender

Transmasculine people need competent and inclusive medical care.

Planning for the Future

Facilitating the inclusion of transgender and non-binary people in fertility services is vital to ensuring reproductive justice.