Randi Ettner

Randi Joy Cahan Ettner (born 1952) is an American clinical and forensic psychologist. She is a specialist in her clinical practice in the use of energy psychology.[1]

Life and career

A native of Lincolnwood, Illinois, Ettner completed her undergraduate degree at Indiana University, where she earned the Outstanding Psychology Student Award and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She then earned her M.A. from Roosevelt University.[2] She began working with transgender people in 1977 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Ph.D. in psychology at Northwestern University, writing her dissertation on childbirth.[3] Ettner had additional training at Moray House School of Education in Scotland.

Ettner is founder of New Health Foundation Worldwide, which serves people with trans gender problems, and works with her husband, physician Frederic M. Ettner. A large part of her clinical practice portion is work with the "emotional freedom technique", or energy psychology, used to "rid her patients of limiting beliefs; clear individuals of fears, traumas or worries; eliminate physical pain; and even enhance the on-field performance of athletes."[1] She referred transgender patients to surgeon Eugene Schrang until his retirement.[4] Ettner is a member of the American Psychological Association and served on the Board of Directors of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health from 2001 to 2005.

She has helped pass anti-discrimination laws, provided testimony on behalf of trans people seeking workplace rights, and testified in favor of hormone treatment for prisoners.[5] Her criticism of psychologist J. Michael Bailey and his 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen was reported in the Chicago Reader.[6] Bailey has stated his book was initially motivated by what he saw as "gross inaccuracies in Ettner's account of transsexualism."[7] Ettner works to improve understanding of trans issues by supporting the first center to provide resources for transgender people.[8][9] and has spoken out against attitudes used to justify violence against trans people.[10]

Selected publications

According to ISI, the citation tracking service, she has an h-index of 0,[11] and according to google scholar, she has an h-index of 4.

  • Cahan RJ (1976). A Psychology Internship: Cook County Hospital. Roosevelt University
  • Ettner R (1979). Childbirth at Home: A Preliminary Attempt to Predict Dysfunctional Labor. Northwestern University
  • Ettner R (1996). Confessions of a Gender Defender: A Psychologist's Reflections on Life Among the Transgendered. Chicago Spectrum Press, ISBN 978-1-886094-51-2
  • Ettner R (1999). Gender Loving Care: A Guide to Counseling Gender-variant Clients. W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0-393-70304-7, W W Norton page
  • Ettner R (2002). Book Review: Sex, Gender & Sexuality: 21st Century Transformations. By Tracie O'Keefe. Archives of Sexual Behavior Volume 31, Number 2 / April, 2002.
  • Ettner R, Harima K, King D, Landen M, Nodin Ñ, VP (2003). Transgender and Transsexuality. In Ember CR, Ember M (eds.). Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures. Springer, ISBN 978-0-306-47770-6
  • White T, Ettner R (2004). Disclosure, Risks and Protective Factors for Children Whose Parents Are Undergoing a Gender. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 8 (1/2), 129-145.
  • White T, Ettner R (2004). Disclosure, risks, and protective factors for children whose parents are undergoing a gender transition. In Leli U, Drescher J (eds.) Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician's Guide. Haworth Press ISBN 978-0-7890-2576-0
  • Ettner R, White T, Brown GR, Shah BJ (2006). Client Aggression Towards Therapists: Is It More or Less Likely with Transgendered Clients? International Journal of Transgenderism, 2006, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1–7.
  • White T, Ettner R (2007). Adaptation and adjustment in children of transsexual parents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 215–221.
  • Ettner R, Monstrey S, Eyler AE (2007). Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery. Haworth Press, ISBN 978-0-7890-3268-3

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Randi's Practice". Randieettner.com. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Staff report (August 28, 1977). Randi Joy Cahan is engaged to Dr. Frederic Mark Ettner. New York Times
  3. ↑ Lieberman AB (1992). Easing Labor Pain. Harvard Common Press, ISBN 978-1-55832-043-7 p. 170
  4. ↑ Marilynn Marchione (August 14, 1995). Small Neenah hospital a leader in sex changes. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  5. ↑ John Diedrich (Oct 23, 2007). "Experts testify in case for hormones in prison". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  6. ↑ Rodkin, Dennis (2003). "Sex and Transsexuals". Chicago Reader
  7. ↑ Dreger AD (June 2008). "The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age" (PDF). Arch Sex Behav 37 (3): 366–421. doi:10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1. PMC 3170124. PMID 18431641.
  8. ↑ Deardorff, Julie (March 22, 2001). "Gender conflicts are given a clear place of study". Chicago Tribune
  9. ↑ Northam, Jackie Morning Edition (April 3, 2001). "Profile: Center opens in Chicago to help promote understanding of transsexual issues". National Public Radio
  10. ↑ Bagby, Dyana (February 10, 2006).Fighting, preventing "trans panic." Washington Blade
  11. ↑ http://www.isiknowledge.com

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