March/April 2016

The Mystery of Gender

Are Therapists in the Dark?
Rich Simon

Editor's Note

Rich Simon

I found talking to the transgender kids and their parents that I interviewed for this issue not only enlightening and educational, which I expected, but also viscerally moving. I was bowled over by the stubborn integrity of young kids who... Read more

The Great Escape

Welcome to the World of Gender Fluidity

As cultural attitudes about gender variance have undergone a profound shift, much of what therapists believed about what it means to be transgender is now... Read more

The Transgender Journey

What Role Should Therapists Play?

Parents typically view their children in the largely gendered terms society lays out for them. Rearranging that internal mind map requires tremendous effort... Read more

It Takes A Tribe

What It's Like to Raise (or Be) a Transgender Child

Until very recently, most families with transgender children had never met another family like theirs. Now parents and children from the trailblazing Ackerman... Read more

When Seismic Change Becomes the Norm

The Therapist in the Real World

There was a time, not long ago, when all therapists needed to begin practicing their craft was a quiet room, an appointment book, a phone, and an answering... Read more

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