Jungian Analyst Bob Withers joins us to discuss the differences between gay conversion therapy and gender identity conversion therapy. We examine the possibility of misinformed therapists “transing the gay away” and suggest that perhaps the dark history of conversion therapy may not be over. Bob delves into his view of psychosomatic symptoms and draws on his background in philosophy and medical history to understand our current fixation with one’s subjective sense of identity. Bob also defines what he calls “detrans-phobic” responses to the experiences of detransitioners.
Links:
Winnicott: http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Winnicott_PsycheSoma.pdf
Dr Az Hakeem:
http://www.drazhakeem.com/publications/
Vsauce Video: The Power of Suggestion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDCcuCHOIyY&feature=emb_title
Safeguard evidence-based therapy for children struggling with gender dysphoria:
Transgender Medicalization and the attempt to evade psych distress:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-5922.12641
The Seventh Penis: towards effective psychoanalytic work with pre-surgical transexuals
Cambridge Books:
Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body:
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-0398-4
Inventing Transgender Children:
https://cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-3638-8
One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01844-2
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