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A review by mesy_mark
Transgender Mental Health by Eric Yarbrough
5.0
This was a great book aimed at those in the mental health field to understand and treat transgender people. From the basics of terminology to the surgeries that some may choose, I read this book like the author said- cover to cover. I think it finds it important that mental health providers read books such as this to get an idea of what a trans person experience. I felt like this book did a good job and I learned from it. I have had to teach professionals about me being transgender. It is hard cause you just want to get your appointment over with and then you have to say oh yeah you have no idea on what trans is and now I have to explain.
The book is in a language that is easy to understand. terminology is the first thing considered so getting the lingo about what's up and up with trans is easy. What I really liked about this book is that it showed drawings of metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. I have read a few other trans resource books and when they get to this section, unlike transgender woman, images or drawings are just not included so understanding what the book means by 'tube within a tube' can sometimes be tricky to picture. I know ftm bottom surgery, like the book, points out, is not a really common thing about ftms but it still important to know what results could look like.
Another thing I liked was the case studies of individuals and questions at the end of each chapter.
Overall I was really satisfied with the book in promoting advocacy for a minority who has a hard time existing mainly because of just being because transgender people want to be themselves.
The book is in a language that is easy to understand. terminology is the first thing considered so getting the lingo about what's up and up with trans is easy. What I really liked about this book is that it showed drawings of metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. I have read a few other trans resource books and when they get to this section, unlike transgender woman, images or drawings are just not included so understanding what the book means by 'tube within a tube' can sometimes be tricky to picture. I know ftm bottom surgery, like the book, points out, is not a really common thing about ftms but it still important to know what results could look like.
Another thing I liked was the case studies of individuals and questions at the end of each chapter.
Overall I was really satisfied with the book in promoting advocacy for a minority who has a hard time existing mainly because of just being because transgender people want to be themselves.