Second Adolescence
Conversations about Second Adolescence - the messy, exhilarating, awkward, healing-filled LGBTQ+ adulthood that comes after growing up in an anti-queer world. Hosted by Adam James Cohen, a licensed psychotherapist and a fellow human who navigated his own Second Adolescence. For more, visit: www.secondadolescencepod.com
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ep. 66: Bella Crum (they/she) on Listening and Returning to Our Bodies as Queer and Neurodivergent People
On this week's episode we have Bella Crum (they/she). Bella is a queer and neurodivergent somatic practitioner specializing in supporting queer and neurodivergent folks. In this conversation, Bella l…
Ep. 65: Liz Rhea (she/her) on Breaking Free to Exist Fully
On this week's episode we have Liz Rhea (she/her). Liz is a therapist who many folks may know on social media for her really helpful work of providing an affirming, validating, and helpful perspectiv…
Ep 64: Tom Bruett, LMFT (he/him) on Couples & Relationship Therapy for Gay Men
Today we have couples and relationship therapist, Tom Bruett, LMFT (he/him). Tom specializes in supporting gay men and is the author of The Go To Relationship Guide for Gay Men: From Honeymoon to Las…
Ep. 63: Brandan Robertson (he/him) on Being Queer & Christian
On today’s episode, we have Brandan Robertson (he/him). Brandan is known on the internet as the “TikTok Pastor,” with lots of folks tuning into his inclusive theological digital content across social…
Ep. 62: Help and Healing From Male Escorts: One Man’s Story of Stepping Into His Queerness While Grieving His Late Wife
Our guest on today’s episode is a man we’re going to call "David" - David is not his real name, he’s using a pseudonym.
We recorded this conversation about a year into his uncovering his bisexuality …
Ep 61: Valerie Baker (she/they) on Late Blooming After Fundamentalist Religious Upbringings
This week’s guest is Valerie Baker (she/they). In this episode, Valerie shares with us about her experience coming into her queerness in her 30s after growing up within a culture of religious fundame…
Ep. 60: Lucas Wilson (he/him) - From Conversion Therapy to Queer Liberation
This week's guest is Lucas Wilson (he/him). Lucas is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy, which features personal essays written by survivors about their expe…
Ep 59: Steve Spencer (he/him) on Navigating Biphobia and HIV Stigma
September is Bisexuality Visibility Month, and I’m excited to kick it off with this week’s guest, Steve Spencer (he/him). Steve is award-winning bi+ and HIV advocate, researcher, and consultant. Stev…
Ep. 58: Tyler Tetreault, MD (he/him) on Creating Spaces We Didn't Have Access To
This week’s guest is Tyler Tetreault, MD (he/him). In this conversation, Tyler shares with us about his journey as a transgender man who transitioned during his residency, and how his personal experi…
Ep. 57: Morgan Henry Kerr (she/her) on Trying to Conceive as Queer Prospective Parents
This week’s guest is Morgan Henry Kerr (she/her). Morgan joined us to talk about all things ups and downs of being a queer person trying to conceive. Morgan shares her own personal journey creating h…
Ep: 56: Archie Arnold (he/him) and The Joy and Grief of Finding Ourselves Later
This week’s guest is Archie Arnold (he/him). Archie has a powerful story of being someone who just recently in his early fifties came to full understanding of his identity as a gay trans man. Archie …
Ep 55: Rohan Shirolkar (he/him) on Healing the Shameful Differentness Our Younger Selves Internalized
This week’s guest is Rohan Shirolkar (he/him). As a husband and new father, Rohan’s story has taken him to a place he didn’t see possible at its beginning, growing up as a gay boy in India in the 198…
Ep 54: Mod Becher (he/they) on Navigating Internal and External Conflict on the Path to Ourselves
This week’s guest is artist and actor, Mod Becher (he/they). I actually met Mod out in real life while being a patron at his workplace, which we go into, and it eventually led to me sharing about the…
Ep. 53: SJ Janjua (they/them) and The Symbiosis of Individual and Community Liberation
This week’s guest is diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging leader and practitioner, SJ Janjua (they/them). In this conversation, SJ leads us through their own personal journey and how this has …
Ep. 52: Alonso Yáñez (he/him) and The Layers of Shame We Heal
This week’s guest is artist Alonso Yáñez (he/him). Alonso shares with us about his own continuous journey of reckoning with and healing from the layers of shame that have existed and taken shape for …
Ep. 51: Helping LGBTQ+ Elders Thrive and Feel Seen with SAGE
This week, we dive into a conversation about the experience of LGBTQ+ elderhood in the United States with two women who work with SAGE, the world's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improv…
Ep 50: Working With Our Younger Selves to Deepen Queer Healing
What does it mean to "work with our younger selves," and why even bother? In this solo episode with me (host, Adam James Cohen, LMFT!) we will cover this and more.
We ALL carry the wounds of our youn…
Ep 49: Jared Dixon (he/him) on Recovery from the Trauma of Conversion Therapy
This week’s guest is writer Jared Dixon (he/him). Jared is a conversion therapy (CT) survivor and this conversation is all about his experience with CT. Jared lets us in to his personal story. We hea…
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Ep. 48: Bi+ (In)visibility w/ Meg O'Neill (she/her) and Rebecca Minor, LCSW (she/her)
This week we have two guests joining us, Meg O’Neill and returning guest to the pod, Gender Specialist therapist and educator Rebecca Minor (from episode 36!). They are the women behind bi+(in)visibi…