Therapist? What would you tell a Therapist?

[Nicki B]

IF the therapist is TG then they could probably offer some excellent advise but a non-TG one? They could not truely understand.

By that logic, you wouldn't let a specialist treat you for cancer, unless they'd had it themselves?

All a therapist can really do is give a letter for HRT. A doctor will need that.

Surely that's the last thing you need one for - what you might need is help to sort out your feelings, to understand why you think as you do, in order to find your own answers.. That's what therapists are trained for?

They're supposed to be professionals and to have been trained (you checked licences, didn't you?) - whereas on here we are neither, generally?

[Randee]

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Save your money on therapists and spend it on leotards!
You like the look and feel of gymnastic leotards on you. As my gf's often said, 'It's just clothes." Enjoy and wear often as you can.

[VtVicky]

Kerrie Sifton was correct! A good therapist functions much like a mirror. If you are honest with them, you will get a better view of yourself. But, if the therapist has his or her own distortions, or you are holding back, the reflected image will be off.

I'm sure many of you have years of experience putting on your own make up. How many do it without a mirror? How many go out without one last glance in a mirror to check your outfit? Are you that sure of yourself that you can't benifit from an objective second opinion?

For crying out loud; even Tigar Woods has a golf coach!



Oh!, BTW. There are several of us on this forum who are licensed therapists.

[sandra-leigh]

I had my first individual therapy session yesterday. Towards the end I made a point of indicating that I was potentially transgender (androgynous). Why? Because I need to explore what my all major stressors are and how to deal with them. My wife is moody and ambivalent about my cross-dressing... those sour faces hurt. Then too I am going to need help in detangling how much of Tess is really me, and how much is a personality construct, a form of escapism from the parts of my life that I wish were different.