Gender counselling

[Elizabeth Ann]

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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?

Elizabethamy

This is a question I have been wondering about as well. I have been seeing a therapist about depression and some relationship issues. The cross dressing is dealt with in a non-judgmental, straightforward way: simply an aspect of who I am and how it affects relationships.

For a number of reasons, I have recently become interested in how specific gender therapists operate. Could those of you who are seeing a gender therapist please comment on whether they are, in a sense, advocates. Did they take as a given your own statements of gender orientation, and assume that some degree of transition is recommended?

I keep thinking of that old line: when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Liz