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Digital Seminar

Gender-Affirming Mental Health Care

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If you’re confused about how to best work with trans and nonbinary clients these days, you’re not alone. In the U.S., more than one percent of adults and around two percent of teenagers openly identify as transgender, but gender-affirming mental health care is under attack, and most clinicians receive little or no training in working with this population. With 550 anti-trans bills currently in state legislatures, and 23 states with active bans against gender-affirming care, affirming therapy is desperately needed. In this workshop, you’ll explore the critical elements of gender-affirming care and the arguments for and against certain interventions.  You’ll explore: 

 

  • How gender dysphoria manifests differently in children, adolescents, and adults, and what types of young people are likely to persist in a trans identity over time 
  • The difference between those who identify as transgender and those who are nonbinary 
  • What types of mental health and medical interventions are appropriate at different ages  
  • How to parse the arguments against gender-affirming care, including Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria and detransitioners 

Here's What You'll Learn

Background of gender affirmative care 

  • Historical/cross-cultural existence of trans people  
  • U.S. efforts: from medical condition to psychiatric diagnosis to validation 
  • Development of gender affirmative care, international perspectives 

 

Commonly used terms  

 

  • Gender dysphoria across the life cycle 
  • Gender nonconformity in pre-pubertal children 
  • Adolescent gender dysphoria 
  • Adult trans/nonbinary identities 

 

Principles of gender affirmative care 

  • Theoretical perspective 
  • Psychological/social interventions 
  • Medical interventions 

 

Current controversies 

  • U.S. legislation 
  • Early childhood social transition 
  • Use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones in minors 
  • Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria – myth or reality? 
  • Detransition – prevalence and concerns 

 

Risks and Limitations  

Everything You're Getting

  • Approx 3 hrs of video content
  • Up to 2.75 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Margaret Nichols, PhD

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Margaret Nichols, PhD, is a psychologist, AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor and founder and first Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth, a psychotherapy organization in New Jersey specializing in clinical work with the sex, relationship and gender diverse community. She is the author of The Modern Clinician’s Guide to Working with LGBTQ+ Clients: The Inclusive Psychotherapist. Dr. Nichols is an international speaker and author of many articles on LGBTQ sexuality, transgender youth, kink, and consensual nonmonogamy, as well as co-director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes Transgender Mental Health certification program.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Margaret Nichols maintains a private practice. She is also the co-director of the Modern Sex Therapy Institute Certification Program in Transgender Mental Health and co-editor for Clinical Practice Guidelines for Working with People With Kink Interests. Dr. Nichols receives compensation as a speaker for various organizations and royalties as a published author. She also receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Nichols has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Margaret Nichols has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
NOS096528
Duration:
Approx 3 hrs
Copyright:
Mar 23, 2025
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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