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Sana Flynn, MEd, LPA (they/them/theirs)

Doctoral Candidate and Predoctoral Intern
University of Houston
Huntsville, Texas, United States

Sana Flynn, M.Ed., LPA is currently a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Houston in Texas, as well as a pre-doctoral intern at Sam Houston State University Counseling Center. They completed their clinical practicum training at the University of Houston: Clear Lake Counseling Services and University of Houston: Main Campus Counseling and Psychological Services and served as a clinical intern at the Montrose Center, one of the largest LGBTQ community centers found in the United States. They are an active member of APA’s Division 44 (the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity), as well as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
Sana specializes in integrating qualitative and quantitative research highlighting the experiences of gender-diverse individuals, including people who identify as both trans and plural. They have recently defended their dissertation, entitled Non-Binary in a Binary World: The Impact of Identity Concealment and Blending on Non-Binary People’s Mental Health. Additionally, working with an interdisciplinary research collaboration to explore the intersection of trans and plural identities, they have presented findings at national and international conferences, including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and the American Psychological Association Conference. They have authored several peer-reviewed articles highlighting the unique experiences of gender diverse individuals, including Interactions between blending and identity concealment: Effects on non-binary people’s distress and experiences of victimization in the open access journal PlosONE, and It's just a body: A community-based participatory exploration of the experiences and health care needs for transgender plural people in the European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

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