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Author Lev, Arlene Istar.

Title Transgender emergence : therapeutic guidelines for working with gender-variant people and their families / Arlene Istar Lev.

Publication Info. New York : The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, [2004]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.8583 L655T    Check Shelf
Description xxix, 467 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Haworth marriage and the family
Haworth marriage and the family.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The language of gender -- Gender dysphoria and etiological theories -- The families of transgendered people -- The need for training -- Part I: Theoretical understandings of transgenderism -- Chapter 1. The transsexual phenomenon meets the transexual [sic] menace -- Compassionate and controversial treatment of transsexuals -- The mental health professional as gatekeeper -- Clinical guidelines--therapeutic standards of care -- Chapter 2. The legacy: gender variance in history -- The historical legacy -- Medical science and gender variance -- Chapter 3. Deconstructing sex and gender: thinking outside the box -- Four components of identity -- Deconstructing the assumptions of sexual identity -- Part II: Diagnosis and assessment -- Chapter 4. Etiologies: causes and categories -- Etiological theories: nature and nurture--essentially constructed -- Categorical classifications: if the shoe doesn't fit--force it -- Chapter 5. Diagnosis and transgenderism: the creation of pathology -- The power of diagnosis -- Gender as pathological diagnosis -- Part III: Treatment issues -- Chapter 6. Learning to listen to gender narratives -- Mental health issues and transgenderism -- Clients seeking therapy -- Transgender narratives -- Therapist as midwife: the birth of story -- Chapter 7. Transgender emergence: a developmental process -- Coming out -- Transgender emergence -- Chapter 8. Family emergence -- Partners, spouses, and significant others -- Developmental stages for family members -- Families coping with transgenderism -- TransParents see -- Chapter 9. Transgendered children and youth -- Treatment, prevention, and parental rights -- Families with gender-variant children -- Gender variance and progressive treatments -- Transgender emergence--step-by-step maturation -- Chapter 10. The treatment of intersexed people: time for a new paradigm -- Assigning sex and the modern medical protocols -- Creating psychosocial emergency -- Standards of humane treatment for intersexed people.
Subject Gender dysphoria.
Gender nonconformity.
Transsexualism.
Gender Identity.
Psychotherapy.
ISBN 0789007088 alkaline paper
9780789007087 alkaline paper
078902117X softcover alkaline paper
9780789021175 softcover alkaline paper
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