Gender Loving Care : A Guide to Counseling Gender-Variant Clients

“Dr. Ettner’s second book is supposed to be for psychologists and other helping professionals dealing with transgendered clients. I find it is also very interesting for this lay person, and completely accessible, with little or no trade jargon used. It is a structured, fact filled book, but still a relatively fast read. While it includes some information about all who are transgendered, it tends to focus on the transsexual subset. The first half of the book (dealing with historical perspectives, prevalence, and causes) is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to learn more about transgenderism. The discussion of origins and causes of transgenderism is by far the best description of the etiology of transgenderism that I have seen. The second half of the book is probably of more use for helping professionals, but still quite useful for the lay person wanting to learn more about the condition and about how it is viewed and dealt with by professionals.”