Until recently in many parts of Europe, and currently in the United States and Canada, the affirmative model of care is the primary practice in place for working with gender-nonconforming and gender-diverse youth and children. In this episode, Stella and Sasha put some intention into a deeper exploration of what affirmation therapy is exactly. They take time flushing out not just what it is but also facilitate consideration of what it means and what it achieves. Together they reflect on where the concept of affirming therapy came from, how it evolved into its current practice, when a clinician follows the affirmation model, how does that look in practice, and what are the implications?

Sasha and Stella also explore varying types of therapy, both similar to and in contrast to the fundamental premise of the affirmative approach, what they think about it, and does it actually offer any context for a comprehensive therapeutic process in the name of care?

Links:

Gender: A Wider Lens (YouTube Channel)

Live Stream Event from the Genspect Conference: The Bigger Picture

Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11am(PT) / 2pm(ET) / 7pm(IT)

https://www.youtube.com/@widerlenspod

*NEW* Sponsor – GETA

Gender Exploratory Therapy Association

https://www.genderexploratory.com/

GETA Workshop: Gender Trouble, Authoritarianism, and the Flight from Womanhood

Saturday, April 22, 2023 — 6 pm‒7:30 pm(ET)

https://www.genderexploratory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GETA-Ilene-Philipson-Flyer-April-2023-3-2.pdf

Sasha’s YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@SashaLPC

Genspect Conference: The Bigger Picture

https://genspect1.telltix.com/events/genspect1/845845/r/genspect-banner

Stella’s Book:What Your Teen is Trying to Tell You

http://www.stellaomalley.com/whatyourteenistryingtotellyou

Stella on Benjamin Boyce w/ Eliza Mondegreen

The Dangerous Radicalization of Gender Rhetoric | with Stella O’Malley & Eliza Mondegreen

https://youtu.be/63-bfpx2yy0

Critical Therapy Antidote (CTA) book, Sasha & Stella contributing authors

Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice

https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Therapies-Perspectives-Antitherapeutic-Critical

Carl Rogers: Founder Of The Humanistic Approach To Psychology

https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html 

APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People

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