astronomy

Michael Hendricks

Michael Hendricks is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Michael Hendricks rather than just read about it. In short: Michael Lawrence Hendricks is an American psychologist, suicidologist, and an advocate for the LGBTQ community. He worked in private practice as a partner at the Washington Psychological Center, P.C., starting in 1999; and, since 2024, is currently in solo practice in northwest Washington, D.C.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Michael Lawrence Hendricks is an American psychologist, suicidologist, and an advocate for the LGBTQ community. He worked in private practice as a partner at the Washington Psychological Center, P.C., starting in 1999; and, since 2024, is currently in solo practice in northwest Washington, D.C. Hendricks was previously an adjunct professor of clinical psychopharmacology and has taught at Argosy University, Howard University, and Catholic University of America. He is currently a Clinical Professor at George Washington Univsersity and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Early life and education Hendricks was raised in a small conservative town in Western Michigan. Hendricks attended Michigan State University as a student in social psychology. He later found that while the majority of social scientists worked in academia, he preferred clinical work under the Boulder model. He completed a master's thesis focused on HIV. Hendricks earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from The American University. His dissertation, published in 1993, is titled "The occurrence of suicidal ideation over the course of HIV infection in gay men: A cross-sectional study". His doctoral advisor was Alan Berman.

Career At the beginning of his career in the early 1990s, the HIV/AIDS crisis influenced Hendricks to address LGBTQ issues. He is a clinician and researcher and has investigated depression, suicide, substance abuse, compulsive behaviors, HIV, and gender diversity issues at the National Cancer Institute, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Virginia Commonwealth University. From 1999 to 2024, he has worked as a partner at the Washington Psychological Center, P.C. He has since gone into solo private practice. He has worked in various facilities including Spring Grove Hospital Center and Whitman-Walker Health. He was a Chief Psychologist at Umoja Methadone treatment Center and was Chief of Outpatient Mental Health Services at the Washington, D.C., Jail He is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Hendricks is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, the Society of Clinical Psychology, Psychologists in Independent Practice, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. He is also a member of the American Psychology-Law Society. He was the chair of the Research Committee of the Virginia HIV Community Planning Committee for 11 years. Hendricks has served as an APA Council representative and past president of Division 44, which is the APA's Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. He has held positions as adjunct professor in at Argosy University, Howard University, and Catholic University of America., where he has taught graduate-level Clinical Psychopharmacology. He is currently a Clinical Professor at George Washington University. He is the lead author, with co-author Rylan Testa on the seminal paper that applied Ilan Meyer's minority stress model to transgender people, published in 2012. He was awarded an APA Presidential Citation. Hendricks is a member of and is a certified healthcare provider of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Personal life Hendricks had a "stealth" lifestyle as a gay man while living in a small town in Michigan. He is currently "very out".

Selected works Hendricks, Michael L.; Testa, Rylan J. (2012). "A conceptual framework for clinical work with transgender and gender nonconforming clients: An adaptation of the Minority Stress Model". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 43 (5): 460–467. doi:10.1037/a0029597. Testa, Rylan J.; Sciacca, Laura M.; Wang, Florence; Hendricks, Michael L.; Goldblum, Peter; Bradford, Judith; Bongar, Bruce (2012). "Effects of violence on transgender people". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 43 (5): 452–459. doi:10.1037/a0029604. Goldblum, Peter; Testa, Rylan J.; Pflum, Samantha; Hendricks, Michael L.; Bradford, Judith; Bongar, Bruce (2012). "The relationship between gender-based victimization and suicide attempts in transgender people". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 43 (5): 468–475. doi:10.1037/a0029605.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Michael Hendricks

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Michael Hendricks claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Michael Hendricks before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Michael Hendricks ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Michael Hendricks

In research: Michael Hendricks appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Michael Hendricks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Michael Hendricks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century American educators, 20th-century American scientists, 21st-century American educators, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Michael Hendricks outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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