Frequently Asked Questions

It is important to us to be clear about costs. We do not charge for emails or letters, although often the final report could be used for the purposes you may have for a letter.

The report is included in the full price stated on this website.

No. Never. Conversion therapy is abusive, ineffective, and unscientific. There is no dignity in conversion therapy and no conversion therapy in Dignity Gender Assessment Services.

Not “exploratory work” to mean “exploratory therapy”/conversion therapy, but further exploratory assessment work, in which a young person might need to further explore their gender identity.

It does happen that sometimes a young person is in an assessment and they come to realise that their relationship with their body, or their gender is more complex than they once thought, or for other reasons they need more time discussing things than six sessions, which can be for a wide range of reasons, but not ever because we turned into conversion therapists overnight.

Regarding therapy, which is different to assessment, within psychology, there are different types of therapeutic modalities, with different goals and ways of working. For a very long time, one of those categories has been exploratory therapies. It is useful to know that these predate the use of the term by some people to mean conversion therapy. In fact, exploratory therapies, depending on the modality, often centre and honour the experience of the person. It is important to be clear with any therapist about therapeutic aims and about, if they are offering therapy that is exploratory, what exactly that means.

We do not do any form of conversion therapy, and we will never do it. Your gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, and other aspects of your personhood are not things we wish to change about you. We do not wish to “convert” anyone in any direction.

DIGNITY does not offer endocrinology services, directly.

On 3rd June 2024, the government introduced temporary regulations to restrict the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing medication, for people under 18 in England, Wales and Scotland, only for those who would be using them to suppress pubertal development, in relation to gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.

The temporary ban was renewed on 27th August 2024. The ban applies to prescribers in the UK, European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.

Private clinical psychology is quite expensive, especially when you’re seeking specialist work. We have priced our assessment work at around £150/hour, and included writing reports and the extra work that is often needed for work with young people and families in that price.

If you’re seeking therapy rather than assessment with us, get in touch and we can discuss fees.

No, and if you do want to do one and don’t know where to start we will help you if you like. Some people want to keep their given name, some want to think about that or use the space with us to think about name as they think about their own identity.

If you do have a name change by official deed, it would be good to find a copy of it as it’s a part of your personal history and useful within the assessment.

No.

Yes.

Yes.