Ley David Elliette Cray, PhD

About Ley

Hi. I'm Ley (she/they). It's pronounced 'lee'.

I'm the Director of LGBTQIA+ Programming at Charlie Health, where I ensure that state-of-the-art mental healthcare is accessible to LGBTQIA+ adolescents and young adults across the United States.

Additionally, I offer specialized coaching and consulting and maintain an active scholarly research profile. You can read more about my services and my work below.

Coaching & Consulting

If you're struggling with the deep questions, please feel encouraged to reach out.

By the deep questions, I mean the existential questions—of identity, of authenticity and relation, of purpose and place and thriving. While I do not offer psychotherapy and neither diagnose nor provide clinical treatment of mental health conditions, the work we do together can be approached either as a non-redundant complement to therapy or as a robust wellness practice in its own right.

In our sessions, I can offer my skills as a:

PhD-level Philosopher, with an active research profile and over thirteen years of experience teaching on topics ranging from meaning in life to gender and sexuality to Buddhist views of the mind and body;
Certified Philosophical Consultant, trained through the Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation Institute and registered with the National Philosophical Counseling Association;
Certified Mindfulness Instructor, trained through the Center for Koru Mindfulness;
Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor (RYT 200), registered with the Yoga Alliance;
Certified Reiki Master, trained in the Usui lineage;
Geek Specialist in training through Geek Therapeutics;

Sexuality Counselor in training through the Sexual Health Alliance;

Both individual and group sessions are available, incorporating any or all of the above, with a variable and affordable pricing structure.

For more information or to set up an initial consultation, please reach out by completing this form.

And just to be clear: this practice is anti-capitalist, anti-racist, queer-centered, ENM- and kink-friendly, and SWer-inclusive.

Writing

Book

Philosophy of Comics: An Introduction
(with Sam Cowling)

2022. Bloomsbury Press

Public Writing

Minimizing Misgendering: A Plea for Better Pronoun Practices
2021. Aesthetics for Birds

Why Genderfucking is Awesome
2021. Aesthetics for Birds

Bald and Genderless

2021. Just Femme & Dandy 1

Scholarly Articles

Batman: A Case Study in Ontology and Appreciation