SRS Letter and Thailand

[Valeriedances]

I have just received a response this morning from a Thailand surgeon that the therapist MUST be a psychiatrist or psychologist. They are no longer accepting Sexologists or Licensed Mental Health Counselors. This puts me in a bad position since my therapist, whom I have been seeing for 2.5 years, is a sexologist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, with a B.A. in Psychology and a P.H.D. in Philosophy. I don't know what I am going to do yet, it may be a big setback for me. The surgeon recommends that I switch therapists.

I talked to my therapist just last month about this and she said she can write the primary SRS letter, so it is confusing, and frustrating, naturally to hear differently from someone the letter is intended for. I am trying not to despair.

[Janet_Girl]

See if your therapist can find or knows of someone who can write the letter for them.  Maybe they can just review your records.

[Janet_Girl]

I will be interested to see how you fair.  Because my therapist is also not a psychiatrist or psychologist.  And if I have to go to Thailand I will need to find one.

Good luck, Sister
Janet

[Syne]

Thailand was forced to go the legislative route due to some high press incidents involving minors and forced prostitution. I made it in under the wire so my endoc's and my therapist's letters were more than enough but I believe you can probably just schedule a couple of sessions with someone with experience with transsexuals who will probably ask for your files and review them.

Please let us know what you end up doing and good luck!

[mmelny]

I have just received a response this morning from a Thailand surgeon that the therapist MUST be a psychiatrist or psychologist. They are no longer accepting Sexologists or Licensed Mental Health Counselors. This puts me in a bad position since my therapist, whom I have been seeing for 2.5 years, is a sexologist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, with a B.A. in Psychology and a P.H.D. in Philosophy. I don't know what I am going to do yet, it may be a big setback for me. The surgeon recommends that I switch therapists.

I talked to my therapist just last month about this and she said she can write the primary SRS letter, so it is confusing, and frustrating, naturally to hear differently from someone the letter is intended for. I am trying not to despair.

Hi Valerie,

Talk directly with the clinic practitioner / intl contact person for the Dr you are interested in and ask them directly if they will take a letter from your therapist.   I am going to guess that they will take your therapist's letter if it contains all of the necessary information within it per the SOC documentation.

Good Luck!
Melan