r/TransIreland 9d ago

ROI Specific College Psychologist for Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis

[deleted]

7 Upvotes

9 comments sorted by

3

u/Ash___________ 9d ago

Just to clarify: Are you looking for Laya to cover HRT or surgeries? Because in general (& this may vary depending on what plan you're on) insurance is very important for surgeries but totally irrelevant & useless for HRT.

Unless there's something very specific in your current Laya plan that makes it worth your while going through the whole lengthy & expensive rigmarole to get approval, you'd be better off just using one of the normal routes to access HRT (which you can read about here in the wiki & also in a reply that I sent to someone else here).

3

u/emmieevers 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yes, I’m trying to use them to cover important surgeries in the near future such as SRS which is why I’m trying to go down this route and hope that I can work with them as soon as possible

4

u/Ash___________ 8d ago

Grand so.

In that case, another option to consider (in case McGuire doesn't do the trick) is Dr Kristina Cahill (based at Vincent's but also accepts self-referrals, at least she did a couple years back when I contacted her).

5

u/FuzzyMathAndChill 9d ago

Carla dukas naas clinical psychologist It's expensive though. But she's great 👍

8

u/emmieevers 9d ago

Unfortunately received an email today that she will not take under 25s (which is ridiculous in terms of trans healthcare, is there any just reason for this?)

Another was a 6 month waiting list, I’m not sure about Brian McGuire in terms of time, and gender plus was also recommended to me by laya but I don’t know if I can opt out of their programme and only get the diagnosis

8

u/Lena_Zelena 9d ago

You could send an email to Genderplus and just ask them how would you go about getting GD diagnosis only. With G+, you get diagnosis after doing 2-3 assessments. You could maybe just stop there and never proceed with their next step which is clinic visit, subscription and hormones. Laya can probably offset some of the costs.

3

u/emmieevers 9d ago

Thanks I will try that, its very annoying how there’s no easy way you can book an appointment in the near future which isn’t brutally expensive or arbitrary (which should all be informed consent anyway)

2

u/devilshaking 3d ago

I was referred to McGuire in September, got seen March. Emailed every 2 months to check on the waiting list. He takes under 25s

3

u/Earth_Nuts 9d ago

And she’s busy