{"product_id":"transgender-emergence-arlene-istar-lev-9780789007087","title":"Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore an ecological strength-based framework for the treatment of gender-variant clients \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered\/transsexual people and their families. Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families views assessment and treatment through a nonpathologizing lens that honors human diversity and acknowledges the role of oppression in the developmental process of gender identity formation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Specific sections of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families address the needs of gender-variant people as well as transgender children and youth. The issues facing gender-variant populations who have not been the focus of clinical care, such as intersexed people, female-to-male transgendered people, and those who identify as bigendered, are also addressed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book examines: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e the six stages of transgender emergence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e coming out transgendered as a normative process of gender identity development \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e thinking \"outside the box\" in the deconstruction of sex and gender \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as the convergence, overlap, and integration of these parts of the self\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the power of personal narrative in gender identity development \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e etiology and typographies of transgenderism \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e treatment models that emerge from various clinical perspectives \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e alternative treatment modalities based on gender variance as a normative lifecycle developmental process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with fascinating case studies, a critique of diagnostic processes, treatment recommendations, and a helpful glossary of relevant terms, this book is an essential reference for anyone who works with gender-variant people. Handy tables and figures make the information easier to access and understand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit the author's Web site at http: \/\/www.choicesconsulting.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arlene Istar Lev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0789007088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780789007087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Arlene Istar Lev","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086860497151,"sku":"9780789007087","price":87.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fe17b77-7c05-452f-878f-2ccfec39271d.jpg?v=1769096998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transgender-emergence-arlene-istar-lev-9780789007087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}