Taking Gender-Affirming Care Beyond Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

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The target audience for this presentation is clinicians who have a desire to support the gender expansive community through gender affirming psychotherapy. The presentation will be introductory to intermediate in scope, and will be appropriate for those who already work in some way(s) with gender expansive clients but do not specialize in that work, as well as for those who have some introductory knowledge of the population but have not yet felt competent to do this work.

Treatment of gender expansive clients has become a hot button issue in the past several years. Clinicians are asked to be gatekeepers for identity-affirming and often life-saving medical procedures, and many therapists are, understandably nervous about offering care to this population. But work with trans, nonbinary, and other gender expansive clients can be so rewarding and so meaningful – both for the client and the clinician alike. In addition to addressing gender dysphoria, work with this population should involve celebrations of gender euphoria and the freedom that comes with living authentically in our truth. In this session, we will cover the basics of gender-affirming care from a celebratory and gender-alignment lens.

1. Describe 4 barriers to treatment for gender expansive clients

2. Identify 3 ways that clinicians can provide celebratory and affirming experiences for clients BEFORE the intake appointment

3. Name the possible elements of social, physical, medical, and internal transitions in which clients may choose to engage

Rachel W. Friendly, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in CA, MA, VA, and Washington DC. She received her Ph.D. from Clark University and spent the next decade and a half working in university counseling centers, where she served in both staff psychologist and training director roles all over the East and West coasts of the US. She is currently building a private practice based out of Fairfax, VA, specializing in women’s issues, college and graduate student mental health, and supporting the queer and gender expansive communities.

Please contact our CE Coordinator, Keri Linas at [email protected]

Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Continuing Education. A certificate for Category 1 credits will be awarded at the completion of each workshop.

Alvord Baker & Associates, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0213.

If Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC decides to cancel the class, all registrants will receive a full refund. Through Monday, November 11, 2024, registrants of the workshop who need to cancel for any reason will receive a refund of 90% of their registration fee. Cancellation requests must be received no later than Monday, November 11, 2024 either by phone 301-593-6554 x40 or by email:[email protected] . Be sure to include your name, address and contact information as provided in your registration information. No refunds will be issued for any reason after Monday, November 11, 2024

Have questions about this seminar? Contact Keri Linas at [email protected] or 301-593-6554 x58 .

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