Dr. Brand Doubell is a sexologist, life coach, and relationship therapist in South Africa. He is co-owner and founder of the Cobrastone marriage program, the Cobragay group for helping gay people with rejection, and The Happy Clinic. Cobragay membership gives free advice on homosexual relationship problems. It sends out its own free newsletter filled with articles on gay-relationships. Cobragay also gives free advice to young people struggling with their sexuality and family relationships.

Dr. Brand Doubell studied theology, philosophy and psychology in South Africa and in the Netherlands. He has been a university lecturer for 15 years before he started to devote all his time to writing and his family. He has written numerous articles in academic journals, popular magazines, and the internet. Some of his books are available on Amazon and others are the intellectual property of the universities he wrote them for. His interests ranges from positive psychology to the effect of stories on healthy adapted individuals, and from gay-rights to gay spiritualism. In A Closet Cry: Help me out!, Dr. Brand Doubell discusses all the obstacles in the process of coming out of the closet. The book starts with sexual identity; what does it mean to be gay, what does it mean to be transsexual, transgender, bisexual and all the different terms in the LGBTQ+ community. How can you be sure that you're gay, and is there a test that can help you understand your own sexuality? In the second chapter, he discusses the stages of coming out; the fear of rejection, the process of accepting yourself and the way to a fulfilling and healthy gay existence. He also covers the aspects surrounding teenagers and adults coming out.