# Jack Drescher
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jack drescher (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst known for his work on sexual orientation and gender identity.
== Education and affiliations ==
Drescher earned a B.A. in Biology from Brooklyn College in 1972 and a M.D. from University of Michigan Medical School in 1980. He completed an internship in psychiatry at St.
12: Gender-Affirming Care for Children and Adolescents
What you’re about to hear is a powerful and sustained disagreement with the current discourse on youth gender medicine and the more extreme voices who tend to dominate the public conversation.
Gender-affirming care, as defined by the World Health Organization, includes social, psychological, behav…
Treating Young People Navigating Gender Dysphoria, with Jack Drescher
There is a growing opposition to treating children and adolescents with the DSM-5 diagnosis of gender dysphoria or the ICD-11 diagnosis of gender incongruence.
But as psychoanalysts, we have an obligation to remove politics and ideology from the treatment room and do what’s best for the people we s…
Fan Favorite #1 - The Poet
After a frightening assault in her adolescence, Ruth Finley finally has everything she wants: a loving husband, two sons, and a safe house in the suburbs. But one summer day, her past catches up. Terrifying phone calls, deliveries at work, and poems threatening to take Ruth’s life arrive at a const…
Say Yes to Stress
For Dr. Jack Drescher, the problems caused by stress hark back to a much earlier period of human evolution, when “fight or flight” were the two basic ways to respond to a threat. The modern executive must adopt a different approach to anxiety—one that includes being willing to share these issues wi…
The Future of Gender-Affirming Care & Trans Rights
Today’s disagreement is about transgender health care for young people and the future of the trans rights movement.
Gender Affirming Care is a method of treating gender dysphoria by affirming a child’s gender identity and tailoring medical and social interventions around this identity. This might b…
S2 E8 • Understanding our Transgender Community
Today on FRIAR TIME, we’re discussing an issue that’s political, medical, and extremely personal, as it’s about people trying to find peace in who they are. I hope you’ll join me and Dr. Jack Drescher for Understanding our Transgender Community.
Across our country, legislation is being introduced…
S3 E2 • Understanding Mental Illness
Today on FRIAR TIME, Dr. Jack Drescher returns for a timely and important conversation on understanding mental illness.
More than 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental illness — so why does stigma still surround it? Why do so many people struggle in silence? And how can we, as a so…
Turban and Karasic at the APA: The Full Audio
INFORMED DISSENT — Special Edition
Monday, May 19, 2026
About This Episode
This episode contains audio recorded inside Session 1193 at the 2026 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, held Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The session was a Continuing Medical Education offering tit…
Drescher and His Traveling Road Show at the APA: The Full Audio
About This Episode
This episode contains audio recorded inside Session 1240 at the 2026 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, held Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The session was a Continuing Medical Education offering titled Transgender Psychiatrists Speak: Reflections From Tra…
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