I have my first appointment for gender therapy next week. The therapist has agreed to take me on, and I'm hoping to get my letter for T. I'm extremely anxious/excited and felt like telling someone, even if that "someone" was a forum of largely anonymous strangers.

I'm not quite sure what to expect. The therapist is very familiar with and sympathetic to FTMs, so I'm not worried about that, but I do worry that he'll think I'm too young to "know" whether I'm FTM and should be thinking about transitioning - it doesn't help that I have longish hair (I don't plan on cutting it until I actually start transitioning) and am not butch. Placate me; what was your first therapy session like? What did he/she ask you or talk to you about?       


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-shrugs- I haven't been to therapy but my GP acted like a therapist for a while, he's had no problems whatsoever with my age and the fact I want to transition.

Quote from: petzjazz on March 04, 2009, 09:26:56 PM
I'm extremely anxious/excited and felt like telling someone, even if that "someone" was a forum of largely anonymous strangers.
   

That's what we're here for!

Quote from: petzjazz on March 04, 2009, 09:26:56 PM
Placate me; what was your first therapy session like? What did he/she ask you or talk to you about?      

The first time will most likely be a history. How you feel/have felt about yourself in regards to gender (or in general) and what your future goals are as far as therapy and a physical transition.  How are you and your family handling you being trans, maybe a question or two regarding sexual orientation, that sort of thing. I wouldn't worry about not being butch or being too young. If your therapist is any good neither should make a difference. People transition these days at much younger than 18. And not all transguys are so butch.

For me at least, I think I appeared to others to be more butch than I really was because of the body I was/am in. They expect certain characteristics and behaviors from someone in a female body, and while I'm definitely butch compared to the average cis-gender female, in the grand scheme of things, I think I'm closer to the middle. I've actually gotten more and more fem as my transition progresses!  Anyhow, I wouldn't worry too much about the therapy thing (probably easier said than done, right?). Trust me, it won't be as scary as your imagination will make it out to be.