Understanding Gender Dysphoria Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture

Yarhouse, Mark A.

ISBN 10: 0830828591 / ISBN 13: 9780830828593

Published by CAPS Books, Downers Grove, IL, 2015

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8vo. 186pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04241. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Gender Dysphoria Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture
• Publisher: CAPS Books, Downers Grove, IL
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830828591
• ISBN 13: 9780830828593
• Binding: softcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • therapy/counseling/mental health

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Synopsis

Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Honorable Mention

Few topics are more contested today than gender identity.

In the fog of the culture war, complex issues like gender dysphoria are reduced to slogans and sound bites. And while the war rages over language, institutions and political allegiances, transgender individuals are the ones who end up being the casualties.

Mark Yarhouse, an expert in sexual identity and therapy, challenges the church to rise above the political hostilities and listen to people's stories. In Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Yarhouse offers a Christian perspective on transgender issues that eschews simplistic answers and appreciates the psychological and theological complexity. The result is a book that engages the latest research while remaining pastorally sensitive to the experiences of each person.

In the midst of a tense political climate, Yarhouse calls Christians to come alongside those on the margins and stand with them as they resolve their questions and concerns about gender identity. Understanding Gender Dysphoria is the book we need to navigate these stormy cultural waters.

Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

About the Author

Mark A. Yarhouse (PsyD, Wheaton College) is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech professor of psychology at Wheaton College, where he directs the Sexual and Gender Identity Institute and serves as a core faculty member in the doctoral program in clinical psychology. His books include Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Modern Psychopathologies, and Family Therapies.