Individual Direct Support and Coaching

You’re not
alone!

If you’re the parent or family member of a transgender child or young adult and you’re ready to:

  • Know you’re not alone

  • Move through your grief and get to the joy

  • Find more peace in your journey

  • Become more confident in supporting your trans kiddo

  • Do the work and challenge yourself

then Direct Support might be for you.

As the parent of two transgender young adults, I’ve learned so much from my own parenting journey, and I want to share that with you.

For years, I’ve been a listening ear, sounding board, and shoulder to cry on for other parents of trans kids all over the country and around the world, offering humble suggestions and advice with warmth, understanding, and shared resources.

You get the benefit of my huge network of parents, transgender adults, and other subject matter experts; if I can’t answer a question, I’m sure to know someone who can!

What to expect when we work together:

  • Reassurance from someone who’s been there

  • Validation for those complicated feelings

  • Safe space to ask questions

  • Easy-to-understand, patient explanations

  • Encouragement and advice

  • Generous examples from my own experience

  • Curated resources

  • Solutions and action plans we craft together

  • “Homework” specific to your situation

 What you won’t find in our sessions:

  • Denying, preventing, or changing your child’s gender identity or sexual orientation

  • Reparation/conversion therapy 

“Finding Parents of Trans Youth was like being ideally matched up to a peer buddy, a mentor, that helped me navigate my child’s transition. Mandy is resourceful, listens well, has empathy, and being herself a mother of LGBTQ+ kids, gets it. I wanted a peer . . . someone that has gone through this experience themselves. And that’s exactly what I got. I’m grateful for Parents of Trans Youth.”

L. M., Texas (Direct Support Client)

“Pick my brain” call (single session)

  • Perfect for specific questions or concerns

  • One-hour Zoom call with me, recorded for you to keep

  • Comprehensive resource list

  • Cost = $125*

Three-session direct support package

  • Perfect for a deeper dive into support

  • Three one-hour Zoom calls with me, recorded for you to keep

  • Comprehensive resource list

  • Unlimited email support while we work together

  • Cost = $350* (a $500 value!!)

I strongly recommend taking my Parents of Trans Youth 101 online course as a companion resource to the three-session package.

* We never want finances to be an obstacle to receiving support. If cost is an issue, please reach out.

Schedule a free 20-minute connection call with Mandy to learn more!

Parents of Trans Youth provides peer-to-peer support and is not a substitute for crisis intervention services, mental health advice or services, medical advice or services, legal advice or services, or any other professions' advice or services.