Gender-Affirming Mental Health Care

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Margaret Nichols, PhD Related seminars and products

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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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Objectives

1. Explain the history of the treatment of trans and nonbinary individuals and the conflicting approaches to treatment.
2. Describe the differences in how children, adolescents and adults exhibit gender dysphoria.
3. Articulate the principles of gender affirmative care and which interventions are appropriate with different populations.
4. Appraise the arguments for and against interventions used with children and adolescents.

Outline

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  

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers
• Physicians 
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Nurses

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