Counseling Members of the Transgender and Gender-Expansive Community: Providing Culturally Responsive Care

Presented By Cortny Stark, PhD
Cortny Stark, PhD

4 Hours | 4 CEs

This on-demand professional training program on Counseling Members of the Transgender and Gender-Expansive Community: Providing Culturally Responsive Care is presented by Cortny Stark, PhD.

Counseling members of the transgender and gender-expansive community requires a foundation of knowledge about the special issues faced by this population and a “lifelong process of engagement” (Wilkinson, 2014, p. 68) in the evaluation of self and social norms. This program provides clinicians with an overview of the most recent developments in the field and the information necessary for proficient practice with the gender-expansive community.

Topics covered include:

  • Gender-affirming practices: From forms and assessments to honoring gender-expansive identities in the therapeutic space
  • Identification of transgender and gender-expansive identities in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
  • Assessment of Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender-identity development for transgender and gender-expansive individuals
  • Understanding social and medical gender-confirming interventions
  • Ethical considerations when working with transgender and gender-expansive clients
  • Counselors use of Reflective Practice (Larrieu and Dickson, 2009) and Cultural Humility (Tervalon and Murray-Garcia, 1998) to cultivate lifelong self-evaluation and evolving self-awareness

Intended Audience

This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals

Experience Level

This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.

CE / CPD Credit

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program you will be able to:

Describe gender-affirming practices, from forms and assessments to honoring gender-expansive identities in the therapeutic space

Describe Diagnostics and Statistics Manual-V (DSM-V) identification of transgender and gender-expansive identities in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood

Describe how to assess/conceptualize Gender Dysphoria using both the diagnostic and informed consent models

Describe how to conceptualize gender-identity development for transgender and gender-expansive individuals

Describe 3-5 social and medical gender-confirming interventions

Describe ethical considerations when working with transgender and gender-expansive clients

Describe Reflective Practice (Larrieu and Dickson, 2009) and Cultural Humility (Tervalon and Murray-Garcia, 1998) to cultivate lifelong self-evaluation and evolving self-awareness

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Presented By

Cortny Stark, PhD

Cortny Stark Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) Department of Counseling and Human Services and Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellow. Dr. Stark is the coordinator for the substance use and recovery counseling undergraduate and grad...

Curriculum

1. Introduction

2. Getting Started

3. Experience with Gender

4. Experience with Gender - Discussion

5. Key Concepts

6. Gender Identity Development

7. Gender Dysphoria

8. Gender Affirming Practice - Part 1

9. Gender-Affirming Practice

10. Gender-Affirming Practice - Discussion

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