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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: NoIntentions on July 13, 2013, 11:42:06 AM

Title: online therapy
Post by: NoIntentions on July 13, 2013, 11:42:06 AM
Any guys try it? Think it would b possible to get a t letter this way?
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: CR on July 13, 2013, 11:42:45 AM
Probably depends on who you go to with the letter, but yes.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2013, 01:17:28 PM
The therapist I got my T letter from lived in a different state, because a friend in a far away land referred me to her and she agreed to meet with me over Skype due to the distance. It worked out fine for me.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: NoIntentions on July 13, 2013, 01:30:19 PM
Any recommendations?
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: King Malachite on July 13, 2013, 01:36:19 PM
I went the online therapy route.  It's possible to get your T letter that way but you need to make sure your endocrinologist will accept it.  I'm not going to be on T for a while so the letter I will actually be working on is my top surgery letter, which I will get once I have the funds.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: kaiju on July 13, 2013, 06:24:21 PM
I found it to be too expensive and difficult personally. It really depends on your budget, imo. Many of the therapists I looked into asked for $400+ to be diagnosed with GID and more to be given letters for T and surgery. :/ I paid $25 at a low income clinic that was...very far from me, but I still paid less commuting combined with the costs from the psychiatrist than I would have doing online therapy. If you know you can't get to a therapist who can provide you with what you need and are stretched, I'd go for it. Otherwise, you might want to consider just going to see someone in person.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: assorted_human on July 17, 2013, 08:17:37 PM
Quote from: ornismon on July 13, 2013, 06:24:21 PM
:/ I paid $25 at a low income clinic

Cool I didn't know you could get your letters from the clinic. That's really my only financial option.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: Darrin Scott on July 17, 2013, 11:26:31 PM
Quote from: assorted_human on July 17, 2013, 08:17:37 PM
Cool I didn't know you could get your letters from the clinic. That's really my only financial option.

Depends on the clinic.
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: assorted_human on July 18, 2013, 03:33:50 AM
Should I ask during the first session whether it's even possible to get my papers? Is one able to get that information before the first session? Or does that all depend on the location/company?
Title: Re: online therapy
Post by: warlockmaker on July 18, 2013, 04:01:08 AM
Yes you can get all you need with the right therapist on-line. I originally had two well know on-line ones (a male and a female) for over 6 months. They we both fantastic and so knowledgeable and both assured me that they can get you the required letters at the appropiate time. I settled for the male and he has been fantastic and I have been talking with him for over a year 2x a week at $135 per sessions.