Ohio therapists: Feo, Brooke Kroto, Jaime Bishop

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**cross posted to FTM and transohio

Anyone have experience with any of these therapists: Antone Feo, Brooke Kroto, and Jaime Bishop?

I have contacted them by e-mail (and will follow-up by phone) but wanted also to get some anecdotal perspective. Specifically:

1) What kind of questions were you asked in the first session?
2) How closely did they follow the WPATH Standards of Care?
3) What did they require for a letter for hormones?
4) How long (# of sessions or time frame) did you have to wait to get the letter?

For background info, I am looking to go to counseling for the sole purpose of getting a letter to start hormones.

I am located near Cleveland, and would prefer to go the informed consent route, but the closest physician I have found who follows informed consent is 2 hrs away in Columbus, and this is impractical for ongoing monitoring.

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[iphisol.livejournal.com]

I got to see a movie called Diagnosing Difference last night, and I want to recommend it to you. Usually, I totally hate any movie about trans people, but in this one- aside from some really minor quibbles about language- they actually did a very good job. It's a bunch of total badass trans heroes- Miss Major, Dean Spade, Sandy Stone, lots more- talking about the location of Gender Identity Disorder in the DSM-IV. It's awesome; there's no subtitles that say, like, 'bisexual trans man' or whatever, just folks' names and what they do; they don't offer any concrete solutions, just smart analysis; it's not all women, or all men, or only folks who aren't either, there's an actual array of experiences; same for how it's not all young people, or white people, or radical people. There's discussion of oppressions that intersect with gender variant experiences, and also there's cussing and jokes. If you get a chance, it's totally worth seeing.

Also, "GID: The Movie." That's hilarious.

Trans related medical care

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I'll be finishing medical school soon, and starting an externship this summer, I mentioned that several times in a few unrelated posts. I've listed only hospitals and clinics that are LGBT oriented as potential sites.

I want to know if anyone feels its important to receive care from someone who is trans or not and why. Should I even bother listing myself publicly (with clinical consent)? Does it matter to you as an individual if a clinic has medical staff that is within the LGBT community? That or should I shut up and quietly meld away into the medical community at large?

Edit: I realize that I should have been clear, the Medical School I attend covers a wide range of fields. I'm studying as a Medical Assistant, sure I have plans to move on to higher positions, but I am no means a Medical Doctor. Sorry if there was any confusion.