When Kids Say They'Re TRANS

‘Brilliant, compassionate, and wise beyond measure, therapists Marchiano, Ayad, and O'Malley provided a haven of understanding and calm support for me after my child announced a trans identity. Their insights helped me regain my parental footing and helped our family stay connected through a very challenging time. What a gift to have their insight and expertise available!' - Kate Parker, parent and library director

‘Sasha, Stella, and Lisa bring enormous warmth, insight, and intelligence to the care of troubled children and teenagers. This book is essential reading for all parents and professionals supporting young people struggling with the issue of gender identity’ - Louise Perry

'A wise and empathic resource for parents struggling with intensely difficult parenting terrain, based on the authors’ extensive expertise as therapists for gender-dysphoric youth. A godsend for lonely and anguished parents trying to do the best for their trans-identified child' Kathleen Stock, author of Material Girls

‘Parents of children who announce a transgender identity often find themselves in a world of confusion and contradiction. These brilliant, clear-eyed authors – all with extensive clinical experience – have written the emergency survival guide for families’ - Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: Teenage Girls and the Transgender Craze

‘There is perhaps no subject today that is more complicated, fraught, and confusing than the sudden rise in gender dysphoria among young people. Parents encountering this issue for the first time will be hit with a tidal wave of conflicting opinions, theories, and “experts” that, however well-meaning, are guided by an incoherent and potentially harmful ideology. The book could not have come soon enough. Its authors are leading figures in the effort to bring sense and rationality to the conversation. Moreover, they are experienced clinicians who understand that gender dysphoric youth deserve meaningful psychotherapeutic treatment, not blind approbation on the internet. For any parent embarking on the gender journey, When Kids Say They're Trans should be the first stop along the way’ - Meghan Daum, host of The Unspeakable Podcast and author of The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars

‘These three authors empower parents ... this book can provide parents of transgender-identified children with the guidance and support that they need to get through it, with relationships intact … This is a vital resource, and I highly recommend it' - Debbie Hayton, The Critic

'Compassionate and measured ... thoughtful' - Sarah Ditum, The Times

‘When Kids Say They’re Trans contains all the information a thinking, caring parent needs … calm, reasonable argument for exploratory therapy’ - Jenny Poyer Ackerman, Year Zero