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Michele
O'Mara, LCSW
6450
W. 10th Street Suite 7
Indianapolis,
IN 46214
317.517.0065
email
michele
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In
1994 I met the first person I had ever known to be
transgendered. She was a male-bodied, sixteen year old
youth attending the youth group where I was then
counselor. She, with the body of a boy, and a family
who saw her as a young man, expressed to me her feelings of
dysphoria. She was sure of little, except that she was
not a boy.
In
my professional training I had learned about the
"condition," referred to in the medical and mental
health communities as gender identity disorder (GID), and I
knew it existed. Cold, distant facts. And that was about it.
This
young woman was real. She was full of aliveness and
hope and fearlessly relentless in her search for her own
truth. With
a deep sense of curiosity and a commitment to understand - I
began to research. Before long, I was well on my way
to developing a life-long commitment to seeing young women
like this youth, live their truth - to be themselves in a
world that struggles to understand differences.
Over
a decade has passed, and this adolescent girl trapped in a
boys body, has matured into a beautiful young lady.
She's free to live her truth. I've since met hundreds
of other men and women traveling the rocky terrains of a
gender transition - also determined to live their truth. Some find
their truth through hormones. Some through
surgery. Others find their truth through bending the
gender expectations just a little, freeing them to be
exactly where they need to be.
I
have only one goal in my work - to support you living your
very best, most authentic life possible. If you would
like to work with me regarding your concerns about your
gender, please feel free to schedule
an appointment with me online now, here.
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