Holiday Self-Care
In my ten years as a therapist, I’ve noticed a pattern among my trans clients, based on the time of year they begin facing their true selves and taking steps to change their lives. Those who come to see me during the late summer/early fall months bump up against the fact that by starting [...]
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by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
My degree is an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with a specialization in Transpersonal Psychology. I call myself a holistic psychotherapist. Many people have asked me what transpersonal psychology is, and what “holistic psychotherapy” means.
Transpersonal psychology is the fourth major wave of psychology. First came psychoanalysis, developed by Freud. In a nutshell, psycho-analysts (and psychodynamic therapists [...]
by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
During the first stages of my transition, I saw three therapists. The first was clearly out of her depth, the second was mediocre but thought she was doing a good job, and the third understood pre-transition issues much better than the other two. None was trans. However, I don’t believe a therapist has to be [...]
by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
In early 2002, the question arose on an academic e-mail list I subscribe to, “How can I respond when a colleague questions my decision to have surgery, her argument being that trans surgeries are no different than liposuction, breast augmentation or any other form of body image-based cosmetic surgery? Her point is that women don’t [...]
by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
In the late 1990s, I wrote an article for a queer newspaper in which I said that I thought transition was the most difficult, life-changing process a person could undertake willingly in life. A friend of mine read this article, and commented that she thought the decision to become a parent rivaled transition as a [...]
