Ashby Dodge: Caring For LGBTQ Youth With The Trevor Project

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Ashby Dodge is the Clinical Director at The Trevor Project and talks about the increase in calls since the 2016 presidential election, why LGBTQ youth are at a greater risk, and says that one supportive person reaching out can reduce a young person’s risk of suicide by 30%. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 13-24). LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is LGBTQ and A, where we get to know different members of the LGBTQ community.
0:05.7	I'm Jeffrey Masters, and I'm here today with Ashley Dodge.
0:08.8	Ashby is a therapist and the clinical director of the Trevor Project.
0:11.9	Stay tuned. Hey, Ashby.
0:26.3	Hey, how are you?
0:27.4	I'm good.
0:28.0	Thank you for being here.
0:29.2	Absolutely.
0:29.8	Thanks for having me.
0:30.4	Totally.
0:30.8	I'm excited to talk.
0:32.0	So I said that you're the clinical director at the Trevor Project.
0:35.0	If I'm being completely honest, I have no idea what that means
0:37.9	or what that role entails. Could you tell us a little bit about that? Absolutely. So I run all
0:43.9	of Trevor's Crisis Services programs. So I oversee the 24-7 Lifeline, the Trevor Lifeline,
0:50.6	our digital programs, Trevor Chat, and Trevor Text. So I have a staff that oversees and manages
0:57.9	a lot of those programs as well, as well as a huge group of volunteers that we use to work on
1:03.0	this program. So working on all of the crisis services and also doing all of our, a lot of our
1:08.8	educational outreach in terms of crisis services and clinical supervision.
1:13.3	Oh, fascinating. And so your background is in therapy. You also have a private practice on top of
1:18.6	that? I have a small private practice. Oh, just as okay. Are you busy? In my free time, I do
1:23.3	have a private practice in, in the city a couple days a week.
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