gender/therapy

Category: therapy

  • On therapy and the language of transition

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    How the process of change in therapy mirrors the process of transgender people’s journeys. The further I’ve progressed in my journey as a trans woman, the more uncomfortable I’ve become with some of the language around this process.  Reflecting on it I realise that a lot of it is because much of the language around…

  • The role of exploration in gender-affirming therapy

    The role of exploration in gender-affirming therapy

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    A professional association of which I am a member has seen a number of conversations recently about ‘gender-affirming’ therapy and how this does or doesn’t align with psychotherapy as a fundamentally ‘exploratory’ approach to treatment.  In many cases, I believe some of the points being made in these conversations stem from a misunderstanding about what…