Therapy Archives — Genspect

Autism and Gender Dysphoria, Part 5

In this concluding part—recapping social and digital drivers (Part 1), sensory appeals (Part 2), puberty and nonconformity (Part 3),...

18th December 2025

When Therapists Become Ideologues

It’s not your imagination—some therapists are pushing extreme biases, as witnessed in the article below. Such unprofessional conduct and...

28th August 2025

The Journey Back to Me: A Story of Detransition

My story feels timeless in parts—love, loss, the ache to belong, and the wild imagination of 15-year-olds dreaming of...

14th August 2025

Say “No” to Therapist Intimidation

You may already know by now that therapists regularly intimidate parents by leading them to believe that if they...

12th August 2025

Missteps in Treatment: Confronting the Limits of My Knowledge

In Part 1, therapist Dwight Panozzo reflected on how he broke his silence on Gender Identitarianism (GI) too soon,...

17th July 2025

We Need to Talk about Leading Questions

I am not old enough to have memories of the recovered memory scandal, but I grew up reading about...

14th May 2025

Saving Psychotherapy from Conversion Therapy Bans

Genspect believes that governments should reject these new expansive conversion therapy bans that make the practice of conventional therapy...

28th February 2023

“Favour no particular outcome” – a guide for treating trans youth

GETA has published a how-to for mental health professionals on treating young people with gender identity problems. The organisation...

7th December 2022

A response to openDemocracy: In defence of a gender-rational approach

Yesterday, we received an email asking us for comment on a piece in a UK outlet called openDemocracy. The...

25th March 2022

La compréhension de la dysphorie de genre d’une thérapeute

Traduit par un parent francophone de Genspect. Le prochain webinaire de Genspect sur la détransition portera sur la manière...

8th March 2022

France cautions on gender youth medicine/France met en garde contre la medicine des jeunes de genre

Reprinted from the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine. Read the full English translation on SEGM’s website, which also...

3rd March 2022

WORLD ROUNDUP: New developments about gender-questioning youth this week

While Texas tries to make gender-affirming care illegal, Sweden just released their new standards which takes an evidence-based approach...

25th February 2022

BREAKING: Sweden drastically changes protocol, prioritizes psychotherapy

Genspect has quickly translated the following article from the Swedish publication Lakartidningen.se, which was published February 22, 2022. Please...

23rd February 2022

Constructive Criticism for Psychology Today

Written by a Genspect parent A recent article in Psychology Today about using hormones and puberty blockers on young...

2nd February 2022

More story ideas for the New York Times to provide balance

Genspect sent the following email on Saturday to the New York Times about this article, Doctors Debate Whether Trans...

17th January 2022

Dr. Anderson speaks with Lisa Selin Davis: Trans identities can be “trendy”

Pour lire l’integralite de l’interview en francais, rendez-vous ici. In addition to Dr. Erica Anderson’s important opinion piece in...

7th January 2022

Open letter in response to WPATH SOC v8

Dear WPATH, Genspect is an international alliance of parent and professional groups whose aim is to advocate for parents...

15th December 2021

When doing less is helping more: A more considered approach

Written by Genspect parent Lynn Chadwick. In Clinical and Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Gender Dysphoric Children and...

3rd December 2021

First Ever Conference on ROGD Packs Clinical and Emotional Punch

Written by Genspect parent Derek Duval. (Para la version en espagnol, vaya aqui.) On Saturday, November 20, 2021, Genspect...

22nd November 2021

Q&A with Dr. Stephen Levine

Written and compiled by Genspect parent Derek Duval. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Genspect advisor Stephen Levine published the...

16th November 2021

A detransition case study: Concerns about affirmative care

Written by Genspect parent Lynn Chadwick. In Gender detransition: A case study, her article published November 10, 2021 in...

11th November 2021

Stella O’Malley testifies about New Zealand conversion therapy bill

On October 13, 2021, Genspect founder Stella O’Malley testified at a subcommittee hearing about New Zealand’s proposed Conversion Practices...

14th October 2021

La question de la transidentité fait couler de l’encre en France

Cet article a été écrit par un parent de Genspect. La hausse fulgurante de jeunes adultes, d’adolescents et d’enfant...

13th October 2021

Genspect parent talks with WRLN

Written by Genspect parent Lynn Chadwick. Young people are declaring transgender identities in huge numbers, and there is much...

10th October 2021

Edwards-Leeper: Support doesn’t always mean medical interventions

This summary was written by a Genspect parent. Many thanks to independent journalist Meghan Daum of the Unspeakable podcast for giving...

7th October 2021

ADVICE: Treating without transition

Cynthia Breheny is a woman who has struggled with gender dysphoria since early childhood and used unconventional therapeutic treatment...

1st October 2021

Canada Votes 2021: Which candidates will pledge to safeguard gender-questioning kids?

The non-partisan groups Canadian Gender Report (CGR) and Gender Dysphoria Alliance (GDA) are asking all candidates in the Canadian...

31st August 2021

Finally, some clarity on “conversion” therapy

A must-listen interview! Click here to hear Stella break down what “conversion” therapy is and isn’t. The proposals for...

28th August 2021

Dr. James Cantor rebuts unscientific CAAPS statement on ROGD

Canadian sexologist Dr. James Cantor wrote an important rebuttal to a startling statement about ROGD that umbrella organization Coalition...

10th August 2021

Genspect founder Stella O’Malley on GB News

Hot on the heels of our first outing in the print media, Stella has appeared on GB News, the...

28th June 2021

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