Looking for a therapist/guidance for trans-identifying teen (MoCo)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the post. And all recommendations. I have a few friends with children in this process and it helps to read and learn how to be a better support.

Isn't it statistically unlikely that you have a few friends who truly have transgender children? Half of the girls in my DC's drama club don't want to identify as women.

Same

[Anonymous]

Tread carefully. Doctors are beginning to sound the alarms. Most of this is due to social contagion. The hormonal treatment is quite dangerous.

http://www.drlaidlaw.com/site/gender-sanity/press-releases/JCEM.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tread carefully. Doctors are beginning to sound the alarms. Most of this is due to social contagion. The hormonal treatment is quite dangerous.

http://www.drlaidlaw.com/site/gender-sanity/press-releases/JCEM.html

Social contagion has very little support in research and the doctors who wrote this are endocrinologists rather than psychologists. They cite erroneous statistics for desisters of gender dysphoria. There are acknowledged risks of hormone treatment, which is the only think the authors are qualified to comment on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tread carefully. Doctors are beginning to sound the alarms. Most of this is due to social contagion. The hormonal treatment is quite dangerous.

http://www.drlaidlaw.com/site/gender-sanity/press-releases/JCEM.html

Social contagion has very little support in research and the doctors who wrote this are endocrinologists rather than psychologists. They cite erroneous statistics for desisters of gender dysphoria. There are acknowledged risks of hormone treatment, which is the only think the authors are qualified to comment on.

Trans rights activists are not allowing research into social contagion. Simply looking at the increase in numbers of teenage girls seeking treatment suggests it’s a possible explanation that should be looked at. The narrative around puberty blockers is that they are completely safe and without consequences, which is just not true. You can look at the experiences of women who took Lupron for precocious puberty for a sampling of the potential problems.

The lawsuits from this in the years to come will be epic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tread carefully. Doctors are beginning to sound the alarms. Most of this is due to social contagion. The hormonal treatment is quite dangerous.

http://www.drlaidlaw.com/site/gender-sanity/press-releases/JCEM.html

Social contagion has very little support in research and the doctors who wrote this are endocrinologists rather than psychologists. They cite erroneous statistics for desisters of gender dysphoria. There are acknowledged risks of hormone treatment, which is the only think the authors are qualified to comment on.

Trans rights activists are not allowing research into social contagion. Simply looking at the increase in numbers of teenage girls seeking treatment suggests it’s a possible explanation that should be looked at. The narrative around puberty blockers is that they are completely safe and without consequences, which is just not true. You can look at the experiences of women who took Lupron for precocious puberty for a sampling of the potential problems.

The lawsuits from this in the years to come will be epic.

The one research project into social contagion was very poorly done and doesn't seem worth repeating. There are a lot of scare tactics about what "gender-affirmative" really means. There are ways to do research on the issue that don't involve harmful denial of their identities.

I agree that there may more risks to Lupron than has been presented and I wish that heterodox endocrinologists would stick to that issue, since that is what they actually qualified to talk about.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is trans and works with Nicole Hast in Rockville. Despite my daughter being 24 and living on her own, Nicole has been a wonderful resource for our whole family.My husband and I have had several sessions with our daughter and even one with just the therapist (my daughter gave permission for this). It hasn't been an easy road but we have come a long way.

[Anonymous]

Whether you like his/her reasoning or not, the “tread lightly” poster is absolutely right. You should tread lightly as your child is still developing.