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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Therapy => Topic started by: Jillary Woolen Xσx on December 10, 2010, 08:13:54 AM

Title: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Jillary Woolen Xσx on December 10, 2010, 08:13:54 AM
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ugh...... hello once agaaain brothers and sisters

so I saw My therapist on monday and asked her to write my surgery letter as I have completed all the criteria required for the henry benjamin standards of care and she said she woould YAAAAAAYYY!

only problem is..... she has never heard of the henry benjamin s.o.c., prior to me telling her and told me that i needed to find out what she needed to write on the letter.......

as you can imagine my mind said "GRAAAALLLLLAGHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!"

Can anyone help me out here? what needs to be on the surgery letter or where can i go to get the information needed so that i can print it out online and hand it to her to follow?
thanks for your help!!

Jocelyn XOX
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Robert Scott on December 10, 2010, 10:16:22 AM
Are there other gender therapists in the area?  I know that the gender therapist in our area are always willing to help each other write letters.  You can also call the person whom you want to have surgery with and ask them what they want in the letter.
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Jillary Woolen Xσx on December 10, 2010, 10:20:27 AM
ooooo thank you!!!!
I didnt think about that
I actually was referred to another Therapist for my second opinion letter
I could ask her if she could talk to my therapist :)

Thanks again Rob!!
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Mrs Erocse on December 10, 2010, 11:11:09 AM
Jocelyn, your avatar is very pretty. Who is that with you? If I may ask.

Good luck with your SOS letter. I am out of the loop  there, but could not resist commenting on your avatar.

Happy Holidays to you.

Patty
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Jillary Woolen Xσx on December 10, 2010, 11:25:00 AM
Why Thank you Mrs. Erocse!!
it always gives me butterflies in my stomach when beautiful and kind women compliment me :)
It is of me and My Uncles Girlfriend who is also a T Lady :)
She is very kind and hopefully my uncle will musk the courage to pop the Q and officially make her apart of the family :)

Happy Holidays to you and Erocse!!
xoxoxoxox

Jocelyn
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: AweSAM! on December 10, 2010, 12:33:56 PM
It's lucky you have someone so close to you who is trans. You are both stunning, but I feel like I'm preaching to the chior. Your uncle seems like a very logical man, and you are very lucky to have him too, he obviously sees his girlfriend as a woman, and nothing else. Sorry, that was off topic, but now to the point. It might help to print off the WPATH Standards of Care (http://www.wpath.org/documents2/socv6.pdf (http://www.wpath.org/documents2/socv6.pdf)), and give them to your therapist, and also to direct her to the WPATH website (http://www.wpath.org/ (http://www.wpath.org/)). The WPATH, or the World Professional Association for Transgender Health was formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, or HBIGDA.

Good luck Jocelyn, and I hope that the letter acquisition goes smoothly!
Title: Re: SOS! My Therapist Doesn't Know How to Write my Surgery Letter....
Post by: Jillary Woolen Xσx on December 10, 2010, 12:37:50 PM
Yesssss :)
I am Pretty lucky to have her :)
She's the only T person I know and Fortunately she's the Best one I think I'll ever meet :)
My Uncle is Pretty Logical. i like to think that I might have a little to do with his seeing everybody for there soul and not body

Oh thank you In Limbo!!!!
Excellent thats exactly what I was looking for!
I'll have to get my printer to work :)
xoxoxox