10. Lara identifies as a trans woman. She has received several gender affirming surgeries, but continues to feel some distress concerning gender dysphoria. She experiences discrimination and harrassment at work and at school and she no longer communicates with her family, who rejected her for being transgender. What treatment might be recommended?Nothing. Stigma will always be an issue within our society rendering therapy, social interventions, and medical procedures ineffective.To undergo psychotherapy to address discrimination and related stress and increase her sense of feeling affirmed in her genderTo undergo another surgical procedure as a way to treat and get rid of the remaining gender dysphoriaTo undergo psychotherapy as a way to treat and get rid of the remaining gender dysphoria

Answered: 10. Lara identifies as a trans woman.…

Phlebotomy Essentials

6th Edition

ISBN:9781451194524

Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Chapter1: Phlebotomy: Past And Present And The Healthcare Setting

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Lara identifies as a trans woman. She has received several gender affirming surgeries, but continues to feel some distress concerning gender dysphoria. She experiences discrimination and harrassment at work and at school and she no longer communicates with her family, who rejected her for being transgender. What treatment might be recommended?

Nothing. Stigma will always be an issue within our society rendering therapy, social interventions, and medical procedures ineffective.
To undergo psychotherapy to address discrimination and related stress and increase her sense of feeling affirmed in her gender
To undergo another surgical procedure as a way to treat and get rid of the remaining gender dysphoria
To undergo psychotherapy as a way to treat and get rid of the remaining gender dysphoria

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Gender dysphoria is defined as a sense of uneasiness that a person develops due to mismatch between their biological identity and strong desire to be of another gender.