Transgender emergence
Subtitle: therapeutic guidelines for working with gender-variant people and their families
By: Arlene Istar Lev
Series: Haworth marriage and the family
Publisher: Haworth Clinical Practice Press; The Haworth Clinical Practice Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Gender identity disorders; Transsexualism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-449) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The language of gender; title: Gender dysphoria and etiological theories; title: The families of transgendered people; title: The need for training; title: Part I: Theoretical understandings of transgenderism; title: Chapter 1. The transsexual phenomenon meets the transexual [sic] menace; title: Compassionate and controversial treatment of transsexuals; title: The mental health professional as gatekeeper; title: Clinical guidelines; title: therapeutic standards of care; title: Chapter 2. The legacy: gender variance in history; title: The historical legacy; title: Medical science and gender variance; title: Chapter 3. Deconstructing sex and gender: thinking outside the box; title: Four components of identity; title: Deconstructing the assumptions of sexual identity; title: Part II: Diagnosis and assessment; title: Chapter 4. Etiologies: causes and categories; title: Etiological theories: nature and nurture; title: essentially constructed; title: Categorical classifications: if the shoe doesn't fit; title: force it; title: Chapter 5. Diagnosis and transgenderism: the creation of pathology; title: The power of diagnosis; title: Gender as pathological diagnosis; title: Part III: Treatment issues; title: Chapter 6. Learning to listen to gender narratives; title: Mental health issues and transgenderism; title: Clients seeking therapy; title: Transgender narratives; title: Therapist as midwife: the birth of story; title: Chapter 7. Transgender emergence: a developmental process; title: Coming out; title: Transgender emergence; title: Chapter 8. Family emergence; title: Partners, spouses, and significant others; title: Developmental stages for family members; title: Families coping with transgenderism; title: TransParents see; title: Chapter 9. Transgendered children and youth; title: Treatment, prevention, and parental rights; title: Families with gender-variant children; title: Gender variance and progressive treatments; title: Transgender emergence; title: step-by-step maturation; title: Chapter 10. The treatment of intersexed people: time for a new paradigm; title: Assigning sex and the modern medical protocols; title: Creating psychosocial emergency; title: Standards of humane treatment for intersexed people