Yeah, I’ve had some pretty shitty psychs and therapists. I’ve not had one acknowledge the possibility that I’m not actually making up my gender identity for attention. My current psychiatrist always tells me what a lovely young woman I’m becoming even though he knows that makes me uncomfortable, and he has also tried to talk to me about Jesus when I told him I was an atheist. I said I wasn’t interested in hearing about it, but he kept trying to say that Jesus was going to solve my problems. Unfortunately I still have to see him because my parents also give me crap about my gender and beliefs, so they’re not sympathetic or wanting to let me see another even though I am an adult.
So totally know what you are talking about. Talking to some straight therapists can be like beating your head against a brick wall. Either they read your gender or sexuality into everything or they completely misunderstand queer terminology and think you are talking about something you really aren’t. I spent half a therapy session trying to explain to my therapist what topping and bottoming were.
Ah tax payers money well spent.
I used to see this psychiatrist that pathologized my trans* status as part of an ongoing pattern of self harm. Now I had not told her I had self-harmed in the past (which I had not), but she deduced that I must be a self-harmer because I have my ears pierced and an eyebrow ring.
I also caught her falling asleep a few times during our sessions.
I hope I don’t get a bad therapist, at the moment I’m just seeing a counsellor. But I’ll have to see a therapist sooner or later for one of my paths to self, so to speak. lol
I want to print this comic off and plaster it on my wall as motivation on why I want to go into the counselling profession. I want to work with the LGBT community, but am a bi cis woman married to a man. Would this be a problem? I really do want to help get people the help that they need.
I think it’d be awesome to get more people who wanna work with the LGBT community to support mental health! The more people we can get int the field who are informed and unafraid to talk about gender, sex and sexuality, the better!!
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*hugs* So f*king true.
It can take so damn long to find the right therapist (…or sometimes even a GOOD one)
… *moar hugs*
Yeah, I’ve had some pretty shitty psychs and therapists. I’ve not had one acknowledge the possibility that I’m not actually making up my gender identity for attention. My current psychiatrist always tells me what a lovely young woman I’m becoming even though he knows that makes me uncomfortable, and he has also tried to talk to me about Jesus when I told him I was an atheist. I said I wasn’t interested in hearing about it, but he kept trying to say that Jesus was going to solve my problems. Unfortunately I still have to see him because my parents also give me crap about my gender and beliefs, so they’re not sympathetic or wanting to let me see another even though I am an adult.
So totally know what you are talking about. Talking to some straight therapists can be like beating your head against a brick wall. Either they read your gender or sexuality into everything or they completely misunderstand queer terminology and think you are talking about something you really aren’t. I spent half a therapy session trying to explain to my therapist what topping and bottoming were.
Ah tax payers money well spent.
I love they way you draw tear-filled eyes.
I used to see this psychiatrist that pathologized my trans* status as part of an ongoing pattern of self harm. Now I had not told her I had self-harmed in the past (which I had not), but she deduced that I must be a self-harmer because I have my ears pierced and an eyebrow ring.
I also caught her falling asleep a few times during our sessions.
Sheeeeeeesh, so many bad counsellors and psychiatrists! I just don’t get why they’re in that profession!
The panel where the shadow person says “…a hobby can really help.”
Yeah, that one. They look like a monkey. Their silhouette. Just sayin’.
I hope I don’t get a bad therapist, at the moment I’m just seeing a counsellor. But I’ll have to see a therapist sooner or later for one of my paths to self, so to speak. lol
There are some really great ones out there too, so hopefully you get one of those 😀
I want to print this comic off and plaster it on my wall as motivation on why I want to go into the counselling profession. I want to work with the LGBT community, but am a bi cis woman married to a man. Would this be a problem? I really do want to help get people the help that they need.
I think it’d be awesome to get more people who wanna work with the LGBT community to support mental health! The more people we can get int the field who are informed and unafraid to talk about gender, sex and sexuality, the better!!