Transgender emergence : therapeutic guidelines for working with gender-variant people and their families /
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| Author / Creator: | Lev, Arlene Istar. |
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| Imprint: | New York : The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, c2004. |
| Description: | xxix, 467 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Haworth marriage and the family |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5213113 |
Table of Contents:
- 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