Bad therapists often cite the core condition of "congruence" (authenticity) as justification for misgendering. "I believe in biology so I won't collude with the clients distortion"
Essentially they weaponise therapy 101 to justify their bigotry/ignorance
The former mostly. Haven't seen the second point in my reading so far. There might be something on how minority stress in general (outside of therapy) impacts the therapeutic work itself but not that I've come across.
I'm doing my thesis for my psychotherapy BSc atm. In that context there's research pointing towards how misgendering/deadnaming has a negative impact on therapy outcomes/the therapeutic relationship.
The fact that "are you based in the UK or Ireland" is a single check box is crazy. We're two different countries with different laws! You need to know WHICH before you can offer legal advice for people. Does she think Ireland is bound by UK law or something?
True. They just declared trans people don't exist, ended funding for tran inclusive healthcare, banned trans folk from the military, and Texas tried to make being trans a felony. Please don't minimise the danger trans folk are in right now by suggesting MAGA don't care anymore - they very much do.
