Dr Claudia Zitz ClinPsyD, MA, BSc

Dr Claudia Zitz

School of Psychology
Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology

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University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Zitz (they/them) oversees the systemic psychotherapy sub-course and teaches on diverse genders and sexualities within the Clinical Psychology Doctorate. Their research focuses on gender, sexuality and relationship diversity, with particular attention to the experiences of gender-diverse children and young people. Dr Zitz is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist. Their clinical work is with transgender and gender diverse young people, adults, and their families, carers or partners.  

Qualifications

MA in Systemic Psychotherapy, Tavistock & Portman NHS & University of Essex, 2018

ClinPsyD, Salomons, University of Canterbury, 2011

BSc in Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, 2004

Teaching

Dr Zitz teaches on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Research

Research interests

  • Trans identities and Sikhism
  • The use of PrEP and attitudes in gay men
  • Transgender people and fertility
  • Experiences of gender affirming treatments
  • Trans men and friendships

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Carter, T, Zitz, C, Dunlop, B & Yeates, R 2026, 'Bisexual Men's Construction of Sexuality and Gender: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis', Journal of Bisexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2026.2720874

de Graaf, N, Manjra, I, Hames, A & Zitz, C 2018, 'Thinking about ethnicity and gender diversity in children and young people', Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 291-303.

de Graaf, N, Giovanardi, G, Zitz, C & Carmichael, P 2016, 'Sex ratio in children and Adolescents Referred to the Gender Identity Development Service in the UK (2009-2016)', Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 47, pp. 1301-1304.

Chapter

Burns, J & Zitz, C 2015, Clinical Psychology. in C Richards (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 263-279.

Commissioned report

Richards, C, Lenihan, P, Milton, M, Moon, I & Zitz, C 2024, Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity. 2nd edn, British Psychological Society. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsrep.2024.rep129b

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Zitz, C 2024, Trans Youth and Cross-Sex Hormones. in AE Goldberg (ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies. 2nd, revised edn, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071891414.n494

Special issue

Zitz, C, Burns, J & Tacconelli, E 2014, 'Trans Men and Friendships: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis', Feminism and Psychology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 216-237.

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