Have the courage to be who you are. When working with someone transitioning, we come to the relationship asking how the individual wants us to ride alongside them in their journey.
Working with those transitioning their gender is something that in our belief many therapist do well. Adjusting to a different identification can challenge all areas of your life. Self acceptance is something many people struggle with, especially when you belong to a group who is pre-judged and discriminated against by the larger culture.
When working with someone transitioning, we come to the relationship asking how the individual wants us to ride alongside them in their journey. We see the process of transition like an obstacle course that has multiple finish lines, and we work as support to make sure you’ve thought certain aspects through, to be there as support when it gets tough, to vision out a new identity, and sometimes “to be the constant in all the change and unknown, ” as one client put it. I encourage the client to be the expert in their transition and sometimes the best place to start is with transition time-line.
