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Developing a Transgender-Culturally Fluent Praxis:

An Intersectional Approach to Serving Transgender and Non-Binary Patients

Virtual
3 CE Hours
Clinical, Cultural Competency
Free

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Description

Developing a Transgender-Culturally Fluent Praxis: An Intersectional Approach to Serving Transgender and Non-Binary Patients is a comprehensive workshop designed for physical and mental health providers committed to enhancing their care practices for transgender and non-binary patients. Whether you are new to topics related to serving transgender and non-binary patients or more advanced, this workshop is structured to equip participants with the necessary tools and insights to build a culturally fluent, transgender-affirming practice. Drawing upon intersectional and anti-oppressive theoretical frameworks, the workshop will explore how transgender and non-binary patients’ clinical needs vary across identities, such as gender, race, disability, and socioeconomic status. This workshop not only emphasizes the importance of cultural fluency in healthcare but also offers a pathway for professionals to actively contribute to the well-being and equitable treatment of transgender and nonbinary individuals through gender-affirming praxis.

Target Audience
  • Counselors
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
Educational Goal

The educational goal of the workshop is to equip physical and mental health providers with the knowledge and skills to offer culturally fluent transgender-affirming care to transgender and non-binary patients.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain 2 components of cultural fluency when serving transgender patients.

  • Identify 3 requirements needed for a theoretical approach to be anti-oppressive.

  • Differentiate the needs of transgender and non-binary patients across intersectional identities.

  • Create gender-affirming treatment plans and interventions that actively contribute to the equitable treatment of transgender patients.

References

  • Abreu, R. L., Gonzalez, K. A., Mosley, D. V., Pulice-Farrow, L., Adam, A., & Duberli, F. (2020). “they feel empowered to discriminate against Las Chicas”: Latina Transgender Women’s experiences navigating the healthcare system. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2020.1767752

  • Loza, O., Hernandez, P., Calderon-Mora, J., Laks, S., Leiner, M., Reddy, S., Lara, P., & Granados, H. (2018). Developing trans-affirming health services in an underserved area: An intersectional approach. Transgender Health, 3(1), 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2018.0011

  • Roach, A. P. (2023). Exploring the transgender individual’s experience with healthcare interactions: A phenomenological study. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 56(1), 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12905

  • Shaikh, S. S., LeFrançois, B. A., & Macías, T. (2022). Critical social work praxis. Fernwood Publishing

  • Tomita, K. K., Testa, R. J., & Balsam, K. F. (2019). Gender-affirming medical interventions and mental health in transgender adults. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6(2), 182–193. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000316

Introductory
Clinical
Cultural Competency
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Addiction Counselors

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Aetna Better Health Louisiana. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
  • Waiting Room Opens
  • Workshop Begins
  • 15-minute Break
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  • Workshop Ends
Note: Time designated for waiting room, breaks cannot be counted toward CE credit.
Aydin Olson-Kennedy, DSW, LCSW

Dr. Aydin Olson-Kennedy (he/him) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than fifteen years of experience in delivering mental health support to transgender and non-binary communities. His therapeutic approach and educational methods are guided by anti-oppressive critical theories focusing on intersectionality, power dynamics, and oppressive systems. Dr. Olson-Kennedy specializes in providing therapeutic support and psychoeducation to parents, caregivers, and guardians of trans and non-binary individuals across all age groups. Central to his practice is exploring the experiences and impact of gender dysphoria outside the diagnostic framework of the DSM-V.

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