Behind the Therapy Sessions

As part of her ongoing treatment, “Brenda” was often required to visit Dr. Money’s clinic for monitoring and therapy. As published by John Colapinto in a biography of Reimer, these sessions included childhood intimate rehearsal play. This behavior is difficult to validate as therapy, and it was a traumatic experience for the twins.

Both David and Brian found it hard to attend these therapy sessions regularly. They recalled how friendly Dr. Money was around their parents but ill-tempered when he was alone with them. When they resisted engaging in his sinister behaviors, he got very aggressive and even threatened to beat them up.