Contributed by Jean Malpas
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When Your Child Tells You They Are Trans: A Parent's Journey
What role should therapists play?As a therapist, how do you work with conservative parents struggling to parent their trans child? Psychotherapist Jean Malpas shares three keys to acceptance. Read more
The Transgender Journey
What Role Should Therapists Play?Parents typically view their children in the largely gendered terms society lays out for them. Rearranging that internal mind map requires tremendous effort... Read more
Case Study
September 11, 2014
Questions of Gender
A therapist struggles with the clinical choices he’s madeA therapist takes an unflinching look at a puzzling case that spanned 14 years, wondering if he made a wrong turn. Read more
Jean Malpas
Jean Malpas, LMFT, LMHC, is the director of the Gender & Family Project and director of international training at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. He maintains a private practice in New York City. Visit his website.