TY - JOUR T1 - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Emphasis on Spiritual Therapy in Treatment of Transsexualism: A Case Study TT - درمان شناختی- رفتاری اختلال تبدل‌خواهی جنسی با تأکید بر درمان معنوی: بررسی موردی JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 9 IS - 3 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-170-en.html Y1 - 2004 SP - 12 EP - 21 KW - transsexualism KW - gender identity disorder KW - cognitive-behavioral therapy KW - spiritual therapy KW - case study N2 -  AbstractObjectives: This project was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy with emphasis on spiritualism in treatment of a 20 year old university student diagnosed with transsexual disorder. Method:In 30 treatment sessions, once a week, methods and techniques of self-reassessment, prob- lem solving, positive attitude (individual and family), and spiritual-moral therapy was utilized. Findings:The patient’s inclination for same sex preference was reduced the level of his participa- tion in same sex activities was increased and he refrained from pursuing the sex change  surgical operation. Results:The pre-test, post-test, and a follow up assessment indicated the effectiveness of this method in treatment of transexualism. transsexualism, gender identity disorder, cognitive-behavioral therapy,spiritual therapy, case study M3 ER -