Can you tell me more about your experience? What you wrote was eerily similar to my experience. I have had one phone appointment with him. It was scheduled late at night. He talks and talks about a variety of subjects with very few questions about personal history or the specifics of his program. He sounds like an infomercial proclaiming how great his program works. After 50 minutes though, I have no idea what his "program" entails other than what I have read on the transgender care website. As you described, our session ended and he asked to reschedule another appt. to discuss further. I hung up thinking what's to discuss?
I don't need to hear 50 minutes of suicide rates, what doesn't work in hormone therapy, the great results his girls have had, and general conversation. To be honest, I thought he was inebriated. He has a very boisterous laugh and our conversation was more akin to a cocktail party than a serious discussion of hormone therapy protocols.
That said, I have seen a psychiatrist that uses conversational tones to gauge the mental status of their patients. As he was talking with me it crossed my mind that he may have been using that technique since he is a psychologist (I think). But overall, I just felt like the laughs, the rambling thoughts, were kinda creepy. I tried to steer the conversation to the actual program and what he needed to know about me to progress on that direction. He talks a lot.
I already paid for another appointment. I will be more direct on this conversation. The smoke and mirrors routine is a waste of money. It's like those "6 steps to a bikini body" that they never tell you about but you waste 30 minutes watching some infomercial. Finally you realize the DVD is stuff you already know. I'm starting to think this is the same.
