There are two goals for presenting this article. The first goal is to discuss transvestism or cross-dressing, the history of diagnosis and traditional treatment, cross-dresser’s fears, and counseling with nonconventional people. The second goal is to prepare counselor educators, counselors, and counseling supervisors by encouraging consideration for the cross-dressing client and encouraging discussions around a cross-dressing client’s fear pertaining to gender identity and gender expression and to improve the therapeutic practices with nontraditional gender identities and nontraditional gender expressions.
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