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Title: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: LanaXMachina on June 09, 2018, 03:48:48 PM
I've been trying to find a therapist in or around Athens or Atlanta, Ga. I have been searching for months! It seems like no one in Georgia is willing to help a transgender person along their path. Not where I live anyway. Please someone help me, i feel like I'm going insane I just want to start HRT so I can get moving with what I have to do. Does anyone know where I can find a therapist that specialises in trans treatment?
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: Northern Star Girl on June 09, 2018, 04:07:47 PM
@LanaXMachina   
Hello LanaXMachiina,   I do not have the answer to your question but certainly other members on here will be able to give you the information you are looking for.
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Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: Northern Star Girl on June 09, 2018, 04:13:13 PM
@LanaXMachina 
Oh, by the way LanaXMachina... so that the other members here on the Forums will know that you have become a member of Susan's Place please go to
the Introductions Forum (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/board,8.0.html) to introduce yourself and to briefly tell the other members here about yourself!   You will then have a better chance of getting the answers that you are looking for regarding your specific interests and you will be able to share with others as they share their experiences with you once they know that you have arrived.

Again, Welcome to Susan's Place,
Danielle

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Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: stephaniec on June 09, 2018, 05:01:58 PM
maybe try some online therapist
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: StacyRenee on June 09, 2018, 05:35:13 PM
I understand your pain. I had to look online.  I found the Psychology Today website to be a great resource. That's where I found my therapist. Just Google "Psychology Today". You can search by city or zip code. Hope this helps!

Edit:
I just looked and there are many to choose from in both Athens and Atlanta! After you search the city, click on the filter and select the issues and click on transgender. Good luck!
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: cluck1992 on June 09, 2018, 05:52:35 PM
+1 for psychology today, this is also where I found my therapist.
Quote from: StacyRenee on June 09, 2018, 05:35:13 PM
I understand your pain. I had to look online.  I found the Psychology Today website to be a great resource. That's where I found my therapist. Just Google "Psychology Today". You can search by city or zip code. Hope this helps!

Edit:
I just looked and there are many to choose from in both Athens and Atlanta! After you search the city, click on the filter and select the issues and click on transgender. Good luck!

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Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: Dena on June 09, 2018, 06:40:59 PM
Welcome to Susan's Place. The term you would be looking for is "Gender Therapist". If you do a search for "LGBT Atlanta"  you may turn up a LGBT center and they may be able to refer you who has treated others in the community.
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: Tatiana 79 on June 13, 2018, 10:31:34 AM
Hello Lana
If there ever there was a place on the earth to provide the answers you seek you are already here.
I do not have the specific information for your area but I just wanted to let you know there's no reason for anxiety I absolutely guarantee you that if you don't find a gender therapist in your area someone here Will.
I also felt pretty alone to get treatment because I live in the middle of nowheres ville in the forest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
if I found treatment here there is no doubt in my mind that you will find it in your area that is far more populated than mine.

all the best for your future, love Tatiana
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: LanaXMachina on June 19, 2018, 08:28:34 PM
Quote from: stephaniec on June 09, 2018, 05:01:58 PM
maybe try some online therapist

I have looked into it but I don't want to invest in it unless I'm sure they can help me ya know?
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: LanaXMachina on June 19, 2018, 08:30:40 PM
Quote from: StacyRenee on June 09, 2018, 05:35:13 PM
I understand your pain. I had to look online.  I found the Psychology Today website to be a great resource. That's where I found my therapist. Just Google "Psychology Today". You can search by city or zip code. Hope this helps!

Edit:
I just looked and there are many to choose from in both Athens and Atlanta! After you search the city, click on the filter and select the issues and click on transgender. Good luck!

Thank you so much! I hope this leads to some sort of progress I've been feeling pretty hopeless about all this lately.
Title: Re: Can anyone help to point me in the right direction?
Post by: LanaXMachina on June 19, 2018, 08:36:46 PM
Quote from: Dena on June 09, 2018, 06:40:59 PM
Welcome to Susan's Place. The term you would be looking for is "Gender Therapist". If you do a search for "LGBT Atlanta"  you may turn up a LGBT center and they may be able to refer you who has treated others in the community.

Thank you!