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Gender Identity Therapy

This will be an informed, respectful, and nuanced training in exploring gender identity - With Mark Yarhouse & Julia Sadusky

October 27th Session Details

considerations for counseling conventionally religious youth and their families when working with youth navigating potential conflicts related to gender identity and religious faith

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CEUs: 3.5 Price: $25 per registration
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Course

Clinicians may be familiar with recent discussions of transgender experiences and approaches to care. But what has happened in recent years in terms of trends in both gender identity and care for minors?

In this workshop we will discuss emerging gender identities, such as gender non-binary, genderqueer, gender creative, and gender expansive experiences, as well as controversies in care for youth today, such as the use of puberty blockers, medical transition, and late-onset cases.

We will also discuss considerations for counseling conventionally religious youth and their families as we strive for what is best practice when working with youth navigating potential conflicts related to gender identity and religious faith.

Also discussed, how to educate others within an educational or religious setting who may not be familiar with transgender and non-binary experiences of gender identity.

Learning Objectives

Name and describe three explanatory frameworks for understanding gender identity, transgender experiences, and emerging gender identities.
Identify three areas of current controversy in care for minors.
Assess religiosity/spirituality when working with conventionally religious families in which a young person identifies as transgender, gender non-binary, or is otherwise reporting a conflict between their gender identity and their religious faith.
Assess gender identity when working with a young person who identifies as transgender, gender non-binary, or is otherwise reporting a conflict between their gender identity and their religious faith.
Educate others within a young person’s educational and religious setting who may not be familiar with transgender and non-binary experiences.

Who Should Attend

All professionals who counsel, including psychiatrists, psychologists, family physicians, social workers, psychiatric nurses, counselors, pastors and clergy, and students training in these professions.

CE Credit Information

CE Credit Information

Satisfactory Completion

Participants must have paid tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates will be available following course completion at www.ceuregistration.com

Cosponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars, P.O. Box 14473, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Psychologists

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0018.
6.75 clock hours. Live online.

Psychoanalysts

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars 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 psychoanalysts. #P-0005.
6.75 clock hours. Live online.

Social Workers

CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by either CE Sponsors for APA, (which R. Cassidy Seminars is) or will accept the approval of other state licensing boards of the same license type. Some states, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. Check with your board to obtain a final ruling.

IL-SWs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #159.000785.
6.75 CE hours.
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider (#0006) of continuing education for licensed social workers. This program is approved for 6.75 contact hours Live online.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for
6.75 clock hours, #RCST110701

Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists

CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by approved providers with national providerships or will accept the approvals of other state licensing boards of the same license type. Others, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with two national providerships, as well as holding many individual state license type approvals. Check with your board to obtain a final ruling.
IL-MFTs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141.
6.75 hours.
NY-LMHCs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0015. 6.75 contact hours. Live online.
NY-LMFTs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0011. 6.75 contact hours. Live online.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for
6.75 clock hours, #RCST110701
TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 6.75 CE hours.

Creative Arts Therapists

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists, #CAT-0005. 6.75 contact hours. Live online.

Chemical Dependency Counselors

CA: Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider #4N-00-434-0224 for 6.75 CEHs. CCAPP is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states.

TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, 6.75 hours general. Expires 1/31/2023. Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number (515) 476-7597

Educators

TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456. This course is 6.75 CE Hours.

Nurses

CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP15554, for 6.75 contact hours

Dentists

CA: R. Cassidy Seminars is a provider approved by the Dental Board of California as a registered provider of continuing education. RP# 4874 6.75 CE Hours.

Disability Access – If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.

Mark Yarhouse & Julia Sadusky

Mark Yarhouse

Mark is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, where he also directs the Sexual and Gender Identity Institute. Dr. Yarhouse is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the intersection of sexual or gender identity and religious identity.

Dr. Yarhouse is author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has written several books, including Sexual Identity & Faith: Helping Clients Achieve Congruence (Templeton Press) and Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture (IVP Academic).

Julia Sadusky

Julia owns Lux Counseling and Consulting in Littleton, CO., where she offers individual, family, and couples therapy in addition to consultations for individuals and families around sexuality and gender. She is an adjunct professor at Denver Seminary and also serves as a youth and ministry educator, offering trainings and consultations to counseling centers and faith-based institutions on sexuality, gender identity, mental health, trauma-informed care, and the intersection of sexuality, gender, and theology.

Dr. Sadusky has coauthored Emerging Gender Identities: Understanding the Diverse Experiences of Today’s Youth (Brazos Press) and Gender Identity in Therapy (Forthcoming by IVP) with Mark Yarhouse, PsyD., and contributed to a four views book titled, Understanding Transgender Identities: 4 Views (Baker Academic).