Package Description

This workshop meets the MD Licensing Requirement for Cultural Diversity

Ray Stirba Moneypenny, LCSW-C and Jessica R. Rothstein, Psy.D.

 Workshop Instructional Level: Intermediate

It is highly recommended that prior to taking this workshop, participants have read the following:

• The World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care Version 7 
• Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children Family Acceptance Project aka the Family Acceptance Project (San Francisco State University) 

When a youth undergoes a gender transition the family goes through transition as well. Working with these families requires patience, timing, and empathy. Frequent assessment of the youth and family’s functioning is needed to: proactively manage crises, celebrate successes, and help keep families together. Case examples and discussion-based learning will be used. After completing this course, clinicians will be better equipped to navigate challenging family dynamics that might hinder a youth from receiving medically necessary treatment. In addition, the presenters will discuss aspects of their own identity and the influence of these factors on the work. Guided examples will be provided to encourage participants in doing this necessary reflection.

 At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to 

• When working with parents, learn how to foster an awareness of cisgender privilege in order to develop empathy for their youth's experiences. 
• When working with youth, help them be vulnerable with their family about their experiences of gender ("coming in") 
• Examine countertransference, internalize transphobia and a clinician's own gender identity which might influence effectiveness. 

3 CE credits  $80/MPA Members, $130/Non-members

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