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TRANScending Love

A psychotherapy group

for partners of transgender people

Facilitated by Melissa Jean Dellens, MA, LMFT, TRM-1

NEW TIME: Monday Nights 4:00pm – 5:15pm PM PST

Virtual via Simple Practice Video

Minimum 3-month commitment

Starting October 2, 2025 (depending on enrollment)

Fee: $50 per session

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Loving a transgender person means loving more than just them. It means navigating a world that doesn’t always understand or support who they are and stepping into that space with them. If you’re not transgender, you may find yourself fielding questions from others that they would never ask your partner. You may carry knowledge of your partner’s dysphoria that stirs up your own worries and fears. You might be called to advocate in healthcare settings or stand up in moments of discrimination. In the process, loving a transgender person can bring you face-to-face with your own relationship to gender—and all the vulnerability that comes with it. 

This process group offers a safe, confidential, and affirming space for partners, spouses, and significant others of transgender people to connect, share, and find support.

Why Join This Group? 

Being a supportive partner to a transgender person is an incredible act of love and commitment, but it can also be isolating. This group is here to support you with:  

  • Community & Connection: Our group fosters belonging and acceptance, creating inner security and self-reflectivity of each member
  • Interpersonal Development: Our group helps you build stronger communication and intimacy skills. You’ll learn to listen to others and be truly heard, in an effort to improve your relationships with others.
  • Emotional Development: Our group works to slow down emotions together, so you can gain confidence in identifying feelings and work with them in real-time.   
  • Identity Development: Our group creates space to explore your relationship with gender, separate from your partner(s) and consider what gender euphoria looks like for you.  

 

What we need from you:  

To provide a supportive group experience, the following requirements must be met to join the group. You must be:  

  • Be a romantic or sexual partner of a transgender or nonbinary person 
  • Living in the state California and over 18 years old 
  • Make a weekly commitment for at least 12 weeks from the beginning of the group 
  • Have a strong internet connection in a confidential space 
  • Commit to the confidentiality and privacy of other group members. 

 

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Your Group Therapist 

Melissa Dellens, MA, LMFT (she/they) helps people reconnect with their ability to work, love, and play with more ease. She believes this work builds strong, lasting relationships. Melissa has created community spaces throughout her career. She graduated from Antioch University Los Angeles with a specialty in Applied Community Psychology. 

Before becoming a therapist, Melissa worked in community non-profits building circles of support for Autistic and disabled people, with a goal of nurturing more inclusion in her clients’ families and communities. Melissa is also a wife to a transgender man and has included group therapies in her personal inner work. 

Melissa taught Group Treatment Methods at Antioch University as adjunct faculty. This group will bring partners of transgender people together to offers support during difficult time in our communities and explore the heartache and joy of loving a transgender person.  

 

Our process group meets weekly on Mondays from 4pm-5:15pm PST. Sessions are held online via Doxy to accommodate members throughout the state of California. 

To ensure a good fit and maintain group cohesion, Melissa asks for a 12 week commitment, and requires a brief initial consultation. This is also an opportunity for you to ask questions and for Melissa to understand your needs too.