 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| Psychology |
TG Soul International
Check out our Resource Page for a therapist near you or...
This List of Therapists in California -pdf
(Please contact us to add resources to this list.)
If you need a therapist and can't afford one, you can get general
therapy through your county Behavioural/Mental Health Dept.
Contact them to find out how to get started in their system.
San Bernardino County Behaviour Health Dept
http://www.sbcounty.gov/dbh/
Riverside County Department of Mental Health
http://mentalhealth.co.riverside.ca.us/opencms/
This List of Therapists in California -pdf
(Please contact us to add resources to this list.)
If you need a therapist and can't afford one, you can get general
therapy through your county Behavioural/Mental Health Dept.
Contact them to find out how to get started in their system.
San Bernardino County Behaviour Health Dept
http://www.sbcounty.gov/dbh/
Riverside County Department of Mental Health
http://mentalhealth.co.riverside.ca.us/opencms/
| Whether you are an individual or a therapist, looking into the subject of Transsexual/Transgender treatment the information on this page, should help you get started. |
| Thank you for visiting the Transgendered Soul International Website!! information located on this site. TGS does not engage in the practice of medicine or psychology, is not a medical or psychological authority, and does not claim medical or psychiatric knowledge. TGS recommends that you consult your own physician and psychologist regarding any course of treatment or medication. There are links to other web sites in various places through out our web site. TGS is not responsible for the content of other websites reached from links on our website. Use of this site and its information constitutes an agreement to these terms.through out our web site. TGS is not responsible for the content of other websites reached from links on our website. Use of this site and its information constitutes an agreement to these terms. |
| Psychological Information, Links and More |
| Articles And Links |
............................................... ................Just A Quick Note From Me To You.
This maybe your first stop or attempt at discovering some answers to your deepest and inner most feelings of self. Your IDENTITY.
Who am I? What am I? Why do I have these feelings? Are their others like me? Or maybe you have seen some behavior in a loved one
that maybe incongruent with their outward gender appearance and you are looking for answers to these questions.
I have walked this difficult path of self discovery. I would not have survived if it was not for my friends, many of whom are also on
therapist Jo Ann Simmons Walker. This is not a shameless plug for her but a sincere thank you from the bottom of my heart and a note
to others who are looking, that this is a very important decision you are about to make. I needed professional help. I saw many
therapists before I was fortunate enough to find Jo Ann.
I hope through my experience and the experience from my friend who put this web site together that we can help you find a qualified
Therapist quickly and more easily than if you had to start from scratch.
FIRST
You need to be comfortable with your therapist and be comfortable enough to develop a high level of trust. If you do not feel this
happening with in the first couple of visits you may want to consider changing therapists. Follow your heart and your gut feelings. Do
not be afraid to ask questions.
SECOND
Most Therapists follow the Harry Benjamin Standards Of Care. This is increasingly becoming more controversial. Some view this as a
gate keeper technique used to grant some and not others permission to legally change their birth sex. It's intent rather is to protect first
and foremost you! It is to protect you the client from making a potentially wrong, and life altering decision and secondly to protect the
practitioner from litigation.
LASTLY
A therapist will help you to work out other area's of your life. I wanted to make sure that the feelings I was having were not caused by
any childhood experience or trauma and that what I was feeling was in fact Gender Dysphoria.
You can find much more information on this subject through out this web-site. Please use it often and refer other's to it, if you find it
useful.
Thank You
Renee'
This maybe your first stop or attempt at discovering some answers to your deepest and inner most feelings of self. Your IDENTITY.
Who am I? What am I? Why do I have these feelings? Are their others like me? Or maybe you have seen some behavior in a loved one
that maybe incongruent with their outward gender appearance and you are looking for answers to these questions.
I have walked this difficult path of self discovery. I would not have survived if it was not for my friends, many of whom are also on
therapist Jo Ann Simmons Walker. This is not a shameless plug for her but a sincere thank you from the bottom of my heart and a note
to others who are looking, that this is a very important decision you are about to make. I needed professional help. I saw many
therapists before I was fortunate enough to find Jo Ann.
I hope through my experience and the experience from my friend who put this web site together that we can help you find a qualified
Therapist quickly and more easily than if you had to start from scratch.
FIRST
You need to be comfortable with your therapist and be comfortable enough to develop a high level of trust. If you do not feel this
happening with in the first couple of visits you may want to consider changing therapists. Follow your heart and your gut feelings. Do
not be afraid to ask questions.
