Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture, 2nd ed. (Christian Association for Psychological Studies | CAPS)

by Mark A. Yarhouse

Publisher:

IVP USA

, 2025

Overview

Genuine Compassion, Expert Understanding—Explore the New Edition of Understanding Gender Dysphoria

Few topics spark more debate today than gender identity, fueling intense discussions across social, political, and cultural spheres. Complex issues like gender dysphoria are often oversimplified into slogans and sound bites, overlooking the lived experiences of those affected and making understanding even more difficult in an increasingly divided discourse.

Mark Yarhouse, an expert in sexual identity and therapy, challenges the church to rise above the political hostilities and listen to people’s stories. In Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Yarhouse combines Biblical principles and scholarly research to offer a Christian perspective on transgender issues that eschews simplistic answers and appreciates both psychological and theological complexity. The result is a book that engages the latest research while remaining pastorally sensitive to the experiences of each person.

In this updated edition, you’ll find

updated sources and references,

language that reflects the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), and

new content on more recent trends, including rising numbers of young people identifying as transgender and non-binary.

If you are a pastor, counselor, or someone simply seeking to better understand individuals navigating questions of gender identity, now is the time to act with compassion and courage. Understanding Gender Dysphoria is an essential guide for those who wish to approach this topic with empathy and informed insight. Order your copy today and answer the call to come alongside those on the margins as they resolve their questions and concerns about gender identity.

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Key Features

• Challenges the church to rise above the political hostilities and listen to people’s stories.
• Combines Biblical principles and scholarly research to offer a Christian perspective on transgender issues.
• Approaches this topic with empathy and informed insight.

Product Details

• Title: Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture, 2nd ed. (Christian Association for Psychological Studies | CAPS)
• Author: Mark A. Yarhouse
• Series: Christian Association for Psychological Studies
• Publisher: IVP USA
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781514013519, 1514013517
• Resource ID: LLS:NDRSTNDNG2STCPS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-28T13:10:57Z

About Mark A. Yarhouse

Mark A. Yarhouse, (PsyD, Wheaton College) is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech professor of psychology at Wheaton College, where he directs the Sexual and Gender Identity Institute and serves as a core faculty member in the doctoral program in clinical psychology. His books include Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Modern Psychopathologies, and Family Therapies.