Table of Contents

• Part I - Engaging with the Gender-exploring Client
  1.Beginnings - phone styles / the first session: completing the contract / gathering in formation / involving the partner / the couples contract / commitment / setting goals / clarifying who is responsible / overdependence / overindependence / saying goodbye
  2. Understanding the Client's Agenda - initial motivation / the presenting problem / is transition the answer / summary
  3. Stages of Development - the crossdresser / signs of integration / summary of typical stages for crossdressers / the transsexual
  4. Contributing Factors
  5. Problem Areas - unhealthy and destructive patterns / learning to cope / facing loss and grief
  
• Part II - The Counselor's Process: Know Thyself, Know Thy Client
  1. The Counselor Prepares - the centered counselor / bodymind awareness / no one right way / dealing with feelings / achieving balance / avoiding the rescue trap / the ebb and flow on contact / self-reflection for the counselor
  2. Client Patterns
  3. The Counselor's Toolkit: Sensory and Experiential Processes - visual information (imagery, visual metaphor, dreams, fantasy) / auditory information / body signals / tactile information / role playing
  4. Group Work
  
• Part III - Relationships
  1.Family Background
  2. The Communication Process
  3. Addressing Gender Issues
  4. Coming Out of the Closet - telling the partner / telling the children / telling parents / telling other family / telling friends / telling an employer / my bias to tell
  5. Sexual Mythology
  6. Rights and Responsibilities of Each Partner
  7. Risk Taking
  8. Guidelines for Couples - ten steps to working it out / example of a positive interaction / guidelines for spouses or crossdressers / a final word
  
• Part IV - Personal Histories
  1. A crossdressing husband and wife / Jamie: transsexual / Stephanie: transsexual
  
• Part V - Future Trends