Coming Soon: Parents as Part of the Care Team

Concrete guidance for navigating the complex dynamics when parents are part of your patient or client's care team.

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Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
October 15, 2025

I recently sat down with Rachel Hulstein-Lowe, LICSW, a therapist who's spent over a decade working with parents of gender-diverse youth. What started as clinical work became deeply personal when her own child came out as non-binary five years ago.

Our conversation surfaced insights that challenge some common assumptions about what parents of trans and non-binary youth are actually grappling with—and what that means for providers trying to support whole families through gender journeys.

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