What all we can help with?

  • Support and guidance in exploring and understanding gender identity

  • Planning out the Transition

  • Helping clients find appropriate healthcare providers (especially related to Hormone Replacement Therapy HRT), registered social workers/therapists, and legal experts

  • Assistance in navigating the process of social, medical, or legal transition

  • Providing resources to help with voice training

  • Coping with discrimination, stigma, and marginalization

  • Addressing related mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

  • Helping with relationships, family dynamics, and social support

  • Addressing any other issues that may arise as a result of their gender identity, such as workplace discrimination and harassment.

  • Supportive counseling around physical changes and body image concerns.

When you just need someone to talk/vent to we at TAI are here for you

We provide 1-1 counseling through various formats and can be conducted over the app of your choice. This could include among others:

  • Zoom video and voice calls

  • Messaging on apps like Reddit, Instagram, Discord, etc

  • Exchanging emails

  • For residents of Ottawa: In-person chats in a coffee house

It’s always nice to have someone to talk to, a second opinion, or just share your excitement or sorrows with.

1-1 Counselling for Trans/Gender-questioning people

Need transition advice or help accessing a service?

Help for Parents of Trans People

Transition is a hard time for any trans person, but that burden is considerably lessened when the parents and family are supportive and accepting.

However, the transition can be just as hard for parents at times. We welcome parents of trans people to contact us if you need any kind of help or advice regarding your child’s new identity and coming to terms with it all.

We’ll get you in touch with experts and other parents who’ve dealt with similar struggles as you whose insights might prove useful.

Be a stakeholder in your child’s happiness and future. This is who they are.

“All children deserve to be happy, especially trans children”
— TAI