A lot of feelings may come up when you hear gender questioning therapy. Sometimes, anxiety, loss, curiosity, and anger all persist. Gender questioning therapy in Connecticut is available online through video telehealth and face to face. Is your child wanting to be called a different gender name? Or, is your teenager asking for a binder for their chest? Would you like your child to have emotional confidence and believe in themselves? For parents, these feelings can be worry some. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Southeastern Connecticut and Florida, the therapists specialize with LGBTQIA+ counseling.
Gender questioning therapy is needed if your child wanting to be called a different first name.
Often times, gender questioning therapists are open to helping families are all different types of turmoil. Gender questioning therapy helps children and young adults gain confidence and clarity. Transgender people have a different set of hormones on the inside then their physical sexual organs on the outside. So, supplementary hormones are necessary. People who are gender questioning often do not identify with their designated gender or biological sex at birth. Without family acceptance, transgender children often develop anxiety, depression, and behaviors of self-harm.
What are some signs that my child or my teenager are gender questioning or transgender?
For one, if your child or your teenager is gender questioning, they may modify their clothing and hair. For instance, your son may want to die his hair hot pink. Or, your teenage daughter may want to shave her head. Likewise, gender expression is very fluid.
At Wisdom Within Counseling, the LGBTQIA+ Connecticut and Florida therapists specialize in helping families thrive.
Finding a good gender therapist is really important. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Southeastern Connecticut, we specialize with non-binary, gay, bisexual, lesbian, and transgender children and teenagers. In conjunction with gender affirming physicians, we help adolescents and teenagers who are gender questioning thrive.
To start, use the pink button below to book a phone consultation. We specialize in helping gender questioning children learn positive coping skills.
It is normal, as a parent, to have a verity of mixed feelings about your child’s coming out or transgender expression.
For parents, it can be a grieving process to have your child transition to another gender. Crying is always okay. Seek family therapy as well. Also, you have a healthy and alive child. Unfortunately, when families are not supportive or accepting, family conflict can arise. Also, transgender children and teenagers are at a higher risk of suicidal thoughts, suicidal behaviors, self harm, and self injury. Therefore, gender affirmative therapy can help your child come to a calm and stable psychological place. From holistic counseling, Wisdom Within Counseling helps teens develop self-confidence.
What happens in utero to cause gender dysphoria and why is family acceptance so vitally important?
Trans identified teenagers may use different types of words to describe their gender. For instance, gender fluid, non-binary, genderless, and may even express sexuality in different ways. Over time, holistic family therapy can help your child or teenager who is gender questioning gain clarity. Furthermore, deeper exploration of adolescent development shows us that children are born with gender dysphoria. Overall, gender dysphoria is fixed and a child can’t change it consciously. Often times, families pressure transgender, non binary, or gender questioning children. Unfortunately, religious conversion therapies increase in suicidal thoughts and self-harm due to internalized shame.
Let’s start today with a free phone consultation for gender affirming therapy. Work with one of our creative, gender questioning therapists in Connecticut.
Non-binary children may express their gender through cosplay, colorful make up, neon hair dye, and dressing up in costumes.
As a holistic family therapist, these are positive ways your child and teenager can express their gender. Also, avoid restricting a child or teenager in make up or hairstyles they’re allowed to have. Controlling your child or physically hurting them will not make them any less gay, queer, or transgender. Overall, the best thing you can do as a family and as a parent is to accept your child 100%. This means their sexuality, gender, sexual orientation, and gender expression. Overall, gender exploration and sexual identity can be a lifelong journey of confidence and self-love. Wisdom Within Counseling in Southeastern Connecticut, we offer gender affirming therapy, and gender questioning therapy for children and teenagers. Also, we offer holistic counseling. From incorporating painting, art, creative movement, dance, and yoga, children develop confidence. Also, gender questioning therapy in Connecticut includes outdoor walk and talk therapy by the beach.
Why do we offer a holistic, alternative and creative approach when it comes to therapy for adolescence, teenagers, and young adults around gender therapy
One of our specialties is working with non-nine airy, gender questioning, transgender, and LGBT children and young adults. Often times, these populations receive more bullying and shame for being outwardly different. In counseling, art can help a transgender child express emotion and gain clarity. Also, going outside for a walk and talk session can help build confidence to make eye contact. Also, walk and talk therapies help families communicate feelings. Going for a walk by the beach is a lifelong coping skills for managing challenging feelings and practicing self-care.
As a group of holistic marriage and family therapists, we specialize with gender questioning and transgender families no matter what age.
Also, gender questioning therapy in Connecticut, offers you a positive experience every session. From there, our therapists help families build meaningful connection with loved ones. Family counseling also help with healing after betrayal, pain, and trauma of the past. Through LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy in Southeastern Connecticut, we help families gain clarity and confidence. Likewise, our team of marriage and family therapists would love to help your child develop confidence and better self-esteem. Additionally, we offer online telehealth and teletherapy sessions from any worldwide location. Online counseling is a great way to have access to you a safe place to talk. Lastly, you recieve confidential therapy, and positive coping skills no matter your location.
