Do you drop therapy when you complete transition

[LizK]

I had my last therapy session 6 weeks post op with an option to return whenever I wanted. At our last session there was not really much to talk about, we had a lovely chat about the world and my experience with surgery and the 3 year relationship we had developed but nothing terribly serious. I have to admit though that I am thinking of going back to see her to get help with some issues around my family which seem to be the biggest issues I had throughout my transition.  I saw My psychiatrist about 3 months prior to surgery and he didn't want to see me again as he could not see the point. I agreed we never really developed a therapeutic relationship like I did with my psychologist.

[phydelia]

Even though I still see a therapist regularly for anxiety and depression, I voted "yes" because transition-related items almost never come up anymore. They got me through the gatekeeping involved in medical transition, so now that it's complete there's nothing more to really discuss on that front.

[Northern Star Girl]

Even though I still see a therapist regularly for anxiety and depression, I voted "yes" because transition-related items almost never come up anymore. They got me through the gatekeeping involved in medical transition, so now that it's complete there's nothing more to really discuss on that front.

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[Northern Star Girl]

Even though I still see a therapist regularly for anxiety and depression, I voted "yes" because transition-related items almost never come up anymore. They got me through the gatekeeping involved in medical transition, so now that it's complete there's nothing more to really discuss on that front.

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[KimOct]

I think it depends on what you consider 'post transition'  I changed my BC DL Name etc over 2 years ago.  I am definitely post transition.  But I have body dysphoria that I am still working on so I still go to come to terms with that.

[Dee]

I started therapy when I realized I needed to transition, and stopped seeing them about 2 1/2 years in. I had GCS 5 weeks ago- we picked up with a couple skype sessions to help mentally prepare (had since moved to a different city), but we only plan to follow up once more after my 6 week follow-up with the surgeon.

For myself, therapy was something I really only found helpful at the very start of transition, and then on an as-needed basis. Trying to make time in my schedule for weekly or bi-monthly sessions felt like it actually added more stress, in some ways.

[Dorit]

I began therapy two years ago after a break of fifty years.   This time it was an immense help in my transition, the complete opposite of what I experienced the first time.  No knowledge back then about what it meant to be a transexual, it was still the dark ages of psychological understanding about gender dysphoria.   At this same time my current therapist has helped me so much with the psychological damage from decades of self hatred and shame from something I could not "control."   So I plan to continue with her for the time being, but do envision a day when I will be well enough not to need her.

[Sienna Grace]

The connection with my therapist has been crucial to my sanity. I truly thought I was pretty together... the usual transition challenges etc but nothing significant. I was wrong. That said, I knew I needed someone to talk with but I didn't connect at all with my first three. Finally I found one that is helping me to feel rather than think. I guess I'm not sure when transition finishes. So I'll stop therapy when I no longer need it, transition has little bearing on that I suspect.