Foreword Preface: Overview of Transgender Emergence Acknowledgments 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 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 Appendix A. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Definition of Transsexualism Appendix B. Common Intersexed Conditions Appendix C. Letters of Recommendation for Hormones Glossary References Index gies: 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 Appendix A. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Definition of Transsexualism Appendix B. Common Intersexed Conditions Appendix C. Letters of Recommendation for Hormones Glossary References Index , 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 Appendix A.
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Definition of Transsexualism Appendix B. Common Intersexed Conditions Appendix C. Letters of Recommendation for Hormones Glossary References Index.