Since the 1980's, Dr. Richard Gartner has been helping men overcome the trauma of sexual victimization.
Male sexual abuse is not widely acknowledged, but it is wide spread. According to academic literature, as many as one in six boys experience unwanted sexual contact from an adult or an older child by age 16.
Male abuse survivors tend to minimize their own trauma….which places them at greater risk for alcohol/drug abuse, violence, gambling, relationship issues – before finally getting the help they need.
Dr. Gartner is a leading authority on sexual abuse of boys and its aftereffects in adulthood, and is frequently cited as a leading expert on the topic. He is a past president and is currently the Chair of the Advisory Board of Male Survivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization, which he co-founded in the early 1990's.
Dr. Gartner earned his doctorate and masters degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, where he supervised and taught for twenty years. He was awarded a certificate in psychoanalysis from the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute, where he is currently a training and supervising analyst.
He is an accomplished author of several acclaimed books on the subject of male sexual abuse including Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse, Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men, and Memories of Sexual Betrayal: Truth, Fantasy, Repression and Dissociation.
A distinguished psychoanalyst and founding director of the Sexual Abuse Service at the White Institute, he has a private practice in New York City, where, using individual therapy and psychoanalysis as well as couples and group therapy, he continues to assist adult men in recovering from sexual abuse.
Don’t let male sexual abuse become a life-long disability. Take the next step to recovery and call Dr. Gartner now.