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Holding Certainty, and the Uncertainty Beneath It.
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When certainty feels like the only safe place, how do we keep thinking together? We sit down with child and adolescent psychotherapist Kim Lee to unpack why firm conviction around gender identity can operate as a short-term defense, what it protects against, and how parents can meet that moment without panic or withdrawal. Rather than chase yes-or-no answers, we explore a reflective stance that acknowledges emotion, resists collapsing into automatic agreement, and keeps curiosity alive so a young person can feel held and still think.
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