Gender Assessments

Dr Charlotte Whiteley (she/her) has worked at the London Adult Gender Identity Clinic (also known as charing x). She also continues to work part-time in a pilot NHS gender service. Additionally, Charlotte has worked with trans and non-binary clients in her practice for eight years, offering 1:1, couples, relationship and family therapy. Charlotte offers a compassionate, affirmative, social justice stance to her assessments. She works within the WPATH guidelines and works alongside gender specialist colleagues to whom she makes appropriate referrals to.

Charlotte also teaches on the Counselling Psychology Doctorate in the area of gender, sexuality and queer theory. She also supervises doctoral trainees in the areas of gender and sexual diversity.

See below for further information and FAQs.

What can I expect?

Once you have contacted us to arrange an appointment, we will send you a form to complete and further information about the appointment. You will need to complete the form prior to your appointment with us. But please do let us know if you have any difficulties completing the form.

Our assessments take place online (zoom) but can also be arranged to take place in East Sussex, Lewes or in North or Central London (see our addresses).

You can be assured that we offer a safe, kind and compassionate space for our assessments. In no way do we consider ourselves to be the experts of you, but we are here to listen to your lived experience and to offer you whatever support we can for you to be able to progress with your desired goals and wishes. We are very aware of the historical and current political climate for trans and non-binary people and we try hard not to re-create harmful, oppressive and pathologizing narratives. We welcome feedback and will send a post appointment form for you to complete, whereby you can provide us with this.

Types of questions we will be asking you:

The gender assessments are broad and in depth. We are guided by the WPATH guidelines on this and by our experience and expertise working in the NHS. The assessments cover the areas of:

Gender Goals
Gender Journey
Social and emotional wellbeing and mental health
Physical health
Next steps and referrals

The reason we ask these questions is not because we want to gate keep care, but because we want to offer you the best and most appropriate care for you. We will always let you know at the beginning of the appointments that some of the questions we ask may feel incredibly personal and that you can always tell us if you do not want to answer something, or you want to pause or take a break!

Other Gender assessment FAQs

How long will it take to receive my report?

You will likely be receiving your assessment letter within 2-3 weeks of your appointment, if not, before then.

How long is your waiting time?

We can usually offer an appointment within a few weeks, rather than months.

If I receive a diagnosis of gender incongruence/ dysphoria, what will happen next?

We will agree on what the next steps will be together. If you would like to be referred to a hormone specialist nurse or endocrinologist, we can discuss together who you would want to see and we can make the appropriate referral.

How old do I have to be to have an assessment?

We see people who are 18+ for gender assessments.

How do I arrange payment?

You can pay following on from booking an appointment with us. We will send an invoice. If you are paying through your insurance company, or another funding source, you will need to provide this information on the form that we send to you prior to your appointment.

If you have any further questions, please do contact us.