Sasha Ayad is a licensed therapist, author and speaker who has been working with adolescents for over 15 years. She focuses on the way gender dysphoria and personal identity impact children and families. Sasha became interested in the sharp rise in teenagers who declare they are trans for the first time during adolescence. She questions the practice of medical transition for minors, and her clinical work focuses on developmentally appropriate, least-invasive-first talk therapy. Seeing a great need for parental guidance, Sasha began running parent groups in 2019 both online and through in-person retreats. She is the co-author of the book When Kids Say They’re Trans, she co-hosts the popular show, Gender: A Wider Lens, which is wrapping up its 4th year, and writes a monthly column on Substack. Sasha is launching a new project in spring of 2025 called The Metaphor of Gender - on this YouTube Channel, identity goes beyond the literal. She’ll use radical curiosity and surprising insights to help adolescents understand themselves better and skillfully navigate the real world. Sasha can be found on X at SashaLPC.Links:https://substack.com/@sashaayadhttps://www.youtube.com/@SashaLPChttps://x.com/SashaLPCHere's the essay Sasha recommended at the end of our discussion: https://www.recoveringanarchist.ca/p/why-i-stopped-using-they-them-pronouns _____________________________________________________________________If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenterhttps://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter