Main description:

This volume provides fundamental and evidence-based information on working with transgender and gender diverse people in mental health services. The authors, who are experts in the field, outline the key qualities of affirming mental health services, as well as explore strategies for improving inclusivity and what evidence-based care with trans clients looks like. They also provide insight into current topics, such as working with youth, the harmful and ill-advised approach known as rapid onset gender dysphoria, and whether and how autism is a co-occurring diagnostic concern. Practitioners will find the printable resources provided invaluable for their clinical practice, including sample letters of support for trans clients who are seeking gender affirming medical care.

Contents:

1 Description
1.1 Terminology
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Overview
1.3.1 Indigenous People
1.3.2 Medical Model
1.3.3 Transgender Movement
1.3.4 Nonbinary Movement
1.4 Gatekeeping
2 Theories and Models
2.1 Minority Stress Theory
2.1.1 Challenges With Minority Stress and
Trans People
2.1.2 Suicide and Minority Stress
2.2 Gender Dysphoria
2.2.1 Reclassifying Gender Dysphoria
2.3 Medical Necessity
2.4 Informed Consent
2.5 Harm Reduction
2.6 Shaping the Therapeutic Dialogue
2.6.1 Introducing Yourself With Your Pronoun(
s)
2.6.2 Presentation of Experience and
Training
2.6.3 Assumptions About What an Identity
Term Means for the Client topic?
2.6.4 Trans Client Fluidity in Their Gender
and Sexuality
2.6.5 Assumptions About Meaning of Transition
for a Client
2.6.6 How to Respond When You Make a
Mistake
2.6.7 Understanding Diverse Experiences
Gender
2.6.8 Reviews of Client Experience in Your
Practice
2.6.9 Knowledge of Local Resources
2.7 Shaping the Therapeutic Relationship
2.7.1 Grief
2.7.2 Suicide and Trans People
2.7.3 Nonsuicidal Self-injury
2.7.4 Reasonably Well-Controlled Mental
Health
3 Assessment and Treatment Indications
3.1 Assessment
3.1.1 Screening Tools
3.1.2 Outcome Measures
3.1.3 Critique of Personality Assessment
Tools
3.1.4 Progress Monitoring Tools
3.1.5 Measures Designed for Trans Clients
3.1.6 Caution When Interpreting Results
4 Treatment
4.1 Method of Treatment
4.1.1 Conversion Therapy
4.1.2 Specific Clinical Concerns
4.2 Efficacy and Prognosis
4.2.1 Affirmative Practice
4.2.2 Therapeutic
4.3 Variations of the Method: Letter Writing
4.4 Problems in Carrying Out Treatments
4.4.1 Trauma
4.4.2 Trans Clients in Rural Locations
4.4.3 Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
4.4.4 Autism Spectrum Disorder in Trans
People
4.4.5 Co-Occurring Medical Concerns
4.4.6 Persistence, Insistence, and Consistence
4.5 Multicultural Issues
4.5.1 Intersectionality
4.6 Importance of Interrogating Your Gender
5 Case Vignette
5.1 Assessing Eliza's Need for Support
6 Further Reading
7 References
8 Appendix: Tools and Resources