Gender Affirming Surgery Support
Gender affirming surgeries can be transformative and life saving, while also being vulnerable and often challenging experiences. I offer T4T care to help support your mental and emotional well being, while also addressing your physical healing.
““I WORKED WITH FINN PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING A GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE GIFT. MY CONSULTATIONS WITH FINN HAVE HELPED ME NOURISH MY MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN INTERRELATED WAYS THAT HONOR MY SPECIFIC NEEDS AND DESIRES AROUND GENDER TRANSITION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FINN NEVER MAKES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MY TRANSITION EXPERIENCE AND APPROACHES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF CURIOSITY, LOVE AND COMPASSION.”
OFFERINGS:
75 min consult a month prior to your surgery. We will discuss your health history and your concerns and desires around surgery. We will also talk through possible rituals or embodied practices to bring more ease and agency to the process.
Handouts/resources about what to expect and how best to prepare for surgery and recovery
Follow up suggestions for how to care for yourself through the process with foods and supplements
Follow up suggestions for herbs for pre and post-operative care or an herbal care package created for you in the form of teas, tinctures and salves.
Follow up consult are also available a few weeks after your surgery to hear about your surgery experience and make additional suggestions depending on what your current physical and emotional needs are.
RATES: 75 minute sessions are offered an a sliding scale of $80-$125 and this includes protocols, suggestions and handouts. (You can choose to book both a pre and post surgery session or just a pre-surgery session.) If you would like herbal formulas, they are $10 an oz and a full care package usually costs around $100 depending on the surgery and your needs.
“I SOUGHT OUT FINN FOR A PRE- TOP SURGERY CONSULT, AFTER YEARS OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH STEADFAST’S FRESH HERBS, TEAS, AND TINCTURES. THEY HELD SPACE FOR ME IN WAYS THAT WERE SO MEANINGFUL AND TRANSFORMATIVE, DURING A TIME WHEN I WAS FEELING PARTICULARLY OVERWHELMED AND ALIENATED BY THE MEDICAL SYSTEMS I WAS INTERFACING WITH. I FELT DEEPLY WITNESSED, ATTUNED TO, AND CARED FOR WHILE WORKING WITH THEM— AND THE CONTAINER THEY CREATED FOR OUR WORK TOGETHER FELT INTENTIONAL, GENTLE, AND POLITICIZED IN WAYS THAT ALLOWED ME TO SHOW UP FULLY. I LEFT OUR SESSION FEELING LIKE I COULD FIND MY WAY BACK TO MYSELF— LIKE EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT SURGERY PROCESS MIGHT ALREADY BE INSIDE ME AND AROUND ME. I AM SO TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THE HEALING SPACE THAT FINN OFFERED ME, AND FOR THE WAYS THAT THEIR PLANT MEDICINES ACCOMPANIED AND SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY HEALING PROCESS.”