Hey everybody, I'm an Australian who has just moved to germany for a year. I want to start hrt but don't know where to start. I was going to start hrt in Australia before I left, but my doctor didn't deem it wise to start me on hormones if she couldn't be there to monitor my blood work and my health, which I agreed with.
So since I will be in Germany for a year, I want to start hormones, because I can't spend another year as a male.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you

In theory every doc prescribe hormons. But usually you need to get a letter from your therapist which you take to a endocrinologist. The therapist can give you this letter after one seating or after two years.
In which city are you living? I could suggest you a good therapist in Berlin and maybe a good one in Leipzig. In southern Germany it is usually much more time consuming to get this letter in comparison to Berlin where it is quite easy.

Lara

I'm living in Bremen. My largest concern is if they would prescribe hormones to me seeing as how im not a citizen.
Know of any good therapists in Bremen or Hamburg?

Are you in the public health insurance? Usually you should if you are working.
Do you speak German? It my be hard to find a Transgender experiencef therapist who speaks English. I do not know a good one your area but there are some lists out there where I could take a look onto.

Lara

Nar I'm not in the public health insurance, I don't start work until late september. I only arrived about 2 and a half weeks ago. Are therapists and endocrinologists expensive here? They are extremely expensive in Australia. I also think that my travel insurance may cover the therapist, because I payed extra for pre existing conditions, which include anxiety and ocd

If you pay it by your own it can cost 50-150€ /hr.

Here are some adresses of therapists which should have experience with transgender issues. But I do not know them.

In Hamburg:

Dr. med Wolfgang Paetzold
Rautenbergstr. 11
20099 Hamburg
Tel.: 040 - 41 92 44 66
Therapeut und Gutachter
http://www.dr-paetzold.de

Dr. phil. Birgit Möller
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
(040) - 7410 52243 (ist schon die Durchwahl, findet man über die UKE Seite)
bmoeller@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Prof. Dr. Phil. Gunter Schmidt
Roonstr. 27
20253 Hamburg
Gutachter

Facharzt für Psychiatrie Klaus Lietz
Deichhausweg 2
21073 Hamburg
Gutachter

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Dr. W. F. Preuss
Martinistraße 53
22251 Hamburg
Telefon: (040) 42803 - 0
Fax (040) 42803 - 6878
Psychotherapie

Dipl.-Psych. Karin Dörner
Psychotherapeutische Praxis
Maria-Louisen-Str. 57
22301 Hamburg
Tel.: 040 - 484297
Psychotherapeut

Ursula Meier Kolcu
Hospitalstr. 65
22767 Hamburg
Therapeutin


In Bremen:

Dr. Konrad Weiss
Waller Heerstraße 154
28219 Bremen
Tel.: 0421 / 39 93 70
Fax: 0421 / 39 93 737
Gynäkologe und Psychologe

Thank you so much for that list. Sorry it took me so long to reply, it's been a hard 6 weeks