Research

Therapy First’s membership have made significant contributions to the literature on gender dysphoria and its treatment. Below are some of the key papers authored by members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Board.

One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria

Roberto D’Angelo, Ema Syrulnik, Sasha Ayad, Lisa Marchiano, Dianna Theadora Kenny, Patrick Clarke

Gender detransition: a case study

Lisa Marchiano

Transgender medicalization and the attempt to evade psychological distress

Robert Withers

The man I am trying to be is not me

Roberto D’Angelo

Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics

Lisa Marchiano

Psychiatry's ethical involvement in gender-affirming care

Roberto D’Angelo

The complexity of childhood gender dysphoria

Roberto D’Angelo

Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

Stephen B. Levine, E. Abbruzzese, Julia W. Mason

A New Flight from Womanhood? The Importance of Working Through Experiences Related to Exposure to Pornographic Content in Girls Affected by Gender Dysphoria

Karin Nadrowski

“Ethical Care in Secret”: Qualitative Data from an International Survey of Exploratory Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Clients

Peter Jenkins, Dwight Panozzo

Response to Book Review Essay “Trying to Pass off Transphobia as Psychoanalysis and Cruelty as ‘Clinical Logic.’” by Avgi Saketopolou

Roberto D’Angelo, Lisa Marchiano, Shlomit Gorin

Do we want to know?

Roberto D’Angelo

Frailties of Memory: Implications for Therapists Treating Gender Dysphoric Youth

Chan Kulatunga Moruzi, Jerry Lawler

A reflection on how the absence of a psychodynamic perspective may disadvantage gender care and decision-making

Jillian Spencer, Roberto D’Angelo