This workshop on working with transgender clients includes guest speakers from the transgender community, as well as film presentations. If you want to learn about how to best understand and support your transgender clients, this is a great way to do it. This class has useful information for anyone who works in a mental health or social services capacity.
You will learn a vocabulary of transgender terms, and basic information about the effects of hormones. We will discuss issues that may come up in therapy, and the intersection between sex, gender and sexual orientation. In addition, we will talk about youth and intersex issues, as well as case vignettes. I will also review the established guidelines for obtaining hormones or surgery (the Standards of Care). You will receive a resource list of some of the main local transgender organizations, as well as a bibliography.
Previous participants said they found it easy to ask questions and interact with each other in the comfortable, informal atmosphere, and called the workshop organized, informative, very clear and helpful.
If you already have a significant background with transgender issues, and are looking for further training, check out the Advanced Transgender Workshop or the Advanced Transgender Study Group. If you register for any two transgender trainings, you can deduct $5 from the second seminar.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Valerie Igl, MFT, ran a Transgender Support Group in her private practice for over 2 years, and has been giving this training since 2003. She has been working in the mental health field since 1979, and with transgender clients since 1991. In her full-time private practice, up to 40% of her clients are transgender or intersex adults or teens, ranging in age from 12 to 65 years old.
CEUs
This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
TIME & PLACE This seminar includes a working lunch hour, so bring a sack lunch (a microwave and small refrigerator are available). The seminar is held in the El Cerrito office, a comfortable cottage in a tranquil garden setting near all transportation. See the complete CEU Seminar Calendar for upcoming dates. Custom seminar dates can be arranged for a minimum 3 people. Individual training sessions, CEU's included, are available as well.
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
QUESTIONS?
Contact Valerie Igl, MFT, at 510-527-5662, ext. 3, or VALIGL@earthlink.net.
