Sunday 8 May 2022 12:56 AM Top psychologist says over half of her patients now identify as transgender trends now
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A leading clinical psychologist with 16 years' experience in child mental health says more than half of her patients now identify as transgender.
The expert, who wants to remain anonymous out of fear of professional repercussions, saw a sudden rise in the number of youngsters claiming to be 'trans' after the coronavirus lockdowns.
She is currently seeing a dozen families and has helped almost 40 over the past year but has never before encountered so many young patients identifying as trans.
In many cases, she said, youngsters now coming to see her with mental anguish or suicidal thoughts had been allowed to transition from one gender to another at a young age, sometimes even at five or six.
A leading psychologist, who wants to remain anonymous out of fear of professional repercussions, saw a sudden rise in the number of youngsters claiming to be 'trans' after the coronavirus lockdowns
She said parents rarely associated the psychological problems that were blighting their children's lives with their change of gender.
'The parent would be telling me about their teenager, about their mental anguish, suicidal
