{"product_id":"transgender-emergence","title":"Transgender Emergence","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore an ecological strength-based framework for the treatment of gender-variant clients \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered\/transsexual people and their families. Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families views assessment and treatment through a nonpathologizing lens that honors human diversity and acknowledges the role of oppression in the developmental process of gender identity formation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Specific sections of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families address the needs of gender-variant people as well as transgender children and youth. The issues facing gender-variant populations who have not been the focus of clinical care, such as intersexed people, female-to-male transgendered people, and those who identify as bigendered, are also addressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book examines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the six stages of transgender emergence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e coming out transgendered as a normative process of gender identity development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e thinking \"outside the box\" in the deconstruction of sex and gender \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as the convergence, overlap, and integration of these parts of the self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the power of personal narrative in gender identity development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e etiology and typographies of transgenderism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e treatment models that emerge from various clinical perspectives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e alternative treatment modalities based on gender variance as a normative lifecycle developmental process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with fascinating case studies, a critique of diagnostic processes, treatment recommendations, and a helpful glossary of relevant terms, this book is an essential reference for anyone who works with gender-variant people. Handy tables and figures make the information easier to access and understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit the author's Web site at http:\/\/www.choicesconsulting.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224747659608,"sku":"9780789007087","price":78.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789007087.jpg?v=1768455915","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/transgender-emergence","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}