So I found a link to an online therapist on another Transgender resource website and I'm really curious to know how legit this stuff is. Right now this is looking really good to me, as I live in a small city without any gender therapists so my only options are to wait on a list for general therapist and hope that it gets me somewhere, or commute to a bigger city for appointments, which I can't afford if I have any hope of paying for hormones and hair removal and saving for surgery. However I'm worried that this might be too good to be true.
The website is
gendertherapist.com/I'm wondering if anyone else has dealt with this therapist before and, if so, whether he is legit. Upon talking to him he said his letters are accepted in Canada but I would like to know if anyone from Ontario has had any luck with his letter of recommendation.
I guess I'm just trying to be cautious because I don't want to put all that money down for appointments and for a letter of recommendation for hormone therapy and then find out that I can't find anyone who will actually accept it.
If this does turn out to be the real deal I might just go for it. It's really my best option at the moment and because I'm shy it might be more comfortable for me to talk over a chat interface instead of in person.
Anyhoo, what do you all think?
Here is a copy of his response to me:
QuoteDear Rachel
I thank you for your interest in my gender counseling and assessment services. To answer your questions first - My letters are accepted in Canada either through your GP for referral on or at walk in clnics and by endocriniologists themselves. I send a BIO form for you to complete which provides information that becomes the base of my assessment, which is carried out over no more than 12 sessiosn. I would therefore be pleased to carry out an appropriate assessment of your gender issues and later write a letter of recommendation for hormones in no more than 12 weekly sessions, if required this is followed by a letter of recommendation for surgery in no more than 12 sessions. To use my sevrice you fill in the BIO form sugegst a time and dat thta is suiatbel for an appointemtn takign into consideration time zone changes athen pay the fee and commence the sessi My fees are if purchased in blocks of 4 sessions - $200 US ($50 US per session) plus 100 US for each letter of recommendation. I deal with many armed services personal and continue to do so with great success. I now take pleasure in enclosing details of the service I offer. If after reading you would like me to answer further questions or simply make an appointment please do not hesitate to come online or email me (etherapy@gmail.com).
The purpose of this service is to provide a friendly, beneficial and supportive online experience, and to assist you in living with gender dysphoria and where desired in transitioning and accessing hormone therapy and surgery in a way that suits your circumstances and current life circumstances. My sessions for all transgender clients provide support, acceptance, and up to date information on past and current research. I work with both male to female and female to male transgender and transsexual clients and also with clients who identify as cross dressers. Where appropriate I carry out an assessment of gender status and issue letters of recommendation to surgeons, endocrinologists and other mental professionals who require assessment in order to provide treatment. Letters of recommendation are acceptable in the USA, Thailand, and in many other countries worldwide by most gender reassignment surgeons, endocrinologists and other medical professionals. Online counseling is a relatively new approach but one that has gained acceptance and recognition by medical professionals and by organizations such as the American Counseling Association. Accessible from home, the office, or a local library, online counseling provides convenience and confidentiality and is particularly useful for those who live in isolated areas, whose work requires frequent travel, or who are concerned about the stigma that can be associated with face to face therapy. Where letters of recommendation are required for hormone therapy and surgery, a time limited and set number of sessions are planned to allow completion of a set assessment process and although flexible to individual needs, meet the requirements set by most endocrinologists and surgeons under guidance of the WPATH / Harry Benjamin Standards of Care. As mentioned the online counseling can take the form of time limited therapy, or up three months to complete the requirements leading to a letter of recommendation for hormones followed by up to maximum of a further three months, plus other normal requirements for surgery assessment. Therapy is tailored to the individual and their specific needs and unique circumstances of each client.
ONLINE SESSIONS
For the complete package and session costs if not already discussed or outlined go to: Note: To make this service affordable and available to as many clients as possible we offer discounted rates to low wage earners, clients on income support benefits, clients with low income due to disability and people in countries where wage rates are significantly lower than in the USA or UK and parts of Europe. For more information please contact me online or at etherapy@gmail.com.
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Although I follow WPATH Standards of Care guidelines in due consideration of recent research, all counseling programs and requirements are to individual needs. My letters are accepted by surgeons in the US when normally two are required, I do have a colleague in the US who would be happy to endorse my letter and provide the second one following some brief and inexpensive sessions.. In Thailand where only one letter is required my letters are accepted by all surgeons including Dr Suporn, Dr Preecha, Dr Saran, Dr Chettawut, Yahnee Hospital and others. Further my letter is accepted by 99% of endocrinologists in the US. The second SRS letter requirement in the US is provided and written by a fully qualified licensed US gender counselor and accompanies my letter and used for US and Canadian doctors such as Dr Marcie Bowers and others who require the two letters, this excludes top surgery which normally requires only one letter.
QUALIFICATIONS
As an online Gender Specialist and a PhD in 'Gender Studies and Human Development, a Masters degree in Humanities and social sciences together with a UK social work qualification covering relevant social work issues and extensive mental health training and experience, linked with psychotherapy/ counseling training and other qualifications. All of my qualifications have been gained over a 30 year period as a fully qualified UK Generic Social Worker, Social work team manager, Head of both an assessment and children's remand center, Child Protection teams, professional mental health assessments in the community, plus clinical and online experience as a Manager, Counselor, and Gender Specialist for the transgender community. I have now for more than 10 years been involved with transsexual clients, worldwide, in both an online and face to face SRS clinical setting. I am a full professional member of WPATH, the American Counseling Association, Online Therapy Institute and registered with various organizations in the UK.
PROFESSIONAL FEES
For discounted package fees please go to www.gendertherapist.com/fees.html. Session fees are normally paid in advance via PayPal ( for other routes of payment such as bank transfer for details go to the above mentioned web page. An individual session is charged at a maximum hourly rate of $70US for a one hour session. Note: Apart from discounted packages and to make our service affordable to as many clients as possible we offer discounted and special rates for low wage earners, people on income support benefits, and people in countries where wage rates are significantly lower than in the USA or UK. For more information please contact our office. Due to this being an online relationship and little if any face to face contact is made throughout the therapy/counseling as I personally oversee both the counseling and financial matters. I would ask that agreed installment fees are made promptly on time or I be informed if the client is unable to make a professional fee payment so that an alternative plan can be agreed. This will avoid any unnecessary cross over that could arise between the counseling relationship and that of the 'professional fee' aspect, so as to avoid any discomfort on both sides. - If you would prefer a reminder to be sent as a payment becomes due this could be arranged upon request.
TIME ZONE DIFFERENCES (WORLD TIME ZONES
)Note: we are currently 14 hours ahead of Canada, sessions may be arranged between 7 am – 8 pm (MY time). From 5 p.m. onward YOUR time
ARRANGING APPOINTMENTS
You can email me at etherapy@gmail.com or book online appointments directly through one of the chat boxes on my http://www.gendertherapist.com website http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/gender.html alternatively go to the above mentioned website where on the opening page are chat boxes, if and using the chat box (PLEASE BE PATIENT). After receipt of kindly complete the BIO form as soon as possible, preferably before commencement of the first session. Finally, if you later are unable to keep your pre-arranged appointment please give 24 hours notice. Otherwise, a charge may be made for time reserved.
CONFIDENTIALITY
As with any other Counseling/Therapy I as a therapist am duly bound by a strictly enforced and adhered to 'Professional code of ethics'. Finally, I thank you for your valuable enquiry and hope that the above is what you are seeking. I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working together soon.
Kindest of regards
Dr. Graham L Peveller
Gender Specialist
Phone: +63 49 302 6481
