Ezra Yurman-Whyde, M.S.W., LCSW

Ezra Yurman-Whyde is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City. He works with children, adolescents, and adults. Right now, Ezra’s more-specific clinical interests include working with children of same-sex couples, adolescents exploring their gender and/or sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. He received his undergraduate degree in culture and media studies from the New School and his M.S.W. from Columbia University. As a current Ph.D. student at Smith, his areas of research include postmodern approaches to psychoanalytic inquiry, Foucauldian philosophy, gender and sexuality development, masculinity and boyhood, and play in the psychotherapeutic space. His direct practice work has included community mental-health clinics and hospital settings. He has trained in child and adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. In addition to his clinical practice, he supervises and writes on topics in psychoanalysis, gender studies, and child psychotherapy.