2 FREE CEU EVENT

Trans Affirming Care and Practices

Drs. Em Matsuno, Tyler Lefevor, Jay Bettergarcia

Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals have unique lived experiences that influence what they need from therapists and what affirmative therapy looks like for them. In this presentation, we will provide an intermediate-level discussion of what affirming therapy with TNB clients may look like. We start by describing cisnormativity and frameworks for understanding minority stress and structural stigma. We move to describe specific ways therapists may create practices that affirm TNB clients. We end by describing gender identity and exploration.  

Target Audience: Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses, Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers

Objectives:

• Conclude how cisnormativity influences their worldview and may impact their clients.
• Formulate three trans affirmative clinical practices.
• Support clients’ gender exploration and transition-related goals.