Overview
- Offers a unique focus on key issues clinicians are likely to see in practice
- Investigates the often neglected role of siblings and extended family members of transgender young people
- Unpacks the norms and assumptions inherent to research in gender studies
Part of the book series: Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity (CAASGI)
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Working with Transgender Young People and their Families advocates a critical developmental approach aimed at countering the cisgenderism that can be perceived in previous developmental literature on gender. It clears a path to understanding gender development for transgender young people by providing a detailed account that spans early childhood through to late adolescence. In doing so, it demonstrates how clinicians can work more effectively with parents and other family members in order to affirm transgender young people. By outlining a GENDER mnemonic created by the author, the book provides worked through examples of case materials that highlight the benefits of a critical developmental approach. Offering unique insights and practical guidance, it provides a cutting-edge resource for clinicians and researchers, as well as for families and other professionals seeking to understand and work affirmingly with transgender young people.
Reviews
“This book preaches the gospel of therapeutic humility, and of accepting that the true experts in this realm are the transgender clients themselves.” (Shoshana Rosenberg, PACJA Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, December, 2020)
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Book Title: Working with Transgender Young People and their Families
Book Subtitle: A Critical Developmental Approach
Authors: Damien W. Riggs
Series Title: Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14231-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14230-8Published: 22 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14231-5Published: 14 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2628-8141
Series E-ISSN: 2628-815X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 149
Topics: Popular Science in Psychology, Gender Studies, Self and Identity, Child and School Psychology, Gender Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry