Meet Dr. Yamonte Cooper

Dr. Yamonte Cooper is a nationally recognized trauma and relationship expert with extensive experience in couples therapy, trauma, and sexual health. He serves as the Clinical Director of the West Coast Sex Therapy Center, is a Professor of Counseling and adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology, and is a Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor (CST-S). His areas of specialization include couples, trauma, sexual dysfunctions, gender & sexual identity, depression, anxiety, borderline personality, and grief.

Dr. Cooper is the author of Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impacts, Disparities, and Interventions, co-editor of Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice, and editor of the forthcoming book Black Male Sexuality: Race, Genre, and Class (Cambridge University Press). As a Fulbright scholar, he has worked internationally to exchange best practices in career development.