Thanks for chiming in Moni! Yes indeed the system certainly seems designed to be inaccessible. I severely doubt it is due to malicious intent, more likely it is decades of bureaucratic and regulatory bloat.
I am, or at least seem to be, in a hurry. However, it's not about the destination per see. That is a long ways off and I will wait until it's closer to get impatient about it. I am mostly impatient about getting started and getting everything in order. Historically, I have been a "fly by the seat of my pants" type of person. I am trying to be a reasonable adult about things and plan things out. For the most part, my transition has been a carefully measured endeavour. This stands in stark contrast to my life in general.
Also, my luck is terrible and I'm trying as best I can to hedge my bets so as not to get smacked around by reality. The longer and more drawn out the situation becomes the more I can just feel the window of opportunity creeping closed. For a while, GCS was far off in the nebulous future. Then it just so happened that I saw the stars and planets align into a potential. Suddenly, the future was not some nebulous thing, but a distinct path that could be planned for with contingencies galore. All it would take is some self righteous jerks in power to sunder that path. Another chance would be unlikely until a long time in the future.
I did finally get my response. Yes, a masters level therapist is fine. They just couldn't seem to understand why I was so concerned to get verification. If I just assumed and moved forward to be wrong it would legitimately screw over me, my wife, and our three young children. I have already screwed things up enough over the years that our margin for error is tiny. As it is I'm going to have to go about certain things in an untypical manner timing wise.
I would like to thank everyone has listened to me rant and vent. I'm most assuredly not done doing it. I am only done with it regarding this matter.
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