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School Personnel are not Qualified to Diagnose or Treat my Child for Gender Dysphoria – Especially Without my Consent or Knowledge

December 10, 2021 by Sasha 1 Comment

Please read this excellent post here on the PITT Substack. ...read more

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A Counselor Explains How Conversion Therapy Bans Can Cause Harm

January 20, 2021 by Sasha 6 Comments

This essay was originally posted on the Kelsey Coalition website on March 9, 2020.   Coercive practices associated with sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts that use shame, punishment, or other abusive strategies should be banned. Luckily, these interventions have long-been frowned upon in the psychological community. However, government officials may be unaware of a different type of conversion that will take place if conversion therapy bans extend to cover any ...read more

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Parental Connection & Boundaries: a Boy Moves Through ROGD

December 11, 2020 by Sasha 9 Comments

Submitted by Anonymous Mom We were completely blindsided when our 15 year old son announced to us a couple of years ago that he was "transgender and pansexual." The fact that those two descriptors were also the exact terms​ used by the girl he was interested in seemed even more suspicious. Our son's case was one of very explicit social influence. He went to a summer theater camp. He described to kids he met there feelings of deep discomfort. Even though those feelings did not relate to ...read more

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Parallels Between Lobotomy and Childhood “Gender” Transition

September 8, 2020 by Sasha 17 Comments

Before sharing this piece I want to clearly state my perspective on a few key issues:  Adults who chose to medically transition deserve the best care medicine can afford them. Well-researched interventions with thorough long-term follow-up and robust informed consent are necessary. Advocates for ethical care of transgender and gender dysphoric patients such as Buck Angel, Scott Newgent, GCCAN, and UK Tavistock whistle-blowers like Marcus Evans and Dr. David Bell are ...read more

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The Same but Different: Convergent Pathways of Gender Dysphoria

November 20, 2019 by Sasha Ayad, M.Ed., LPC 36 Comments

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 a person’s biological sex and the “gender” they feel themselves to be. Gender identity is the term used for the subjective, stated inner sense of “gender.” I prefer the clarity of calling this ...read more

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Why Have Parents Lost Their Confidence?

July 25, 2019 by Sasha 3 Comments

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 rates of teen anxiety and depression than ever before. How do we account for this paradox? How is it that parents have become so insecure in their ability to raise healthy children that they feel inclined to outsource this task ...read more

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How I Work With Gender-questioning Teens

December 14, 2018 by Sasha 80 Comments

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 does growing up mean? I think growing up means I really have to not only become conscious of, but accept responsibility for the fact that I am accountable for my life, for my sense of satisfaction, for my purpose, for my choices. Becoming ...read more

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Towards a more nuanced exploration: An interview with Sasha Ayad (4th Wave Now)

September 28, 2018 by Sasha 2 Comments

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 exploration-based approach to seek out underlying issues and help her teen clients move towards self-awareness, resilience, and long-term well being. She also conducts occasional ...read more

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Risk, Comfort, and Transcendence in Gender-questioning Teens

September 17, 2018 by Sasha 4 Comments

There are many factors that seem to impact to the emergent population of gender-questioning adolescents. This post seeks to explore just one aspect of the phenomenon.             Heather Heying is an evolutionary biologist, and self-professed “professor-in-exile”.  Quote from Heather's video: “You need to be willing to take risks such that when your kids do hit 18 or 20, you know that they’re actually already on their way to being adults. ...read more

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The Big Five Personality Traits and Teen-onset Gender Dysphoria

August 20, 2018 by Sasha 6 Comments

The opinions expressed in this article are my own, based on my clinical observations, and do not represent the intended uses of the Big Five trait taxonomy or the perspectives of it’s developers.       What are personality theories? Personality trait research in psychology began in the late 1800's. Personality traits might include factors like extroversion, curiosity, or negative emotionality. While personality trait theories are poor at predicting specific or ...read more

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