Joseph Cohen, Ph.D., is still working on a through-line for his life. He has been a street musician, a jazz guitarist, a copy editor, a fact checker, a publicist and a newspaper reporter. A clinical psychologist for the past twenty years, Joseph directed mental health programs at a Bronx clinic for children with HIV and a Manhattan syringe exchange, and taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 2002 to 2015. He maintains a private practice with a focus on LGBT issues. Joseph’s essay, “What Age Is Shame?” was recently published in Studies in Gender and Sexuality.