What is Gender Dysphoria? It’s a mental health diagnosis that clinicians use when people are different from their assigned at birth gender. It’s also used to describe the feelings of dislike for their body related to gender some people have for themselves. Gender Dysphoria and the DSM V The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, is...[ read more ]
Self Love for Low Self Esteem It’s cold in Atlanta, Georgia today. This weekend, as I warm up, I have been thinking a lot about self-love. Self-Love and positive affirmations can increase self-esteem, battle gender dysphoria and decrease moments of depression. Positive affirmations can be hard to say at first, as you might not be used to talking to...[ read more ]
Is 2018 the year you start your transition? Is it the year you come out to your friends and family or at work? Have you made a resolution to yourself this year that you intend to keep? I don’t tend to make resolution’s every year, but I do think it’s an exciting time of year to initiate changes in your...[ read more ]
You don’t need Real Life Experience (RLE) for your HRT letter. You heard me correctly. If you are transgender, you don’t need real life experience for your hormone replacement therapy letter. Real life experience in your actual gender harks back to a time when it was required in the WPATH standards of care and in some cases, can have...[ read more ]
Rural areas of Georgia and areas throughout the United States generally have some catching up to do with trans affirming care. I often hear that there are limited options for trans affirming care in areas throughout the state of Georgia. So, what help is available for you if you can’t make it to an affirming provider in person? In...[ read more ]
Everything is set out in the stores, Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice and all will all be alive and happening in the next month and a half. My families traditions in Georgia, are to gather multiple times throughout the holiday to celebrate, give thanks and spend time with family. However, the upcoming holiday season can be hard if...[ read more ]
Over the past two weekends I have been able to participate in Atlanta Pride as outreach to the transgender community and LGBTQ community. I also went to Ohio to attend the Transforming Care conference and WPATH GEI certification training. It’s been a busy two weeks, but I have learned so much about the Atlanta community and new research. Atlanta...[ read more ]
I feel like what I hear a lot in therapy about coping skills is, " I have tried all of that before and it never works ". There are lists upon lists on the internet of coping skills. How do you know which ones will work for you if you have tried the most taught? Deep Breathing with a Balloon...[ read more ]
This time last week I was flying back from Philadelphia to Atlanta from The Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, where thousands of transgender, gender fluid, gender non binary, allies, parents and professionals met for three days. The conference was a wonderful experience for me. I was able to become more educated on issues related to the transgender community and mental...[ read more ]
The concept of Sacred Space Today, I was thinking of the concept of Sacred Space. I wasn’t thinking of the concept in religious terms, but more of a concept of holding space for yourself to be who you need to be. Isaac Newton wrote about this in his book, Philosophy of Sacred Space and Sacred Time, which I learned...[ read more ]
