Chatting with Candice

 James Esses

 Episode Run Time: 45:48

James Esses is a criminal barrister, trainee psychotherapist, co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, and a consultant for Genspect. His advocacy revolves around the political, legal, health and cultural impacts of gender ideology. Previously a course provider for Metanoia Institute, he was expelled without warning because of his views on therapy and counseling for children with gender dysphoria. In this episode, we talk about how it came about as well as doing a deep dive on issues of gender dysphoria, conversion therapy, and protecting our children.

00:00:00 00:01:15 Cancel Culture and Towing the Line with Ideologies

 00:03:13 Conversion Therapy and Explorative Therapy

 00:05:53 Gender Manipulation Among Minors

 00:07:26 Affirmative Care for Children

 00:12:16 Inconsistencies with Consent

 00:14:23 Alternatives to Medical Intervention

 00:20:12 Gender and Gender Expression

 00:22:04 Proper Transitioning and Risks Involved

 00:29:09 Over-correction for Bullying

 00:32:42 Intolerance, Diversity of Thought, and James’ Path

 00:35:54 Placing Prejudice on Gender

 00:39:51 Advice for Parents

 00:42:47 Protecting and Putting Children First

 00:44:25 Where to find James

Conversion Therapy and Explorative Therapy

Conversion practices include illegal, horrific things such as corrective rape, electric shock therapy. The purpose of these conversion therapy bans is in effect to clamp down on talking therapies and is being used as a synonym for explorative therapy. The therapist’s job is never to just simply affirm what the client is saying, but their ethical duty to explore, question, and challenge to figure out what is in their best interest.

Gender and Gender Expression

From a therapeutic and philosophical point of view, none of us know what it’s like to live as another person. For James, it’s not simply possible to feel like you’re trapped in the wrong body. When it comes to kids, it could possibly send the wrong message instead of delicately trying to navigate it together by asking the question of “How can I make you feel at peace with your body and in general?”. 

How can we protect our children?

Parents need to be proactive around what their children are being taught in school, and it’s only once they start asking questions when parents find out. Striking the right balance is the best course of action for parents when it comes to the topic of gender. 

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Barrister and psychotherapist James Esses discusses his ongoing career battle and the conversation on gender and gender dysphoria among children.

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Erscheinungs­datum: 1.3.2023, 06:00:00