Patients with gender dysphoria will often meet mental health clinicians with their own fantasies of medical transition- magic bullet shots and procedures that usher in an age of authenticity and calm for the patient. 1/
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Therapists who don’t consider it their purview to learn about the medicine of medical transition will urge the patient to “try it and see if you like it” totally unaware of what physical risks may be in the mix. 2/
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I challenge you to find a continuing education course for therapists that gives them any insight into the medical procedures rather than challenging them to “let your client educate you.” 3/
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It makes me sad that the best mental health service we can offer people who experience gender dysphoria is charging them session fees to educate us about identity labels. If we’re going to counsel, we should necessarily have important information to share on the process.
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