Counseling has been so critical to me these last few months. I wish I had found my present therapist years ago. I can't imagine how much better my life would be.
But if you get the wrong therapist -- ouch. Run. I have struggled over whether to get a "gender specialist" or a more general therapist. Primarily for insurance purposes, I chose the latter and have not regretted it. She puts things in context -- for example, where a gender specialist would see my mental health/anxiety issues as totally due to repression of gender expression, and might urge me to get the transition rolling, my more general therapist contextualizes things, talks about multiple causes (while never denying the importance of gender). Where the exploration and the counseling will lead is unknown.
But it makes me wonder a little bit -- does a "gender specialist" risk becoming an advocate for a position as opposed to a wise reflector and assessor of what you yourself are saying?
Therapy and yoga, therapy and yoga, therapy and yoga.
Elizabethamy
