Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families Contributor(s): Lev, Arlene Istar (Author) |
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ISBN: 078902117X ISBN-13: 9780789021175 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered/transsexual people and their families. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 616.858 |
LCCN: 2002156666 |
Series: Haworth Marriage and the Family |
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.08" W x 8.38" (1.38 lbs) 500 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Explore an ecological strength-based framework for the treatment of gender-variant clients This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered/transsexual people and their families. Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families views assessment and treatment through a nonpathologizing lens that honors human diversity and acknowledges the role of oppression in the developmental process of gender identity formation. Specific sections of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families address the needs of gender-variant people as well as transgender children and youth. The issues facing gender-variant populations who have not been the focus of clinical care, such as intersexed people, female-to-male transgendered people, and those who identify as bigendered, are also addressed. The book examines:
Complete with fascinating case studies, a critique of diagnostic processes, treatment recommendations, and a helpful glossary of relevant terms, this book is an essential reference for anyone who works with gender-variant people. Handy tables and figures make the information easier to access and understand. Visit the author's Web site at http: //www.choicesconsulting.com |