Understanding Gender Dysphoria
Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture

What this book should really be called: "Understanding Gender Dysphoria When You Live in a Conservative Evangelical Bubble." It breaks my heart that some Jesus-followers need to hear that gender dysphoria is not a choice. But apparently some of them do, and Yarhouse tells them. So, mission accomplish......more

Not the **easiest** book to read, but definitely one of the most important recent books I have read that is written by an Evangelical to an Evangelical audience. Yarhouse draws on his personal counseling experience thoughtfully, but also wisely stays away from any "emotional appeals," which are prev......more

Helps readers achieve a balanced perspective in which they can develop their own Biblically grounded but simultaneously culturally relevant conclusions and applications with regard to the phenomenon of gender dysphoria. Writing style is scholarly but clear. Certain points were revisited many times.......more

I am not at all expert on most of the issues involved in this book, so I review it as one with some experience in sexual ethics and otherwise no research or clinical experience in psychology--the main discourse of the book and the expertise of the author. I found helpful the book's steady tone: calml......more

There is much worldly wisdom here. Concern for the lived experience of those struggling with gender dysphoria is essential and compassion the only starting point. But Yarhouse almost completely ignores the essential truths of Scripture, which must be brought to bear in every counseling situation. Si......more