“It’s really interesting when we think about mental health clinicians within the context of trans and gender-diverse children, because you don’t really need someone to diagnose a person with gender dysphoria, because a trans identity is something that’s so innately personal.
. . . . In truth it’s about as innate as the belief in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus given Studies confirm that around 80% of children experiencing childhood gender dysphoria (GD) or gender incongruence naturally "desist," or lose the condition, by puberty or in early adulthood if no medical intervention is provided.
Dr Telfer as at the 2019 royal commission stated:
“It’s really interesting when we think about mental health clinicians within the context of trans and gender-diverse children, because you don’t really need someone to diagnose a person with gender dysphoria, because a trans identity is something that’s so innately personal.
. . . . In truth it’s about as innate as the belief in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus given Studies confirm that around 80% of children experiencing childhood gender dysphoria (GD) or gender incongruence naturally "desist," or lose the condition, by puberty or in early adulthood if no medical intervention is provided.