"When we ignore the calling, when we ignore the truth, when we ignore our experience of ourselves of somehow mysteriously transcending the binary gender system, a deep psychological and spiritual wound is inflicted." ------St.Claire
“Like dogs chasing our own tails, We are bedeviled by the ‘why’ question, which conjures up its twin, the devilish ‘how’, how to change. The pursuit of happiness becomes the pursuit of answers to the wrong questions.”
--—James Hillman
Welcome to TransgenderSoul
Transgender Soul, published by Dr. Rachael St.Claire, licensed psychologist in Boulder Colorado, provides information and resources about the psychology of transsexual and transgender issues. Transgender Soul contains resources for understanding the psychological nature of our transsexual and transgender journey, healing ourselves from the stigmatization of hetero-sexist beliefs, and exploring transgressive gendered experience. Whether it’s through learning about emerging ideas within the transgender community, using psychological approaches for self-discovery and growth, or reading reviews of transgender articles, books, and authors, Transgender Soul serves as a “lanterna“, casting the light of understanding and the warmth of compassion into the shadows and depths of the soul, enlightening, and encouraging the experience of wholeness and healing.
Our Transgender Community is a compassionate safe place for anyone who does not identify with the traditional gender categories assigned by culture to their birth sex. Transgender people often self-identify as belonging to specific sub-groups sharing common identities (for example, cross-dressers, transsexual men and women, drag queens and kings, transgenderists, etc).
The Self-Help Resources section contain numerous approaches to psychological healing and wholeness, including evidence-based methods, such as those proven to be effective with anxiety and depression, depth psychology methods, such as Jungian dream-work and active imagination, self-dialogue, journaling, and re-writing your own personal myth, and Eastern methods, such as mindfulness.
The Meaning of Transgender Soul
Transgender Soul describes the myth at the heart of our gendered lives that creates meaning from our experience of having a gendered identity in conflict with our transsexual body. We each have a personal and unique story about what this conflict between the spirit and the flesh means to us. This conflict can create pain, suffering, and confusion which is made worse by the lack of compassion within society, religion, medicine, and psychiatry. We can open our hearts to compassion for ourselves and others while we re-write our own personal stories to make meaning of our transsexual experiences.
The word TransgenderSoul is used to mean the inner image of ourselves as a gendered and sexual person whether or not that image has been made in the flesh through use of sex hormones or surgery. However we experience our TransgenderSoul, this inner image calls us to seek out the truth about who we are and then to live out that truth as a genuine person even in the face of stigmatization, opposition, and condemnation.
Professional Services offered by Rachael St.Claire PsyD
Dr. St.Claire, is a licensed psychologist working in Boulder Colorado. She specializes in counseling persons needing help with transsexual and transgender issues, and in assisting spouses, family members, and friends who are needing help in understanding someone they care about. Dr. St.Claire is also trained and experienced in providing collaborative and effective treatment for psychological problems that often accompany gender identity problems, such as depression, anxiety, shame, risky sexual behavior, and substance abuse. She works closely with physicians who are competent in providing culturally sensitive healthcare to transsexual and transgender clients. She can make referrals to physicians for sex hormones, genital surgery, cosmetic surgery, and medications for depression and anxiety.
Dr. St.Claire is available for consultation to employers regarding work site gender transitions, consultation and expert testimony, consultation to policy-making bodies, such as boards of education, as well as public speaking to educate others about transgender issues.
How to Contact Rachael St.Claire PsyD
Telephone 720-220-5770
FAX 303-554-5220
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