Therapist Joe Kort

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Gay and Lesbian Local Resources
	Affirmations: Lesbian, Gay Community Center works to achieve respect and equality for GLBT people through social service programs, advocacy, and education. Affirmations provides services to empower individuals and families, to build a cohesive community, and to fulfill our responsibilities to society.

	Michigan's statewide civil rights, advocacy and anti-violence organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

	Between The Lines is the most up-to-date and comprehensive news for the Michigan community of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and friends. This site is updated every other Thursday. It contains news and commentary, calendar of events, and the Pride Source Directory.

	Women Out and About... Our mission is to help provide an open atmosphere in Detroit, its suburbs and southeastern Michigan for the social support of our lesbian sisters. WOA members sponsor a website, organize dances and publish the WOA Midweek News.

	Located in downtown Ferndale, Michigan. Your source for gay related books, videos, greeting cards, clothing and pride items. Whether you are looking for the latest circuit CD's or gay genre DVD's, Just 4 Us is sure to please.

	Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom
Gay and Lesbian National Resources

	"The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights -- and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community."

	The oldest gay spirituality magazine with a 15-year history of exploring the myriad spiritual paths and discoveries and of contemporary Gay men.

	Ex-Gay Watch: News and analysis of ex-gay politics.

	Stop Dr Laura Web Site - This is a Coalition Against Hate. Please join the virtual vigil by calling Paramount and stop Dr Laura! Make sure you're courteous, yet firm, with whomever you call.

	APA - Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Clients

	Brian McNaught's award-winning weekly radio show "On Being Gay" is back for another season! Click here to listen to these exciting and thought provoking shows.

	Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation - Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representation

	Queery.com is one of the most popular gay and lesbian web portals in the Internet.

	Echelon Magazine - The Source For GLBT Business Professionals
Gay and Lesbian Books

	Common Language BookBAR
	Alyson Bookstore

	Haworth Press
Gay Men�s Health
	The Gay Male Body

Relationship Links
	The mission of the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy is to transform unconscious marriages and other intimate partnerships including parenting, into conscious relationships. Through the use of Intentional Dialogue, we believe it possible to become conscious persons who will stop the cycle of wounding, and thus improve the quality of society and ultimately contribute to the healing of the earth.

	The Association for Imago Relationship Therapists.

	The Relationship, Marriage & Personal Development Center.

	The Gottman Institute, co-founded by Drs. John and Julie Schwartz Gottman, has two major functions. The Institute helps couples directly, and it provides state-of-the-art training to mental health professionals and other health care providers.
Sexuality Resources and Treatment Centers
	How can you recover if you can't be yourself? The Pride Institute is first in chemical dependency and behavioral health services for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

	Alternatives is the nation's only gay owned and operated alcohol, drug and mental health program whose leadership has provided over 30 years of pride and service to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community.

	At Covert Incest, our mission is to prevent covert incest from being passed on to successive generations by educating the public and providing services to those who are too close to a parent. We intend to make covert incest a household term by releasing statements to the media, distributing literature, and participating in local events, and we seek to build a network of mental health professionals and support groups where survivors of covert incest can receive assistance in separating from a parent.

	Sex Addicts Anonymous, SAA, is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency.

	Since 1957, Masters and Johnson has pioneered the field of human sexuality, in both research and treatment.

	Kink Aware Professionals. The resource for people who are seeking psychotherapeutic, medical, dental, complementary healing, legal, financial, and computer professionals who are informed about the diversity of consensual, adult sexuality.

	The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promotion of public and professional the recognition, and understanding of sexual awareness addiction, sexual offending, and sexual compulsivity. SASH provides information and access to education, referral resources all those encouraging wellness for we serve.

	The Meadows is a privately owned, freestanding facility located in the foothills of the Great Southwestern Desert. It offers treatment for a broad range of behavioral disorders, psychological conditions and addictions such as alcohol, drugs, sex and work.

	SexHelp.com! Dr. Carnes' Resources for Sex Addiction & Recovery...

	Human Awareness Institute - Bring light to your relationships

	Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sexual compulsion.
Straight Spouse
	The Straight Spouse Network growing by leaps and bounds. More spouses and concerned others are contacting the SSN office for help
Lesbian and Gay Parenting
	National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
Men's Resources
	The ManKind Project is an organization of men working together to improve their lives and help other men. The New Warrior Training Adventure is where this starts.

	The Menstuff web site has over 238 megabytes of information and resources on over 100 men's issues.

