Transgender & Gender Non-Binary (TGNB) Clients: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies

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lore m. dickey, PhD, has a mission to share his clinical expertise working with transgender and gender diverse clients. Dr. dickey was a co-chair for the American Psychological Association Task Force that wrote the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People. As an international expert and pioneer in work with transgender clients, Dr. dickey’s work has been recognized numerous times.

Dr. dickey has a clinical practice in which he works with gender diverse clients. He focuses on helping clients to understand the ways to cope with daily challenges and works to ensure they have support for their transition, be it social, medical, or legal. 

A prolific writer, lore has published 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 book chapters, and one edited book. He has presented throughout the world including Oslo, Valencia, Amsterdam, Toronto, Bangkok, Yokohama, and Tokyo and continues to often be invited to present. lore has presented over a hundred times at local, state, national, and international conferences and symposia. He is an engaging and humorous speaker and is able to translate his work in ways that are understandable and easy to apply to clinical practice. 

 

Speaker Disclosures: 

Financial: lore dickey is an assistant professor at Norther Arizona University. He receives royalties from the American Psychological Association. Dr. dickey receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: lore dickey is a member of the American Psychological Association; the World Professional Association for Transgender Health; and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

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Objectives

1. Communicate the complexities that transgender clients face daily including physical, mental, and social discomfort and how to address these in clinical practice.
2. Develop a deep comprehension of the ways that a client’s own identity can create a trusting, effective relationship, and how their identity can negatively affect the clinical relationship.
3. Apply concepts of affirmative clinical practice with gender diverse clients.
4. Ascertain the various gender diverse identifies and understand the ways that intersecting identities create further challenges in daily life.
5. Assess your current clinical practice to determine how affirmative your practice is for gender diverse clients.
6. Individualize and create a transition timeline and goals with your client.
7. Prepare letters for clients seeking feminizing and masculinizing hormone therapy and gender confirmation surgeries.

Outline

• Ethical responsibilities
• Clinical application of affirmative practice
• Work with clients across the lifespan
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Emerging adults
  • Older adults
  • Elements of support for transition care

• Coming out
• Transition experiences (e.g., social, medical, and legal)
• Diagnosis
• Historical perspectives
• Current conceptions of gender diversity
• Challenges with keeping up with identify labels

• Intersecting identities
• Discrimination and violence
• Clients seeking asylum
• Clinical concerns
  • Trauma
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Substance abuse
  • Suicidal ideation
• Family considerations
  • Parenting
  • Adoption
  • Value of support
  • Legal concerns

• Why is this important
• What is involved in this process
• How does a clinician integrate this information into their practice?

• What aspects of one’s practice need to be assessed
• Simple ways to address practice short comings

• Best practice for addressing clinical concerns with assessment
• How to complete assessments that require binary sex indicators
• The purpose of assessment in clinical practice with clients
• Challenges with personality assessments

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Case Managers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Nurses
• Addiction Counselors
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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