Michelle Jurkiewicz

Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and gender specialist in private practice in Berkeley, California. She has been providing therapeutic services to children, youth, and families since 2003. Dr. Jurkiewicz was an early pioneer in the work with transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth. In addition to providing psychotherapy for people of all ages, she trains newer clinicians in using the Gender Affirmative Model.


Gender Explained
A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
by Diane Ehrensaft, Michelle Jurkiewicz
Hardcover | $28.95 US / $37.50 CAN

Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their … Continue reading

Gender Explained
A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
by Diane Ehrensaft, Michelle Jurkiewicz, Stephen M. Rosenthal (Foreword)
Paperback | $17.95 US / $23.50 CAN

Gender is everywhere. Politicians argue over it, educational systems struggle to define it, and our friends, neighbors, and children explore it. More than ever before, young people are questioning their gender identities and redefining the role of gender in their … Continue reading