Chris Tompkins

Chris Tompkins is an LGBTQ-affirming therapist who specializes in working with adult gay men. He is also the author of the award-winning book Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground.

In addition to being a therapist, Chris is a writer and public speaker. His TEDx talk, “What Children Learn from the Things They Aren’t Told,” explores the unspoken messages young people receive about gender and sexuality and how those messages shape identity, belonging, and self-worth. He regularly appears on popular podcasts and presents across the U.S. and internationally on topics such as mental health and LGBTQ populations, spirituality, sobriety, “inner advocacy,” and raising LGBTQ allies.

His work has been featured on TEDx, NBC, HuffPost, Psychology Today, The Advocate, and more.