Emotional Support

There is currently a lack of NHS counsellors with experience in supporting transgender clients and their families.  The only transgender specific counselling service is provided as part of the Sandyford Gender Identity Clinic in Glasgow.  However, any skilled counsellor who is prepared to do a little background reading and be non-judgemental can provide an excellent service to transgender people and their families.  A good book for an interested counsellor to begin with as background reading material is:

'Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families' by Arlene Istar Lev 
Paperback: 467 pages
Publisher: Haworth Press Inc (2 Mar 2004)
ISBN-10: 078902117X
ISBN-13: 978-0789021175