From gender identity disorder to gender identity creativity: True gender self child therapy

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-356

  Ehrensaft, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; gender identity; gender identity disorder; gender identity disorder of adolescence; gender identity disorder of childhood; gender variance; transgender; transsexual; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84859581393     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.653303     Document Type: Article

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