The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 2/4/26

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger is a clinical social worker who may be little known to many of us, but with this interview, she earns a place of leadership in the health freedom movement for her work. She opposes the highly abusive transgender ideology, which takes advantage of confused young people, alienating them from traditional values and their families, and subjecting them to life-changing drugs and mutilating surgeries. She has the ultimate medal of honor in our group for having lost her job over refusing to take or to promote the COVID vaccines in 2021. She is an extraordinarily positive warrior who thrives on doing what is right and serves as a role model for all of us. We have a fascinating conversation about how we both have moved toward emphasizing the family in our clinical practices of psychotherapy, as well as promoting spiritual values that strengthen individuals and families in dealing with this too often cruel world. You will find Pamela highly informative and very encouraging in her attitude toward professional work and in her solid attitudes on how to improve the mental health field. She is a very good writer and author of three books:

• A Practical Response to Gender Distress: Tips and Tools for Families- 2024
• Parents’ Guide to Mental Health
• Froggy Girl. In her children’s book, Froggy Girl, a young girl struggles with frustration because she thinks she’s a frog, and everyone around her supports this self-destructive fallacy until she meets a wise old turtle who helps her appreciate herself as a wonderful little girl.

Amazon describes A Practical Response to Gender Distress as follows: Transgender issues have become ubiquitous in schools, entertainment, medicine, etc., and many do not know how to approach this sensitive issue. Because of the dominance of a one-sided approach, parents are ill-equipped to discuss this topic with their children or to advocate effectively for their well-being. In this book, you will learn:

• The dark side of puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery clinics don’t want you to hear.
• How the internet has tremendous influence on young people.
• Why a child could choose to be transgender.
• How therapists are trained to emotionally blackmail parents.

Practical tips:

• How to talk to a teen who suddenly believes they are transgender.
• How to help your child say no to the pronoun game.
• How to find a therapist who will work with your child as a whole person.

This book is written with knowledge and compassion by a California-state licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience. Pamela Garfield-Jaeger’s work can be found on a Substack column under the name Pamthetruthfultherapist. Her X account is @truththerapist. Pamela’s Instagram account is @the.truthfultherapist, and her website is www.thetruthfultherapist.org.