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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Topic started by: Nero on December 08, 2008, 09:41:33 AM

Title: Online Therapy - Anybody know if these places are legit?
Post by: Nero on December 08, 2008, 09:41:33 AM
I'm really frustrated with my therapist, am unable to find another without driving a long ways and really like the idea of this:

http://www.gendertherapist.com/ (http://www.gendertherapist.com/)

this one's by telephone:

http://www.docbushong.com/ (http://www.docbushong.com/)

Anybody know if these are legit? I'll only do it if I can get my surgery letter through it. (at least if I have the letter, I'll feel like I've made some progress, even though I can't do it right now).
Title: Re: Online Therapy - Anybody know if these places are legit?
Post by: Sarah Louise on December 08, 2008, 10:02:04 AM
Some of them are honest, I did use one in the past, the first thing I did was check their license and professional references.

I checked the card they show for membership and they showed two cards, one expiring May 2008 and a second one expiring May 2009.  It does list phone numbers of the ACA that you could call to verify their standing with the organization.


Sarah L.
Title: Re: Online Therapy - Anybody know if these places are legit?
Post by: je on December 08, 2008, 10:07:47 AM
I noticed a misspelled word in the first "site." It was "transender" instead of "transgender." I don't know if that is a good reason to say it is a bull->-bleeped-<- site though.

I didn't really do any heavy checking on either site...
Title: Re: Online Therapy - Anybody know if these places are legit?
Post by: Wendy C on December 08, 2008, 12:37:09 PM
Hi Nero. this may be the same site as Dr Bushong,  http://www.transgendercare.com (http://www.transgendercare.com)  I have in the last year talked to other TS that have used them and have heard nothing bad. Several others have said they used long-distance Therapy but I have dont know who they used.
The one I mentioned has been around for a long time though so I would think they are reputable. As with all Therapists you need to ask them questions too about their track records. Hugs and I hope that helped some.

Wendy
Title: Re: Online Therapy - Anybody know if these places are legit?
Post by: iFindMeHere on December 10, 2008, 10:50:27 AM
yeah but can guys like us trust him? He seems to speak primarily to the mtf condition. Admittedly I haven't checked out his entire site yet but when he says "what is transgender" and only speaks to mtf...