SECOND
Most Therapists follow the Harry Benjamin Standards Of Care. This is increasingly becoming more controversial. Some view this as a
gate keeper technique used to grant some and not others permission to legally change their birth sex. It's intent rather is to protect first
and foremost you! It is to protect you the client from making a potentially wrong, and life altering decision and secondly to protect the
practitioner from litigation.
LASTLY
A therapist will help you to work out other area's of your life. I wanted to make sure that the feelings I was having were not caused by
any childhood experience or trauma and that what I was feeling was in fact Gender Dysphoria.
You can find much more information on this subject through out this web-site. Please use it often and refer other's to it, if you find it
useful.
Thank You
Renee'
Anne Vitale Ph.D. Website This is a very good/informative
Web-Site
Anne is a transgendered psychologist, who treats transgendered
clients. She has written a number of papers for Therapist and
the Client. See lists of subjects below. Once on her site, click
on the suggested links to see the documents listed below the link.
http://www.avitale.com/MenuPage.html
Click on "Essay"s in Her Site To read the essays below:
* A Brief Description of the Problem
* Gender Dysphoria: Treatment Limits and Options
* The Gender Variant Phenomenon--A Developmental Review
* Gender Variant Expression: An Historical Account
* Current Thinking Regarding the Etiology of Gender Dysphoria
thoughts on how to resolve it.
Click on "Gender Identity Disorder Treatment Plan" in Her Site
to see this article
* Gender Identity Disorder Treatment Plan
Click on "T-Notes" in Her Site To read these articles:
#1 Dances with Therapists or, hard time getting to that first
appointment.
#2 The Intake Appointment
#3 A brief description of the Hormone Evaluation Period
#4 Unlived Lives.
#5 Guilt and Shame: The Unfortunate Twins of Gender
Dysphoria.
#6 Mid-Life Awakening. Some thoughts about the recent
increase in clients at mid-life presenting with gender issues.
#7 Sexism in the Male-To-Female Transsexual.
#8 Relationships: The Bane and the Promise
#9 Primary and Secondary Transsexualism-myths and Facts
#10 Emergence-a danger filled, critical time in the transition
process.
#11 Couples Therapy---When the male partner is a crossdresser.
#12 Transsexualism: An Expanded Definition
#13 Potential Therapeutic Errors
Web-Site
Anne is a transgendered psychologist, who treats transgendered
clients. She has written a number of papers for Therapist and
the Client. See lists of subjects below. Once on her site, click
on the suggested links to see the documents listed below the link.
http://www.avitale.com/MenuPage.html
Click on "Essay"s in Her Site To read the essays below:
* A Brief Description of the Problem
* Gender Dysphoria: Treatment Limits and Options
* The Gender Variant Phenomenon--A Developmental Review
* Gender Variant Expression: An Historical Account
* Current Thinking Regarding the Etiology of Gender Dysphoria
thoughts on how to resolve it.
Click on "Gender Identity Disorder Treatment Plan" in Her Site
to see this article
* Gender Identity Disorder Treatment Plan
Click on "T-Notes" in Her Site To read these articles:
#1 Dances with Therapists or, hard time getting to that first
appointment.
#2 The Intake Appointment
#3 A brief description of the Hormone Evaluation Period
#4 Unlived Lives.
#5 Guilt and Shame: The Unfortunate Twins of Gender
Dysphoria.
#6 Mid-Life Awakening. Some thoughts about the recent
increase in clients at mid-life presenting with gender issues.
#7 Sexism in the Male-To-Female Transsexual.
#8 Relationships: The Bane and the Promise
#9 Primary and Secondary Transsexualism-myths and Facts
#10 Emergence-a danger filled, critical time in the transition
process.
#11 Couples Therapy---When the male partner is a crossdresser.
#12 Transsexualism: An Expanded Definition
#13 Potential Therapeutic Errors
Gender Identity Disorder - article online
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gender%20dysphoria
Counselling And Mental Health Care Of Transgender Adults And
Loved Ones - pdf
(Scroll down the page on their site to see the link.)
http://www.vch.ca/transhealth/resources/library/
Recommended Guidelines for Transgender Care - online
http://www.firelily.com/gender/gianna/book.abstract.html
Half Way Between - pdf
By Rabbi Levi Alter President FTMI
Protect Yourself From Hate Crimes!
Avoid common dangerous the pitfalls of Transition
