Celebrating Gender Expansiveness: Taking Gender-Affirming Care Beyond Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

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 auth...Read moreentically in our truth. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of gender-affirming care from a celebratory and gender-alignment lens. Less...

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Learning Objectives

  • Describe several barriers to treatment for gender expansive clients.
  • Name the possible elements of social, physical, medical, and internal transitions in which clients may choose to engage.
  • Identify 3 ways that clinicians can provide celebratory and affirming experiences for clients BEFORE the intake appointment.
  • Identify 4 potential pitfalls to avoid in working with gender expansive clients.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Learning Levels

  • All levels

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Live Interactive Webinar

01:30 PM EST - 02:30 PM EST

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EARN 1 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Rachel W. Friendly, PhD

Rachel W. Friendly, PhD

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.

Agenda

1:35-2:20 pm: Presentation
  • Trans 101 (Briefly!)
  • Possible Elements of Gender Transition
  • Barriers to Treatment
  • What We Can Do, and Some of What Not to Do
2:20-2:25 pm: Q&A
2:25-2:30 pm: Closing remarks and CE info

CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour

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