
Chris Tompkins
@ARoadTripToLove
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Therapist | Educator | TEDx speaker | Author of APA Distinguished Book Award Winner, RAISING LGBTQ ALLIES (paperback out 10/1/24) 📖👇🏼
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2013
This made me cry! Thank you for the heartfelt review, @PublishersWkly! It completely captures what I hope my book accomplishes 🙏🏼❤️📖
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Tompkins, a spiritual life coach and TEDx speaker, debuts with a thoughtful guide to creating LGBTQ allies with “open and authen...
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RT @PsychToday: Most of our core beliefs are formed in early childhood, often between ages 3 and 5. Early exposure to prejudice, especially….
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Early exposure to prejudice can silently shape identity over time. Understanding this hidden impact is key to healing and prevention.
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My latest @PsychToday article was inspired by a months-long jury duty case. It’s called The Hidden Harm Caused by Early Exposure to Prejudice, and I’m excited to share it’s been named an Essential Read!. Check it out and please share👇🏼.
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Early exposure to prejudice can silently shape identity over time. Understanding this hidden impact is key to healing and prevention.
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RT @NathanJRobinson: does the NYT realize what it looks like to have genocide denial in its op-ed page while there are literal pictures of….
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Change doesn’t just happen on the outside — it starts within. My latest @PsychToday article explores how real transformation happens when we shift our self-concept, not just our mindset. Link below to read more and share👇🏼.
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Most of us wait for the right moment to change—but what if real transformation happens quietly, inside, before anything outside shifts?
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RT @bartov_omer: My NYT op-ed this morning .I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. via @NYTOpinion.
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A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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RT @msrachelforlitt: In the New York Times today by @bartov_omer 58,000 people killed 17,000 of them CHILDREN. Schools and hospitals destr….
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RT @BloomsburyAcad: Check out our books and authors that are hot this week! 📚 @BryanChristo4 @JoshMooreHL @ARoadTr….
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Grateful to see Raising LGBTQ Allies featured in a recent @glaad article. They captured the heart of my work—what I call “messages from the playground.”. Thank you for including me and my book in this important conversation. Check it out + share!👇🏼.
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Through his book Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), Tompkins invites parents, relatives, educators, and allies to...
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Happy Pride Month! . My latest piece for @PsychToday was just named an Essential Read. It’s about how silence, especially with regard to identity is loud and often deafening. There are many ways to honor Pride. Writing is one of mine. Check it out!👇🏼.
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In therapy, silence isn’t neutral—it’s often what speaks the loudest. Here's how therapists who work with LGBTQ clients can break the silence and shift from passive acceptance to active affirmation.
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ICYMI: My latest @PsychToday piece—Episode 3 of Messages We Internalize—is resonating with a lot of folks. It’s about how gay men learn to hide, even after coming out. The message? “Don’t flaunt it.”. Let’s keep unlearning. Read + share:
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New article alert!. In Episode 3 of Messages We Internalize, I explore how gay men learn to hide—even after coming out. The message? “Don’t flaunt it.”. But healing begins with awareness and being. Human being. Via @PsychToday👇🏼.
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Even in accepting spaces, self-expression can feel risky. Discover how subtle messages shape our behavior—and how awareness can help us unlearn them and live more authentically.
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“How did you know you were gay?”. It’s a question gay men hear all the time—but straight people never have to answer it. My latest for @PsychToday👇🏼.
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What if straight people were asked to explain how they knew they were straight? This post explores why that same question harms gay men—and how to heal from it.
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In my latest for @PsychToday, I dig into how many gay men are taught to shrink to fit in—and what it looks like to stop. Part of my series, “Messages We Internalize.”. The boy you buried to belong is the heart of the man you’re becoming ♥️. Read more:
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Struggling with feeling "too much"? Learn how breaking free from this message can reconnect you to your authentic self, healing old wounds and embracing who you really are.
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RT @Todaysparent: Discover practical steps for fostering acceptance, challenging stereotypes and creating a world where every kid feels val….
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Empower your child to be an LGBTQ ally. Discover practical steps for fostering acceptance, challenging stereotypes and creating a world where every kid feels valued.
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My latest article for @Todaysparent is out now: “How to Raise LGBTQ Allies.”. It’s a timely reminder that raising allies starts early—and it matters for every kid. So much of the healing I do as a therapist starts with the messages we send children👇🏼.
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Empower your child to be an LGBTQ ally. Discover practical steps for fostering acceptance, challenging stereotypes and creating a world where every kid feels valued.
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RT @SDonziger: Meet the seven brilliant student-scholars disappeared off the streets of the US by the Trump Administration for criticizing….
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RT @CynthiaNixon: Neither Trump nor DHS have the power to singlehandedly revoke someone’s green card, especially not for excercising the ri….
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