Meet Chloë Goldbach, PHD (She/HER)

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Dr. Chloe Goldbach has extensive experience in working with neurodivergent populations, including those on the Autism Spectrum and with ADHD neurotypes, and is very excited to begin offering comprehensive testing in person and virtually for those over the age of 14 years old.  

To qualify, you must be 14 years old or older, local to the Washington, DC area, or virtually available in one of the 40+ PSYPACT states across the USA. See the list of PSYPACT states here. 

Testings are ONLY done on Thursday afternoons, and Dr. Goldbach can provide a doctor's note for work or school to attend. Please set aside a minimum of 5 hours on that Thursday for the testing and sessions.

Email Dr. Chloe Goldbach at chloe@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to discuss an appointment.

Goldbach, C., Levland, M., & Thusi, I. (2024, November). Ethics and Challenges in Sex Research. Invited Plenary/Keynote Speaker for panel presented at 2024 Conference for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. 

Botelho, E., Goldbach, C., Crockett, K., & Johnson, A. (2024). “[Being] trans is so much more than medical models”: A qualitative examination of transgender adults' healthcare experiences in the southeastern United States. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. In press. 

Knutson, D., Goldbach, C., Alvarado, S., Goff, B., Kler, S., Sarcinelli, C., & Rodriguez-Ordonez, I. (2024). Language matters: Gender pronouns and identity terminology for transgender and non-binary people. In (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of LGBTQ identity in organizations and society. Routledge.

Goldbach, C., Chambers-Baltz, S., Feeser, K., Milton, D. C., McDurmon, P., & Knutson, D. (2024). Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: Athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2161109

Knutson, D., Goldbach, C., & Koch, J. (2023, August). Clinical practice in a gender-expansive world: Practical applications and clinical tools. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. 

Goldbach, C., Knutson, D., Kler, S., Klooster, D., LeForce, S., & Milton, D. C. (2023). “I owe no one any gender performance”: Transgender and nonbinary individuals’ experiences of gender dysphoria in bodily, social, and systemic contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. Advance online publication. 

Goldbach, C., Knutson, D., Klooster, D., Leforce, S., & Milton, D. C. (2023). Fear and resilience: A modified Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR-M) study of LGBTQ+ health and the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1891/LGBTQ-2021-0046

Goldbach, C., Lindley, L., Galupo, P., & Anzani, A. (2023). Resisting trans medicalization: Body satisfaction and social contextual factors as predictors of sexual experiences among trans feminine and nonbinary individuals. Journal of Sex Research, 60(6), 868-879. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.2004384

Hashtpari, H. & Goldbach, C. (2023, August). A fundamental shift: Making space for trans and nonbinary graduate students in psychology training programs. In Douglas Knutson (chair), Transgender and nonbinary student experiences in psychology training programs. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. 

Knutson, D., Goldbach, C., & Koch, J. M. (2022). Counseling in a gender expansive world: Resources to support therapeutic practice. Rowman & Littlefield. 

Goldbach, C., Knutson, D., & Milton, C. (2021). LGBTQ+ people and COVID-19: The importance of resilience during a pandemic. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(2), 123–132. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000463 

Goldbach, C. & Knutson, D. (2021, August). Healthcare access, distress, and resilience patterns for transgender and nonbinary people pursuing various hormone therapy doses. In Megan Carpenter (chair), Emerging areas of science, practice, and education with LGBTQ people. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Online.

Goldbach, C. & Rinehart, D. (2021, August). Confirmatory factor analyses of the Transgender Congruence Scale during a pandemic. In Chloe Goldbach (chair), Measuring transgender and nonbinary mental health: Confirmatory analyses of commonly used measures. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Online.

Goldbach, C., Knutson, D., Goff, B., Kler, S., May, J., & Sarcinelli, C. (2020, August). The world outside: External sources of gender dysphoria for transgender and non-binary people. In Em Matsuno (Chair), “I’m not the problem”: Relational and environmental dynamics in trans and non-binary populations. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Online.