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, NO Growing numbers of young people are resisting traditional, binary gender identities and do not define themselves as heterosexual. In conversation with therapists, academics and youth workers, NeilYoung exploresthissigni cantsocialchangeandoffers pointers and resources to support good therapeutic practice No, I’m not gay No, I’m not straight, And I’m sure as hell not bisexual, dammit, I am whatever I am when I am it Andrea Gibson 1 I don’t relate to being boy or girl, and I don’t have to have my partner relate to boy or girl Miley Cyrus 2 W e are witnessing a sea change in how teenagers and young adults are experiencing their sexuality and gender identity. In a 2015 YouGov survey, half (49%) of young people aged 18–24 said they did not see themselves as 100 per cent heterosexual. 3 What we are seeing in the UK are large, and growing, numbers of young people who are comfortable wi...

Everything I Wish I'd Known Before Starting Therapy Hannah Ewens HANNAH EWENS Sep 12 2017, 8:30am Some advice on how to make the most of your talking therapy if you’ve never had it before. At the age of 25, I've been in therapy for a perfect decade. That includes a child psychologist, various bouts of NHS cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychotherapy, and various private psychotherapists. If this was a marriage, it'd be a tin-slash-aluminium anniversary – a metal that supposedly represents how a successful partnership can be bent without being broken. Which is fitting, considering I've had phases of thinking of canning it altogether, convinced it isn't working, before crawling back with my tail between my legs. At different points my therapy has been for anxiety, depression, PMDD, psychosis and periods of dissociation, mania or eating issues, as well as other things that have fallen short of clear categorisation. I absolutely can't claim to und...