Most Recent Publication

I am pleased to have contributed the first chapter titled “Anti-sectarian, queer, client-centredness: a re-iteration of respect in therapy” to the new book Counselling Ideologies. The book is published by Ashgate and available from Amazon.co.uk here.

Speaking

Tina has devised and delivered training with regard to Trans’ and Intersex issues for counsellors and therapists at local and national levels. She’s also presented at –

•  Invited speaker BACP Annual Conference Newcastle Civic Centre (2009)
•  BAPCA 20th Anniversary Conference University of Reading (2009)
•  UKCP / Pink Therapy Conference, UCL (2009)
•  COSCA 5th Counselling Research Dialogue, Stirling (2008)
•  8th World Conference for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling (2008)  
•  A:Genda conference Glasgow (2008)
•  A:Genda conference London (2007)
•  TG07 Conference University of East Anglia (2007)
•  National Speech and Language Therapists Conference (2004)
•  CRUSE Cymru’s Conference (2004)
•  FFLAG conference (2003)

Tina also works as a consultant to employers regarding gender transition in the workplace, and has delivered training to diverse industries and services - see www.tgfact.co.uk

Writing

Words are one of our greatest tools. They can make or break the day. I try to use mine in a facilitative and enabling way. Some of my words past and present have been captured online and in print. I hope they may occasionally be useful to somebody. And, like me, I hope they will grow but not to excess :-)

Online

Family Feelings and Not As We Expected - Click here to view on the Depend website. Depend is a U.K. organisation offering free, confidential and non-judgemental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people

How To Transition at Work … And Survive - Click here to view on the Gender DynamiX website. Gender DynamiX is the first (and currently, the only) African based organisation for the transgender community. The aim is to create awareness and visualize transgenderism.

Holding Respect For the Rainbow – Thoughts on Person Centred Gender - Click here to view on the OII website. OII, the Organisation Intersex International, is the largest intersex organisation in the world

Journal Articles

The relevance of a person-centered approach to therapy with transgendered or transsexual clients
Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies Issue 7:2 Summer 2008

Otherwise human beings.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 15(8), October 2004, pp.13-15.

Book Chapter

Chapter 1 “Anti-sectarian, queer, client-centredness: a re-iteration of respect in therapy” in Counselling Ideologies, Editor Moon L., Published by Ashgate May 2010. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754676836