This book contains information, advice and reflective writing exercises to support parents and carers. Yes, that’s a VERY important topic, but it leads one to simplify the plethora of stressors and traumas that women can experience.

author seems to believe that trans men shouldn’t receive gender affirming medication as they’re only transitioning to escape misogyny (famously so much harder to deal with than . Therefore, when she denounces completely the idea of mental illness - which she does; she is an absolutist - as having no genetic basis and all completely induced by trauma, I find this dangerous. read a good chunk of this and it WAS interesting until the author started making transphobic comments. I would recommend this book to absolutely anyone but in particular, women seeking mental help and for mental health practitioners. Deliveries to destinations outside Australia are made by DHL courier, and cannot be made to post office boxes.There are so many possible traumas and this book could have really benefited from taking a more extensive look at them, rather than simply defaulting only and solely to sexual violence. Many of us become aware as the years pass that supporting or passively accepting the psychiatric labelling of women and girls will harm them in the long run. While working towards her doctoral degree, Taylor was appointed to Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on Violence Against Women and Girls.

When girls are growing up in a misogynistic society that frequently sexualises, objectifies, traumatises, patronises, feminises and vilifies them - a trauma-informed perspective would clearly argue that it is rational for girls to wish to escape femininity, and their female bodies. However, trauma is a lifelong journey and it will impact women in different ways throughout the lifespan. Outside of limited sources narrowed in scope, the evidence presented is primarily anecdotal or self-reported.A game-changing reflective journal for everyone who is ready for critical thought about their practice.