Mental Health & Support

We operate. We also take support seriously.

Chrisalys is a surgical practice. We are not your full mental-health home. We do expect patients to have somewhere to take fear, grief, and the strange quiet after a date you waited years for. That can be a therapist who already knows you, a community group, a partner, or a combination.

If your plan requires letters, we will not treat the letter-writer as a vending machine. See WPATH letters. If you need a therapist and do not have one, we can share referral names that have worked for our patients. Availability changes; we will not pretend a list on a website is always current.

Crisis: if you may harm yourself, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or 911. The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org) supports LGBTQ young people. Trans Lifeline (https://translifeline.org) is a peer support line. These are not Chrisalys services; they are listed because people land on this page in a hard hour.

What to expect

What to expect.

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If you already have a clinician

Keep them. Send us records with your consent. Surgery is easier when someone already knows your history.

02

If you need a name

Ask your coordinator. We update referrals in the office more often than on this page.

03

If you are in crisis

988 or 911. Do not use the website consult form as a crisis line.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to be in therapy to have surgery?

Many insurers still require documentation. Independently, having support is wise. We will not shame you either way; we will tell you what the plan and the operation require.

Can Chrisalys provide my letter?

Letters typically come from qualified mental-health professionals, not from the operating surgeon. See /insurance/wpath-letters.

Do you offer support groups on site?

Not as a standing public group. Ask us what is running. We will not invent a circle that does not exist.