Heidi M. Levitt

University of Massachusetts Boston — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

47h-index9.3kcitations246works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications(61), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy(59), Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics(29), Counseling Practices and Supervision(26), Gender Roles and Identity Studies(19)

Publications246 total

The Shift to Agency-Enhancing Therapy from Theoretical Orientation-Focused Therapy: A Transtheoretical Integration of Key Findings on Clients’ Experiences and Contributions
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy·2026
Power issues in psychotherapy and how contemporary humanistic-existential approaches address them.
American Psychological Association eBooks·2025· 1 cited
Prioritizing the central role of clients: identifying and working with clients’ capacities and contributions in psychotherapy
Counselling Psychology Quarterly·2025· 2 cited
Correcting myths underlying anti-trans legislation: Qualitative meta-analysis on transgender identity development.
Journal of Counseling Psychology·2025· 1 cited
Understanding the attack on science as a discrediting of minoritized lived experiences: The vital importance of qualitative methods at this time.
Qualitative Psychology·2025· 1 cited
The Head vs the Heart: Comparing Psychoeducation and Emotion Focused Writing as Ways for Bi+ Men to Process Biphobic Experiences
Journal of Homosexuality·2025
A metamethod analysis of qualitative research methodology in studies of psychotherapists’ experiences
Psychotherapy Research·2025· 1 cited
Critical-constructivist grounded theory research: A methodology for the critical study of gender, masculinities, and other identities.
Psychology of Men & Masculinity·2025· 3 cited
“These Experiences also Relate to my Neurodiverse Identity”: An Intersectional Understanding of Heterosexist Events Among Autistic-LGBTQ+ Individuals
Autism in Adulthood·2025
Attending to investigator reflexivity and epistemic privilege: A worksheet for facilitating individual and research team self-reflection.
Qualitative Psychology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
“I Feel like This Contributed to my Ongoing Pattern of Hiding from my Sexuality Throughout my Later Life”: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of the Biphobic Experiences of Bi+ Men
Journal of Bisexuality·2025
Being Not Binary: Experiences and Functions of Gender and Gender Communities
Sex Roles·2024· 8 cited
A retrospective study of sexual minority women’s gendered sexuality: Butch and femme sex at the turn of the 21st century
Journal of Lesbian Studies·2024· 1 cited
How to conduct an integrative mixed methods meta-analysis: A tutorial for the systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence.
Psychological Methods·2024· 5 cited
A consideration of the influence of researchers’ lived experiences: Reflections on epistemic privilege and social justice in qualitative research.
Qualitative Psychology·2024· 9 cited
A Retrospective Study of Sexual Minority Women’s Gendered Sexuality: Butch and Femme Sex at the Turn of the 21 <sup>st</sup> Century
Journal of Lesbian Studies·2024
The damaging legacy of damage‐centered LGBTIQ+ research: Implications for healthcare and LGBTIQ+ health
Journal of Social Issues·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Meta-Synthesis of Autistic Adults’ First-Person Perspectives About Mental Health-Related Services
Autism in Adulthood·2024· 5 cited
Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations from qualitative psychotherapy researchers.
American Psychologist·2024· 21 cited
A reflection on qualitative methods activism: Advancing knowledge and expanding scientific practice.
Qualitative Psychology·2024· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Sharon G. Horne(11), Katherine R. Hiestand(5), Jae A. Puckett(4), Maria R. Ippolito(3), Jennifer R. Henretty(2), Francisco I. Surace(2), Laura W. Plexico(2), Walter H. Manning(2), Lynne Angus(2), R. Jennifer(2), Jeffrey S. Berman(2), Eric Manley(2), Chad M. Mosher(2), Nicole Knickmeyer(2), Kimberly Ware(2), Michael Bamberg(1), John W. Creswell(1), David M. Frost(1), Ruthellen Josselson(1), Carola Suárez‐Orozco(1)