My first therapist referred me to a gender specialist. My intake appt is this afternoon:). He follows the WPATH SOC, anybody know what I can expect?
Three months or more of exploring who you are and why you want to transition. First appointment is more of a getting to know you thing and paperwork.
Quote from: LordKAT on July 16, 2014, 05:15:34 AM
Three months or more of exploring who you are and why you want to transition. First appointment is more of a getting to know you thing and paperwork.
I've been to several WPATH psychologists. It varies.
My current therapist did no paperwork. Just talked to me the whole time.
I had another WPATH guy who insisted on a psych screening before he would even talk to me.
I'm going to have to disagree with KAT (sorry) about the three months. I don't think that is actually in the SOC 7.0 anywhere. That document really tries to avoid prescribing a specific amount of time to spend in therapy. In fact, if it's hormones you're after, the SOC 7.0 requires NO THERAPY AT ALL before you can obtain hormones, though it strongly recommends it.