On this episode I welcome Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW, to the conversation. Pamela is a licensed clinical social worker  (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience. She has worked in a variety of settings including NY community-based agencies, residential programs for foster youth, schools and mental health clinics in California.  She has been a clinical supervisor for up-and-coming therapists for 10 years.  In 2017, she had to leave her profession due to a severe disability and when she returned, so much in the mental health profession had changed, particularly when it comes to treatment of gender dysphoric patients.  In the teen clinic she was at in San Mateo County, California in 2021, half the girls identified as trans. Since she had been in the field with vulnerable youth for over 20 years, this was a drastic change.  

Pamela has spoken to many therapists who agree that instant affirmation of young people with complex mental health conditions is inappropriate, however, they’re being heavily silenced. Because Pam continues to cope with chronic pain and receives disability, she has been emboldened to speak out on these issues and build her own program.

Pamela took her 20 years of experience and built a comprehensive online parents’ guide to mental health with the tag line “therapy not indoctrination”. Since so many families need mental health support, Pamela’s vision is to provide information for parents so they are empowered to know what to expect, the questions to ask the therapist, understand what skilled therapy looks like, know how much they should be involved (answer: a lot!) and information on numerous current mental health topics.

Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/k6VveaPgHmM

You can find Pamela on Instagram at @the.truthfultherapist, on twitter @redpilledlcsw, https://pamthetruthfultherapist.substack.com/ on substack and her website is www.thetruthfultherapist.org.

To follow @the.truthfultherapist, go here: https://www.instagram.com/the.truthfultherapist/

To download her Parent’s Guide to Mental Health, watch  Dysconnected: The Real Story Behind the Transgender explosion trailer, and connect with Pamela, go to her website here: https://www.thetruthfultherapist.org/

To see the movie “Cut–Daughters of the West” by Simon Esler where Pamela was featured, go here: https://www.daughtersofthewestfilm.com/

If you would like to learn more about the impact of “gender affirming care” on teen girls, I highly recommend you read Abigail Shirer’s book Irreversible Damage with an open mind.

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