Choosing A Transgender Affirming Therapist What Makes A Therapist “Trans-Affirming”? For transgender individuals, finding a therapist who is transgender can be extremely difficult. They often feel lost in a large gap where many therapists are completely uncomfortable, and unwilling to work with them versus those who feel comfortable, but who
Is Your Child Transgender? – How to Cope with It When a child comes out as transgender, there’s a good chance it’s been something they’ve been thinking about and dealing with for a long time. Many children wait years before they’re comfortable enough to talk to their families about it.
#wontbeerased, Grieve, Advocate, Take Care of Yourselves I want to first say that I identify as a cisgender male. I’m writing advice that I hope will help, but I recognize my privilege while I’m writing this. If you’re someone who is trans, gender-queer, non-binary, or non-cisgender, and you have a
Having Trouble Accepting Yourself as Transgender or Non-Binary? – What You Can Do Society has made great leaps and bounds towards accepting people who identify as transgender or non-binary. Yet, although there is growing advocacy and pride for transgender and non-binary communities, it does not mean that your individual road
Finding and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem When Transgender Finding authenticity can be a beautiful thing. It can open up a world of possibilities, including that connection that we all need. However, it can also be filled with challenges and can be extremely isolating as well. For people who are transgender, there
Transgender Care and Trauma There are many assumptions that many people in the general population have about those who are in the transgender community. Unfortunately, many of these assumptions can come into the therapy process as well. One of these assumptions involves trauma and gender identity outside of a cisgender
6 New Years Resolution Ideas for Authenticity, Romance, and Sexual Satisfaction Updated December 29th, 2017 It’s that time of year again. New Years resolutions are likely to be a center of focus again. Although New Years resolutions usually reflect goals surrounding diet, fitness, and career, you can set goals for
The Benefits of LGBT Affirmative Therapy LGBT affirmative therapy may have been something that you’ve heard of. But what exactly does this mean? Here, Phillip McCulley talks about his perspectives on LGBT therapy, and how this can help. Phillip also discusses how affirming therapy can offer support. Hi, I’m Philip
LGBT Progress… and Barriers This month of LGBT pride month. Although the LGBT community has much to be proud of, there are still many barriers that impact the community. Coming out is still difficult and shaming for many people. Families continue to struggle with acceptance. And the community continues to
Why You Should Avoid Reparative Therapy For people who are coming to accept that they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, there can be a lot of fear. One of the biggest things that you might fear is being rejected by others in your life. This can make this part