Position:

Goldblum-Carr Postdoctoral Fellow in LGBTQ+ Psychology Research

Contact Information:

jboot-haury@paloaltou.edu

Education:

PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Michigan School of Psychology (2023)
MA, Clinical Psychology, Michigan School of Psychology (2019)
MBA, Operations Management, Loyola University Chicago (2016)
BA, Political Science, University of Michigan (2013)

Biography:

Jared Boot-Haury, PsyD (he/they), graduated with their PsyD in clinical psychology from the Michigan School of Psychology and a graduate certificate in LGBT Health Policy and Practice from George Washington University. Jared's clinical postdoctoral fellowship was focused on LGBTQ+ health at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. He serves as the Policy and Government Affairs Committee Chair of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, where they focus on translating research into practice through policies and positions that encourage more affirming healthcare practices for health professionals who work with LGBTQ+ people. They were recognized for this work by the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Sexual and Gender Minority Special Interest Group as the 2023 recipient of the Award for Service and Social Justice. Jared's research to date has focused on improving mental health care experiences for LGBTQ+ communities and exploring minority stressors within LGBTQ+ populations with an emphasis on asexual individuals. 

Through a project funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan in collaboration with the Michigan Psychological Association and the NASW-MI, he examined the effect of group assignment to an intensive transgender-specific training group on transgender cultural competency training among mental health professionals. Jared's research has also focused on the impact of minority stressors and resilience on mental health and measuring stigmatizing experiences among asexual communities. His dissertation, recognized by the APA Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diveristy) Transgender Research Award, investigated the impact of minority stressors and resilience factors on psychological distress among individuals holding intersecting transgender/gender diverse and asexual identities. 

Jared utilizes various quantitative and qualitative methods, including thematic analysis, regression analysis, analysis of variance, and psychometric analysis.

Areas of Interest:

LGBTQ+ cultural competency training best practices; Asexual mental health and health disparities; Transgender and gender diverse mental health and health disparities; Mental health and health disparities among intersectional LGBTQ+ communities

Selected Publications:

Boot-Haury, J., Brennan, J. M., & Joseph, K. M. (2024, September). Asexual-affirming care: Recommendations for practice. Journal of Health Service Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-024-00115-1

Boot-Haury, J., Cusick, K. (2023, December). Intersectional asexual and transgender and gender diverse identity and existential concerns: A thematic analysis. The Humanistic Psychologist.

Boot-Haury, J. (2023, October). A preliminary study of intensive transgender- specific cultural competency training: Implications for social workers and psychologists who work with rural transgender clients. Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services, 36(3), 327-353.

Boot-Haury, J. (2023, August). Development of the Asexuality Stigma Inventory. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 17(3), 187-201.

Boot-Haury, J. (2023, May). Minority stress and psychological distress among asexual transgender and gender nonconforming individuals.