	MenWeb: men's issues. Men's issues are not just men's issues but issues for men and women
	The Men's Center's mission is to assist men in finding male positive resources, information, and support. We seek to empower men to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives. This will ultimately be beneficial to all men, women and children.
	Mensight Magazine is the online magazine of The Men's Center. It is the journal of conscious masculinity.
Professional Organizations
	National Association of Social Workers
Other Imago Therapists and Workshop Presenters
United States Arizona Ruth K. Huttner, MA, LPC - Workshop Presenter Phoenix/Chandler, AZ California Carol A. Anderson, LMFT - Workshop Presenter Fresno, CA K. Dale Bailey, Th.D. - Workshop Presenter San Francisco, CA Bonnie Bernell, Ed.D - Workshop Presenter Los Altos, CA Gary Brainerd, PhD - Workshop Presenter Pasadena CA Evelyn I. Challis, Ph.D. Santa Monica & Los Angeles, CA Charlene Conley, LCSW - Auburn, CA Bruce Crapuchettes, Ph.D. and Francine Beauvoir, Ph.D. - Workshop Presenters Pasadena, CA Waverly Farrell, LMFT - Workshop Presenter Long Beach, CA Janet Greenwood, Ph.D. LMFT - Elk Grove & Sacramento, CA Janis McCann, Ph.D. & David McCann, Ph.D. - Workshop Presenters Santa Barbara & Ojai, CA Linda Paoli, LCSW - Sacramento, CA Evie Schafner, MFCC - Workshop Presenter Los Angeles, CA Joy Sweet, LMFT - Workshop Presenter San Jose & Los Altos, CA Connecticut Maggie Vlazny, LCSW - Danbury, CT DC area Michael Borash, LPC, P.C. - Workshop Presenter Washington DC area Carl Siegel, Ph.D. & Rebecca Sears , M.Div. - Washington DC area Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter Washington DC area Maryrita Wieners, MA, LPC - Washington DC Delaware Walt Ciecko, Ph.D. - Workshop Presenter Wilmington & West Chester, DE Florida Barbara Agran, LMHC - Fort Lauderdale, FL Naomi Berger - Boca Raton, FL Dawn Lipthrott, MSW, LCSW- Workshop Presenter Orlando, FL Bobbi Newman, LMHC - Ft. Lauderdale FL area Kelly Patton, MS, PLMHC - St. Petersburg FL Hedy Schleifer, MA, LMCH Workshop Presenter Miami Beach, FL Georgia Debra McElhaney, M.Ed., LMFT, LPC - Atlanta, GA Louis McLeod, Ph.D. and Linda McNeely McLeod, M.Ed. - Workshop Presenters Atlanta, GA Hawaii Jacqueline Winter, MSW - Honolulu, HI Illinois Jill Fein Baker, LCSW - Workshop Presenter Skokie, IL Mary Butler, D.Min. - Evanston, IL Leo and Peggy Dhont - Workshop Presenters Wheeling, IL Patricia Francis, O.P., Psy.D. - Carol Stream, IL Ed Shea, LCSW - Elmhurst, IL Kentucky Jessica Bollinger , LCSW - Lexington, KY Maryland Janet Drue-Manson, LPC - MD	Michigan Marcia Ferstenfeld, MA, LLP - Workshop Presenter Metropolitan Detroit, MI Melva Thomas Johnson, ACSW, BCD & Jesse Johnson, MA - Workshop Presenters Detroit MI Joe Kort, ACSW - Workshop Presenter Royal Oak, MI Beverly S. Talan, Ph.D. - Workshop Presenter Birmingham, MI Marilyn Sylvan Thompson, Ed.S. CSW, LPC - East Lansing, MI Minnesota Ann Lumry, Ph.D, LMFT - St. Paul, MN New Jersey Betsy Bergquist, MA, LMHC - Workshop Presenter Stewartsville, NJ Daniel Goldberg, Ph.D. - Princeton, NJ Maya Kollman, MA - Workshop Presenter Princeton, NJ New York Barbara Fontana, Ph.D. - Shoreham, NY Gene Shelly, M.Div. - Workshop Presenter New York City, NY Carol Kramer Slepian & Steve Slepian - Workshop Presenters New York, NY North Carolina Alice Carlton, LCSW - Chapel Hill, NC Dori C. Luke, LSCW -Charlotte, NC Jim Wells, MD and Libba Wells, MSN, RN - Hillsborough/Chapel Hill, NC Ohio Linda A. Marshall, M.Div. - Dayton/Cincinnati, OH Oklahoma Martha Baldwin Beveridge, LCSW - Workshop Presenter Oklahoma City, OK Oregon K. Dale Bailey, Th.D. - Workshop Presenter Portland, OR Tim Higdon, MS, LPC - Bend, OR Stephen Ledyard, MA, MFT and Bea Ledyard, MS - Workshop Presenters Bend, OR D'Arcy Swanson, MC, NCC - Bend, OR Pennsylvania Linda Bazan, Ph.D. - Pittsburgh, PA Laura Marshall, QCSW - Erdenheim, PA Mark Shulkin, MD & Sunny Shulkin, LCSW - Philadelphia, PA Tennessee Larry Semrau, D.Min. - Workshop Presenter Memphis TN William Hillner, Ph.D. - Chattanooga, TN David Solovey, Ph.D. - Chattanooga, TN Texas Joyce Buckner, Ph.D. - Arlington, TX M. Dorsey Cartwright, M.Ed. LMFT - Austin TX Pat Love, Ph.D. - Workshop Presenter Austin, TX Barbara Reichlin, LMFT - Houston, TX Virginia Michael Borash, LPC, P.C. - Workshop Presenter Woodbridge, VA Geoffrey Byrd, MS - Winchester, VA Kevin L. Ogle, D.Min., AAPC - Arlington, VA Mary Linda Sara, Ph.D, LMFT - Workshop Presenter Fairfax VA International Austria Eveline und Klaus Brehm - Vienna, Austria Canada Maureen Brine, Reg.N., ICADC - Toronto, ON Sophie Slade, Ph.D. �Workshop Presenter Montreal & Quebec, QB Croatia Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter Denmark Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter England Sophie Slade, Ph.D. � Workshop Presenter London Israel Hedy Schleifer, MA - Workshop Presenter Israel Sara Boxnboim, MA - Workshop Presenter Haifa, Israel Norway Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter Slovenia Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter Sweden Eva Berlander - Workshop Presenter Jette Simon - Workshop Presenter (For sites with links not working or for other Imago therapists click here.)

Joe Kort MA, LMSW, ACSW
25600 Woodward Ave, Ste 218 � Royal Oak, MI 48067

Tel: (248) 399-7317 | Email Address: joekort@joekort.com

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Disclaimer: Because each person's situation is unique, I cannot offer advice or suggestions beyond what is available in my books and articles and therefore cannot reply to personal psychological questions. If you wish to schedule an in-person or telephone consultation, please eMail me or call (248) 399-7317.