Michael Mancilla, LICSW, is a psychotherapist and author specializing in LGBTQ mental health, relationships, and HIV. He has been living with HIV since the early 1990s and brings both clinical insight and personal experience to his work. Originally from the United States and of Mexican heritage, he now lives in Mexico City and maintains a private practice serving clients throughout the United States. He can be contacted through Pride Therapy DC and is currently completing his forthcoming book, The Purple Couch: Love, Anxiety, and Who We Become.