A Reflective Guide to Gender Identity Counselling.

Intro -- A Reflective Guide to Gender Indentity Counselling by Madison-Amy Webb (MBACP) ACC -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Part 1. The Genesis of Gender Variance -- Glossary of Terms -- Chapter 1. This Diverse Planet: Biodiversity versus Gender Bigotry -- Chapter 2. Historical Misinterpretations, Power Shifts and Gender Suppression -- Exercise 1: How Was Your Gender Identity Shaped? -- In Treatment 1: Excerpts from My Phenomenological Therapy Journal -- Chapter 3. The 'Jorgensen Effect' -- In Treatment 2: Excerpts from My Phenomenological Therapy Journal -- Exercise 2: Personal Meaning - Part 1 -- Chapter 4. The Aftershock of the Second 'Jorgensen Effect' -- Part 2. Towards a Gender-Positive Model of Therapy -- Exercise 3: An Exploration - The Dressing-Up Box -- Chapter 5. Understanding Gender? -- Exercise 4: Personal Meaning - Part 2 -- In Treatment 3: Excerpts from My Phenomenological Therapy Journal -- Chapter 6. Person-Centred Theory and Gender Actualisation (Acknowledging Our Essence) -- Chapter 7. Beginning the Process of Gender Identity Enquiry -- Exercise 5: Personal Meaning - Part 3 -- Chapter 8. The Phenomenology of Transition -- Chapter 9. Debunking Gender: Dare We Be Ourselves? And Towards a Gender-Positive Therapy -- References -- Index -- Blank Page.

By reflecting on their own gender identity, counsellors can relate to gender variant clients in new and productive ways. In this incisive work, Webb guides counsellors through examination of their own gender identity, pairing thoughtful exercises with case studies, personal diary excerpts, sociocultural context and clinical techniques.

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