Therapist for gender dysphoria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any recommendations for a therapist that works with adolescents who have gender dysphoria? Not looking for affirmative care but someone who will get to the heart of the matter (eg she thinks she might be a boy, her dad has bpd and chose to stop seeing her when she was 5yo, examining this connection etc)

Christian reeducation camp

Op you need help not your kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any recommendations for a therapist that works with adolescents who have gender dysphoria? Not looking for affirmative care but someone who will get to the heart of the matter (eg she thinks she might be a boy, her dad has bpd and chose to stop seeing her when she was 5yo, examining this connection etc)

Christian reeducation camp

Op you need help not your kid

The “reeducation camp” can be found on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never, ever met a child who thought they were the other sex. Parent driven.

I think a lot of it, at least at this point, is peer driven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wrong link above: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13668663/Maryland-family-lost-custody-16-year-old-autistic-son.html

That link doesn't support what you said either.

DP. I don’t think the lawsuit is over. But what happened is terrible and raises some deep questions about the hospital’s ethics. I do believe that boy, and other vulnerable children, are/were being trafficked.

https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/childrens-national-hospital-ignores-teens-mental-health-to-indulge-gender-ideology

[Anonymous]

^ETA what happened to that boy and his family is outrageous, and yet the MSM has not made a peep about it. There is something deeply wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well anyone reputable will be affirming, so I am not sure I can help.

Anyone reputable will also work with her on healing from her father’s abandonment.

Anyone reputable will be affirming? Really? I would expect anyone reputable would be nonjudgmental but isn’t the point to see where the dysphoria comes from and whethet it is stable?

settle down MAGA, doing that os part of what "affirming" means

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well anyone reputable will be affirming, so I am not sure I can help.

Anyone reputable will also work with her on healing from her father’s abandonment.

Anyone reputable will be affirming? Really? I would expect anyone reputable would be nonjudgmental but isn’t the point to see where the dysphoria comes from and whethet it is stable?

settle down MAGA, doing that os part of what "affirming" means

DP. Not everyone, and not even close to most people who would like to see more cautious approaches to gender medicine are MAGAs.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe my comment which only said I had been there with my kid and that addressing some anxiety she had, it went away after a year, got deleted. I guess we are not allowed to say that for some (and judging for my dd's cohort, for the great majority) it is a phase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe my comment which only said I had been there with my kid and that addressing some anxiety she had, it went away after a year, got deleted. I guess we are not allowed to say that for some (and judging for my dd's cohort, for the great majority) it is a phase?

Nope, doesn't fit the narrative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You need a gender affirming therapist that treads the whole child and not just the gender aspects. The risk of self harming and suicide isn’t worth it.

Sadly, the statistics do not decrease once a child is affirmed. This scare tactic is enough to make many parents feel like affirming care is making a choice to “save” their child from certain death or self harm. It’s a fear-based conversation shut down that does not help the child.

This scare tactic also completely ignores that the evidence based treatment for suicidality has nothing to do with gender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point of therapy for your child is not for YOU to understand “why“, it’s to support your child in whatever they are going through. If your child has gender dysphoria, there is very likely no reason why. At least no “why” that you’re going to find from some psychologist looking to report to mom and dad

what? this is total nonsense. it’s medical care - of course a parent needs to know “why.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP with update - Children's Hospital neuropsychology dept is not taking new patients over 4yrs old. They suggest me to MedStar where I filled out an intake. I also filled out an intake for the Zen Psychology. Thank you all so much!

I would contact the gender clinic at children’s, not the neuropsych department. I know for a fact they are taking new patients.

If you read the thread, you'd understand that it's best not to start with the perhaps-false assumption that gender is the primary issue.

If you read the thread, you'd understand that Children's gender clinic doesn't use that approach.

A neuropsych is not going to explore this issue. The OP is correct in asking for a therapist.

A neuropsych will diagnose OCD, autism or anxiety that can be treated directly

[Anonymous]

The abandonment is the major issue as you've correctly identified, so you need a therapist who is good with teens experiencing pain and depression from early abandonment. What about group therapy for the two of you? The abandonment has affected you as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wrong link above: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13668663/Maryland-family-lost-custody-16-year-old-autistic-son.html

That link doesn't support what you said either.

DP. I don’t think the lawsuit is over. But what happened is terrible and raises some deep questions about the hospital’s ethics. I do believe that boy, and other vulnerable children, are/were being trafficked.

https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/childrens-national-hospital-ignores-teens-mental-health-to-indulge-gender-ideology

That is an incredibly one sided article. Some of that is because the psychiatric program at Children's National and CPS are both bound by confidentiality, so they can't respond to the allegations. There is no way of knowing from that article whether there were ongoing safety concerns that prevented the kid from going home.

It's interesting that in the same article they argue that the young person needed to be released from the hospital to graduate from college, and that somehow because they have autism they need to be treated as a child, denied the right to choose who they live with as an adult, and forced to undergo a mental health exam. The article talks about "returning the child to the parents", but that child is in fact a 19 year old.

It's also interesting that they talk about how the counselor that was brought in is "licensed in multiple states", while side stepping the question of whether he is licensed in DC, the only license that would be relevant to him participating in a therapy session in DC.

To be clear, it's possible that the hospital was 100% wrong here. But it's also quite possible that the parents are painting a very biased picture, and there were legitimate safety concerns that warranted the extended hospital stay, and CPS's decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wrong link above: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13668663/Maryland-family-lost-custody-16-year-old-autistic-son.html

That link doesn't support what you said either.

DP. I don’t think the lawsuit is over. But what happened is terrible and raises some deep questions about the hospital’s ethics. I do believe that boy, and other vulnerable children, are/were being trafficked.

https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/childrens-national-hospital-ignores-teens-mental-health-to-indulge-gender-ideology

That is an incredibly one sided article. Some of that is because the psychiatric program at Children's National and CPS are both bound by confidentiality, so they can't respond to the allegations. There is no way of knowing from that article whether there were ongoing safety concerns that prevented the kid from going home.

It's interesting that in the same article they argue that the young person needed to be released from the hospital to graduate from college, and that somehow because they have autism they need to be treated as a child, denied the right to choose who they live with as an adult, and forced to undergo a mental health exam. The article talks about "returning the child to the parents", but that child is in fact a 19 year old.

It's also interesting that they talk about how the counselor that was brought in is "licensed in multiple states", while side stepping the question of whether he is licensed in DC, the only license that would be relevant to him participating in a therapy session in DC.

To be clear, it's possible that the hospital was 100% wrong here. But it's also quite possible that the parents are painting a very biased picture, and there were legitimate safety concerns that warranted the extended hospital stay, and CPS's decision.

At this point it may not be about returning a 19 year old to his parents, but there are so many red flags about the alienation that appears to take place, and the immediate requirement that they use the new pronouns, etc.
And the child living with hospital chaplain? WTF! So many levels of crazy here and conflict of interest going on.

The core of the matter is that it is absurd to force parents immediate affirmation without question and to separate families based on what is essentially a difference of opinion.

It could be that there was some other thing going on with the parents, but if the article is accurate, then the hospital has a lot to answer for.