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Your comment reminds me of a very interesting interview with Dr Az Hakeem, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who set up group therapy sessions for gender dysph

Your comment reminds me of a very interesting interview with Dr Az Hakeem, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who set up group therapy sessions for gender dysphoric patients: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ycqNoareUT6Y6s85LrJSF https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ycqNoareUT6Y6s85LrJSF He would include in these groups people at all stages in their transitions, so those considering transitioning further could be informed and challenged by those who had gone the whole way with surgery and all.

mnsc 4y ago
I will pass on your podcast because I found this: https://thepinknews.com/2022/05/22/conversion-therapy-trans-general-medical-council-harley-street-az-hakeem/ https://thepinknews.com/2022/05/22/conversion-therapy-trans-... First. Hakeem [...] describes himself as a “gender critical psychiatrist” Then the "sell" Hakeem offers “specialist psychotherapy for gender dysphoria”, and says that he “does not try and persuade or dissuade anyone from pursuing physical sex interventions such as hormones or surgery but his role is to provide a neutral exploration space to think about sex and gender”. Then the reality “He made it clear from the very start that he was sceptical of my gender and expressed doubt that it could differ to [my] sex,” So a great example of someone pathologizing trans people and not taking them seriously. I hope that was what you wanted to shed light on! Thanks!
- vinegarden 4y ago
  Sounds like he asked some mildly probing questions that challenged the patient's self-beliefs, and Pink News have decided to spin this as being "conversion therapy". Indeed, it's quite telling that the GMC, who have condemned actual conversion therapy, didn't accept the complaint against Dr Hakeem: https://sex-matters.org/posts/healthcare/conversion-therapy-or-just-therapy https://sex-matters.org/posts/healthcare/conversion-therapy-.... Note also that Pink News' general editorial stance is that unconditional affirmation is the only valid approach, so it's not much surprise they jumped on this story. I would still recommend giving that podcast a listen, it gives a much richer insight into Dr Hakeem's work than that article.
  - mnsc 4y ago
    A therapist that knows how to ask mildly probing questions: "I hear and validate your feelings and you have a lot of options in front of you, I'm here to help you to minimize the risk of regret with the irreversible options and that might lead me to ask uncomfortable questions, is that ok?" Az probably: "What on earth are you going about love? There's no such thing as gender! Gender is just sex. So you just go into the lavatory and check down your trousers, you see a willy down there? Yeees, then you are unfortunately a female, but a Johnson? Hooray! You are a man, then you can man the fuck up and skip out of here! NEEEEEEXT"

mnsc 4y ago

I will pass on your podcast because I found this: https://thepinknews.com/2022/05/22/conversion-therapy-trans-general-medical-council-harley-street-az-hakeem/ https://thepinknews.com/2022/05/22/conversion-therapy-trans-... First. Hakeem [...] describes himself as a “gender critical psychiatrist” Then the "sell" Hakeem offers “specialist psychotherapy for gender dysphoria”, and says that he “does not try and persuade or dissuade anyone from pursuing physical sex interventions such as hormones or surgery but his role is to provide a neutral exploration space to think about sex and gender”. Then the reality “He made it clear from the very start that he was sceptical of my gender and expressed doubt that it could differ to [my] sex,” So a great example of someone pathologizing trans people and not taking them seriously. I hope that was what you wanted to shed light on! Thanks!

vinegarden 4y ago
Sounds like he asked some mildly probing questions that challenged the patient's self-beliefs, and Pink News have decided to spin this as being "conversion therapy". Indeed, it's quite telling that the GMC, who have condemned actual conversion therapy, didn't accept the complaint against Dr Hakeem: https://sex-matters.org/posts/healthcare/conversion-therapy-or-just-therapy https://sex-matters.org/posts/healthcare/conversion-therapy-.... Note also that Pink News' general editorial stance is that unconditional affirmation is the only valid approach, so it's not much surprise they jumped on this story. I would still recommend giving that podcast a listen, it gives a much richer insight into Dr Hakeem's work than that article.
- mnsc 4y ago
  A therapist that knows how to ask mildly probing questions: "I hear and validate your feelings and you have a lot of options in front of you, I'm here to help you to minimize the risk of regret with the irreversible options and that might lead me to ask uncomfortable questions, is that ok?" Az probably: "What on earth are you going about love? There's no such thing as gender! Gender is just sex. So you just go into the lavatory and check down your trousers, you see a willy down there? Yeees, then you are unfortunately a female, but a Johnson? Hooray! You are a man, then you can man the fuck up and skip out of here! NEEEEEEXT"