Empathetic Manipulation: A Class on How to ‘Support’ Parents of ‘Gender Diverse’ Children
Commentary
On May 5, I attended the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) conference in Santa Clara, California. In my third installment about this conference, I’m going to talk about the class entitled “Parents in Transition, Clinical Considerations When Treating Parents of Gender Diverse Children,” presented by Linda K. Reeves, LMFT (she/her) WPATH GEI Certified Gender Specialist.
Reeves introduced herself as a “cis-gendered heterosexual woman.” She said: “I understand that I’m looking through a lens of privilege and limited experience by the fact that I’m not trans or non-binary. I am the very proud mother of a gay son who came out in the 7th grade, and that really was the inspiration to specialize in my master’s curriculum in the LGBT specialization.”…