“At last, a book written for those who provide services to the LGBTQ community who seek to offer support with respect and empathy. Written by an expert whose wisdom and insights are rooted in years of experience, Dr. Shanéa Thomas has authored a book that will quickly be recognized as an invaluable resource to the field.”—Dr. Pedro Noguera, Dean of the Rossier School of Education,
Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California

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Release Date: AUGUST 6, 2026!

Through a lens centered on gender and sexuality, Dr. Thomas explores recovery-oriented service work and unpacks the interconnected dynamics of identity, community connection, camaraderie, burnout, and organizational responsibility in three key areas:• The transgender, queer and nonbinary/gender non-conforming (TQNB/GNC+) practitioner identity as a foundation for community connection
• The relationship of identity camaraderie and burnout
• The responsibility of organizations to uphold practitioner care in recovery-oriented service.Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of how lessons from this deeply committed group of practitioners can inform new standards of care and create more sustainable, compassionate, and equitable practices in a rapidly changing world. This book is an essential resource for psychologists, healthcare practitioners or anyone committed to rethinking what intentional, inclusive care can look like.

The Executive-Level Clinical Educator
Helping Everyone from Death to Life

Dr. Shanéa Thomas, LICSW, CSE (he/she/Dr.) is a bold lecturer, seasoned scholar–practitioner, TEDx Speaker, AASECT-Certified Sexuality Educator and their 2024 Sexuality Educator of the Year, as well as a grief counselor and death doula with more than 20 years of professional clinical social work experience in the Washington, D.C. metro area. As a proud Howard University School of Social Work graduate, Dr. Thomas’s main commitment to the field is training and strategizing with social workers, educators, and service providers around building safer therapeutic, educational and workplace spaces for all people.Dr. Thomas has facilitated over 120 workshops centering needs around diversity, equity and inclusion, grief and loss, mental health, sex and gender, and LGBTQIA+ communities, reaching audiences from direct service workers to CEOs, directors, and provosts. Dr. Thomas has been featured in media such as The Trauma Therapist Podcast, HuffPost, Slate, NBC4, Human Rights Campaign, NPR, Marsha's Plate Podcast, and Well Beings News."Accountable Care..." is the result of years of research, lived experience and over two decades of direct-to-macro practitioner work. This book advances a vision for building equitable relationships between administrators and direct service providers by centering the goal of intentional care. While uplifting the unique yet sacred experiences of transgender, queer and nonbinary people, Dr. Thomas invites service providers of all lived experiences to recognize the strengths of our identities and offers recommendations for organizations and institutions to be accountable for the structures within which we ask service providers to offer care.To follow Dr. Thomas's writing journey in tightening the gap between theory and practice, other life adventures, follow the Substack account here.

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Fall 2026
Speaking Schedule

August:
Book Release Day!September:
NASW-Maryland 21st Annual Clinical & 14th Annual Macro Conference 2026November:
NASW-WisconsinInterested in in-person and online book talks, facilitated workshops, meet and greets, collaborative teach-ins, or organizational consultation opportunities? Contact Dr. Thomas at [email protected] or click here to fill out an interest form.
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“Dr. Thomas offers us a framework and path forward to retaining and sustaining our full bodyminds to continue to show up using an ethics of care and camaraderie. Such a timely gift to offer us and our growing archive of liberation.”
— Dr. Bianca I. Laureano, MA, CSE, CSES
Founder of ANTE UP!

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