The literature on the psychodynamics and treatment of transsexualism indicates a pathological mother-son relationship, yet uniformly recommends a male therapist. A case of a six-year-old boy with transsexual symptoms treated by a female therapist is presented, and there is a discussion of the theory and implications arising from the case.
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Gilpin et al. (1979) studied this question.