• Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Hmmm… maybe? I don’t know that they are supposed to give specific personal advice; rather, they are supposed to be supportive of helping patients work through issues to discover their path for themselves.

    I am definitely not a doctor and do not consider myself bound by any sort of professional ethical code. So I could be wrong.

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      I mean, if they can tell what’s going on with you and there is a clear solution known to be effective, aren’t they pretty much required to recommend it?

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      1 year ago

      I think there’s a difference between telling a therapist “I’m trans” vs “I think I’m trans”

      A good therapist imo would lay on the questioning if you used “I think” because at that point it’s too early to encourage hormones or anything beyond that. A good therapist would recommend simple things to try out different forms of gender expression.

      “Are you sure?” is the most I’d expect from a therapist if you said you are trans tbh