Nine Advantages of Online Counseling: The Second Reason Really Hit Home 🥺

Online counseling offers numerous benefits compared to traditional in-person sessions, such as a comfortable and familiar environment, flexibility with scheduling, and reduced costs. It provides easier access to diverse counselors and avoids the risk of awkward social encounters. This method also accommodates language preferences, offering broader options without waiting lists.

The Trans Daughter in A Chinese-Dutch Family – Panel Speech for The Performance on 11 Feb. 2024

I am honored to be a panelist for this thought-provoking film ‘Het Optreden’. It gave us a chanece to talk about how our culture can be both a solid part of our self-identity and a persistent source of pain.

Interview with polyamorists (1): how could you accept that your partner is in love with someone else

The notion of independence in Dutch culture combined with the traditional Chinese reciprocity brings about a new model of partnership. Sharing the experiences of several individuals, this article emphasizes the importance of informed consent and communication to think more openly about love and connection.

I have been masturbating since I was a child, now I have vaginal dryness and difficulty in sexual intercourse. What’s wrong, and can it be cured? | Q&A 001

This article addresses a reader’s question about the relationship between masturbation and vaginal dryness. Masturbation itself does not cause vaginal dryness, but the factors that accompany masturbation may have an impact on vaginal lubrication. Stress, medications, psychological factors, and relationships may all affect vaginal lubrication. Although it affects sexuality, it is not serious and there are treatments available. It is advisable to seek the help of a medical professional or health care specialist.

Why not let everyone go to the restroom that fits with the gender on their ID? More on trans people, restrooms and related issues

If the public wants to mandate that “the gender on the ID card is the gender of the restroom”, it is simply not possible to achieve the result of “no muscular men in women’s restrooms”.
In fact, whether one supports toileting according to the gender on one’s ID card or according to one’s gender identity, both will result in cisgender women encountering “muscular men,” either FTMs who are very male-like, MTFs who are not female-like enough, or other groups of people with very masculine gender expressions.

Understanding the Effective Elements of Psychological Counseling – What to Expect

Counseling requires appropriate physical, economic and mental conditions. The short course is to adjust states, the medium course is to change behavior and cognition, and the long course is to explore and develop personality. There are various ways to end counseling, including reaching goals, suspending counseling, or recommending a referral. There is often therapeutic value in expressing negative emotions in counseling, and the counselor should be able to handle such discussions.