Notice what sets you apart from the crowd. Ask yourself if you are really so certain that the crowd has it right. Perhaps they are wrong, due merely to the same human foibles you face in yourself every day.

You know what the problem is? They’ve scared off all clients except the ones who are searching for therapists like them. But how would they know who isn’t reaching out to them for help?

After numerous strangers on Twitter started threatening to report me to my licensing board, I thought it would be wise to reach out to the board directly. Here’s what I said.

If I identify as Christian, but don’t read the Bible, go to church, reflect on Christ’s teachings, or engage in any form of prayer or worship, am I Christian?

Therapists are required to periodically complete continuing education (also known as CEU’s - continuing education units). Requirements vary by state; in Oregon, it’s 40 units every 2 years. There’s a desperate need for a course that looks like this.

WPATH has opened their draft of SOC 8 to public commentary for a two week period from December 2 to 16. Details can be found here.

Unlike physical activity and lifestyle interventions, taking cross-sex hormones contributes to the further weakening of these brain regions, and increases the risk of conditions such as Alzheimers and schizophrenia.

When you wake up tomorrow, be sure to thank Today You — who will then be Yesterday You — for what they have done for you.

The moment it dawned on me that detransitioners are a brand new population, my whole body tingled. My mind felt illuminated; my chest, expansive.

In encountering these obstacles today, I was struck by the stark contrast this censorship poses with what I’ve discovered through recent research about young people’s exposure online to all manner of misleading, horrifying, mental health crisis inducing content.

It begins with a depressed looking 15 year old girl sitting on a park bench alone, her head hanging low, a frown on her face, a baggy sweatshirt draping over her developing breasts.

To whatever extent I view myself as morally superior to others, I am sad about it. It’s a lonely state, and certainly no end goal of mine. If I am morally superior, that means I live in a world of people who are less good than me.

These folks often feel ashamed of themselves, too, for being “overly sensitive,” emotionally volatile, and reactive. They have internalized a negative self-image as someone who has no center, self-esteem or self-control.

The only losers in a proper meritocracy are those whose egos are so fragile that they cannot handle the reality that others have done better than them in some regard, or bah-humbug’ing curmudgeons who don’t like nice things.

Therapists have let you down big time, but many don’t know it yet. We have been so wrapped up in virtue signaling that we’ve overlooked the experiences, needs, and perspectives of a diverse range of people who are suffering. The longer this goes on, the more harm will result.

In summary, she studied 100 detransitioners who had specifically both transitioned and detransitioned medically (not just socially), via hormones, surgeries, or both. Here I will present a few of the most striking findings:

While this idea started out as a series, as an afterthought, beginning with kindness has taken this exploration deep into several of the areas I had hoped to address. This single post may, in fact, be the entire series. We shall see.

Is it useful to label this a form of fear? Bigotry? Discrimination? Xenophobia? If we were aiming to be as precise as possible in our language, what exactly would we call this?

I don’t like having pie flung at my face, but I am willing to withstand accusations of bigotry for the sake of the greater good. There are still people who need support from people like me.

I’ve suffered my share of Jameses, and helped clients escape their own. I have been some version of Anita, and I’ve been some version of Jamal, and I’ve had my own Jamals, thank goodness — they are life-savers.