Now that I’ve become more public and so few therapists are speaking out on the transgender issue, people regularly look to me for advice on this topic. I have a lot of experience with teenagers and that’s where most of my clinical insights come from. However, I’m still learning about the complexity of gender identity. This trans issue is intricate and constantly changing as society continues to normalize it and push it in every institution. The cultural infiltration and conflict around it is like nothing we’ve seen before. I obviously don’t have all the answers, so I seek advice from the people who know best: detransitioners. They are people who identified as transgender for a large portion of their life and figured out that they no longer want to be transgender.
I hope my own daughter also finds her way back. She’s ruining her life and body with this false idea. It’s insanity. The people behind it are doing a great evil to our young naive children. This whole thing has permeated our society and the feeling of hopelessness in helping my daughter see her way out is grim. But these stories lend some hope.
Insight from a Detransitioner
Welcome back Estella. Your sisters have been waiting for you with open arms. You were always perfect, you just didn’t know it yet. Don’t forget that.
I hope my own daughter also finds her way back. She’s ruining her life and body with this false idea. It’s insanity. The people behind it are doing a great evil to our young naive children. This whole thing has permeated our society and the feeling of hopelessness in helping my daughter see her way out is grim. But these stories lend some hope.