A few decades ago childhood gender dysphoria was exceedingly rare and it’s cause was not well understood. There have been several revisions to diagnostic terms and criteria attempting to describe this condition. Today most mental health professionals would define gender dysphoria as an incongruence between...
Parenting is a complicated business in 2019. You can find thousands of books, experts, and professionals telling parents how to do their job. Each one offers some technique or tool that promises to unlock the secret to perfect parenting strategy. And yet, we have higher...
Jungian analyst, James Hollis has called American popular culture and “adolescent culture”. He claims that growing up is about far more than inhabiting a big body and big roles in society. He goes on to explain further on the podcast Speaking of Jung : What...
This piece originally appeared here , on 4thwavenow. ____________________________________ Sasha Ayad, M. Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works in private practice with teens and young adults who are questioning their gender. We interviewed Sasha via email for this post. She uses an...