Gender dysphoria is a feeling of distress related to one's gender identity. This happens when a person's gender identity does not match the body they were born with. Understanding Gender Dysphoria explores what this distress feels like, how it can affect people's lives, and how it can be managed.
(Ibid., p. 6) This patient looks in the mirror and sees the unconscious masculine image she has of herself in its reflection. ... When are they going to fix me and send me home to my wives?' (Ibid., p. 20) Again we see evidence of Mr.
Drawing on the work of Freud and Winnicott, and with emphasis on the traumas suffered during the Second World War, Oliner offers new ways of understanding how resistant to treatment such traumas can be, and how the analyst can understand ...