Gender Dysphoria Program of Central Ohio Merâl G. Crane, M.A. L.P.C.C. P.O. Box 82008 Columbus, OH 43202 Ph: (614) 451-0111 Email: crane@genderprogram.com Web Site: www.genderprogram.com The Gender Dysphoria Program of Central Ohio was established in 1979, following ad hoc efforts to meet the needs of gender variant people in central Ohio and surrounding regions dating to 1975. The GDPCO serves the needs of individuals who wish to transition gender roles with or without hormones, and with or without sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). The GDPCO is dedicated to a non-dogmatic approach. It respects the individual's special circumstances and treats each person's condition as unique, while at the same time adhering to the treatment guidelines set by the International Standards of Care (SOC). Conforming to the SOC makes it easier for GDPCO members to access other programs and specialists whose expertise may be needed to help with the transition process. Merâl Crane, M.A., L.P.C.C., clinical director of the Gender Dysphoria Program of Central Ohio, is a licensed clinical counselor, certified sex therapist, marriage and family therapist, and marriage enrichment facilitator in private practice. She directed the Human Sexuality Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, from 1973 to 1975; was a therapist at the Ohio State University Mental Health Clinic from 1975 to 1988. In addition to directing the GDPCO, she has since 1978 been a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is also a consultant for sexual/marital therapy cases at the Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, and is a frequent speaker, facilitator, and consultant in continuing education programs. She has served terms as president of the Central Ohio Psychological Association and the Ohio chapter of the American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. Meral Crane has done postgraduate work at the Masters and Johnson Institute; the American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists; the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research; the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; the American Family Therapy Academy. She regularly participates in gender-dysphoria-related continuing education programs.