SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Edwards-Leeper, L. (2018) Anxiety and Gender Dysphoria. In Janssen, A. & Leibowitz, S. (Eds.), Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth (pp.129-143). Springer.
Berg, D. & Edwards-Leeper, L. (2018). Child and family assessment. In Keo-Meier, C. & Ehrensaft, D. (Eds.), The Gender Affirmative Model: A New Approach to Supporting Gender Expansive and Transgender Children (pp. 101-124). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Chen, D., Edwards-Leeper, L., Stancin, T. & Tishelman, A.C. (2018). Advancing the practice of pediatric psychology with transgender youth: State of the science, ongoing controversies, and future directions. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 6 (1), 73-83.
Edwards-Leeper, L., Feldman, H. A., Lash, B. R., Shumer, D. E., & Tishelman, A. C. (2017). Psychological profile of the first sample of transgender youth presenting for medical intervention in a U.S. pediatric medical center. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 4 (3), 374-382.
Rapier, D. & Edwards-Leeper, L. (2017, April 17). Beyond the binary: A more inclusive account of trans populations. Retrieved from https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/posts/beyond-the-binary-a-more-inclusive-account-of-trans-populations
Edwards-Leeper, L. (2017). Childhood gender nonconformity. In Wenzel, A. (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
Edwards-Leeper, L. & Smith, A. (2017). Gender identity in childhood. In Nadal, K. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender.
Edwards-Leeper, L. (2017). Affirmative care of TGNC children and adolescents. In Singh, A. A. & dickey, l. m. (Eds.), Affirmative Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients (pp.119-141). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Edwards-Leeper, L., Leibowitz, S., Sangganjanavanich, V.F. (2016). Affirmative practice with transgender and gender non-conforming youth: Expanding the model. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 3 (2), 165-172.
Shumer, D. E., Reisner, S. L., Edwards-Leeper, L., & Tishelman, A. (2016). Evaluation of Asperger syndrome in youth presenting to a gender dysphoria clinic. LGBT Health, 1 (1),63-68.
Strang, J. F., Meagher, H., Kenworthy, L, de Vries, A. L. C., Menvielle, E., Leibowitz, S., … Edwards-Leeper, L., … Anthony, L. G. (2016). Initial clinical guidelines for co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria or incongruence in adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/15374416.2016.1228462
American Psychological Association. (2015). Guidelines for psychological practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/transgender.pdf (I was a member of the taskforce that created these guidelines).
Tishelman, A.C., Kaufman, R., Edwards-Leeper, L., Mandel, F.H., Shumer, D.E. & Spack, N.P. (2015). Serving transgender youth: Clinical practices, challenges, and dilemmas. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 46 (1), 35-56.
Lombardi, A. M., Levine, A. L., Potter, D., Edwards-Leeper, L. (2014). Bringing awareness to internalized misogyny. The Oregon Psychologist: Bulletin of the Oregon Psychological Association, 33 (2), 6.
Edwards-Leeper, L. & Spack, N.P. (2012). Psychological evaluation and medical treatment of transgender youth in an interdisciplinary “Gender Management Service” (GeMS) in a major pediatric center. Journal of Homosexuality, 59 (3), 321-336.
Spack, N. P., Edwards-Leeper, L., Feldman, H.A., Leibowitz, S., Mandel, F., Diamond, D.A., Vance, S.R. (2012). Children and adolescents with gender identity disorder referred to a pediatric medical center. Pediatrics, 129 (3), 418-425.
Spack, N. P. & Edwards-Leeper, L. (2011). Medical treatment of the transgender adolescent. In Fisher, M., Alderman, E., Kreipe, R., & Rosenfeld W. (Eds.), Textbook of Adolescent Health Care (1st edition, pp.446-452). American Academy of Pediatrics.
Edwards-Leeper, L. & Spack, N.P. (2011). Gender identity disorder. In Augustyn, M., Zuckerman, B., & Caronna, E.B. (Eds.), The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care (3rd edition, pp. 229-233). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.