VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Gender-Affirming Clinical Supervision
Gender-Affirming Clinical Supervision
Deepening Expertise in Inclusive and Effective Practices
Deepening Expertise in Inclusive and Effective Practices
April 18-19, 2025
8 CEs available
This masterclass is designed for experienced clinical supervisors and those who have taken the foundations masterclass who are looking to refine their skills and address the complexities of providing supervision in the context of gender-affirming care. Participants will delve into advanced topics such as managing ethical dilemmas, addressing intersectional oppression, and fostering cultural humility within supervision.
You’ll learn strategies for navigating power dynamics, supporting supervisees at varying competency levels, and providing guidance on complex clinical cases. This training also emphasizes practical skills, including advanced documentation techniques, trauma-informed supervisory practices, and reflective case consultations.
Through interactive discussions, scenario-based learning, and tools for self-assessment, participants will leave equipped to empower their supervisees and lead them in delivering affirming, culturally responsive care. Whether you’re addressing systemic barriers, mentoring emerging leaders, or guiding crisis interventions, this workshop provides the expertise you need to make a lasting impact.
Ideal for supervisors committed to fostering growth, advocacy, and leadership in gender-affirming clinical practice.
Who Should Take This Course?
This masterclass is ideal for experienced clinical supervisors who have foundational knowledge in clinical supervision and are ready to refine their skills, particularly in the context of supervising the provision of gender-affirming care. It’s also well-suited for supervisors-in-training who are pursuing advanced credentials and seeking to enhance their ability to support supervisees working with gender-diverse clients.
Mental health professionals in leadership roles, including therapists, counselors, and psychologists who oversee teams or supervisees, will benefit from this course’s focus on inclusive and effective supervision practices. Additionally, supervisors working with diverse populations will gain valuable tools to foster culturally responsive supervision that acknowledges intersectional identities and addresses systemic barriers.
Finally, this course is perfect for supervisors who are passionate about advocacy and systems change, equipping them to empower supervisees to champion gender-affirming practices within organizations and communities. If you’re eager to lead with confidence, enhance cultural humility, and support supervisees in delivering affirming care, this course is designed for you.
Why is this important?
As the demand for gender-affirming care grows, clinical supervisors play a critical role in ensuring that mental health professionals are equipped to provide inclusive, effective, and culturally responsive support to gender-diverse clients. Supervisors must navigate the complexities of power dynamics, intersectional oppression, and ethical dilemmas while fostering cultural humility and advancing supervisees’ competencies. This masterclass addresses these critical needs by offering advanced training that bridges the gap between foundational knowledge and the nuanced expertise required for supervising in gender-affirming contexts. By honing skills in trauma-informed supervisory practices, advanced documentation, and reflective case consultations, participants will be empowered to lead supervisees with confidence and clarity. Moreover, the course focuses on cultivating leadership and advocacy skills, equipping supervisors to address systemic barriers and champion affirming practices within their organizations and communities. For those committed to mentoring emerging leaders and supporting supervisees in navigating complex clinical scenarios, this training is essential for creating impactful and lasting change in the field of mental health.
We’re going to talk about…
- Advanced Frameworks in Gender-Affirming Care
- Supervisory Relationship Dynamics in Complex Cases
- Supervising Across Developmental Stages and Competency Levels
- Navigating Ethical Dilemmas and Risk Management in Gender-Affirming Supervision
- Fostering Cultural Humility and Addressing Systemic Oppression in Supervision
- Specialized Approaches to Gender Minority Stress and Trauma
- Advanced Case Consultation and Scenario-Based Supervision
- Supervision for Advocacy and Leadership Development
Learning Objectives:
- Explain advanced gender affirming supervision frameworks
- Analyze and critique one’s own biases and supervisory narratives
- Demonstrate the use of tools and methods for assessing supervisee competence
- Describe systemic barriers, intersectional oppression, and gender minority stress within the supervisory relationship and strategies to empower supervisees in effectively navigating these challenges
- Describe useful strategies for repair and strengthening supervisory relationships when ruptures occur
- Assess the developmental and cultural needs of supervisees
- Apply principles of cultural humility and diversity in supervision
- Analyze and address complex ethical and legal considerations in gender-affirming supervision
- Describe advanced recordkeeping and documentation practices
- Design and evaluate organizational strategies for resolving supervisory conflicts and fostering advocacy
This comprehensive six-hour course lays the groundwork for understanding the intricacies of gender diversity within clinical supervision and introduces participants to the foundational principles of gender affirming care, ethical considerations, legal frameworks, and the development of a supportive supervisory relationship.
8 CEs available
Course Curriculum
Who is leading this workshop?
Malakai Coté, Ph.D. (he/him or they/them), is a licensed psychologist and executive director with expertise in holistic healing and interconnection. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon and has experience in university counseling centers and community mental health settings. Dr. Coté is the Executive Director of the Gender Health Center in Sacramento, CA, which focuses on ending the pathologization of trans people and improving healthcare access for Queer, Transgender, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC). He also operates an independent practice in the Greater Sacramento area and provides clinical training and supervision at the Healing Space in Santa Barbara, CA. Additionally, Dr. Coté is a founding member and Vice President of the Greater Sacramento Association of Black Psychologists (GSABPsi).
His ethic of care is rooted in the principles and values of African-centered psychology and liberation psychology. He specializes in serving the diverse needs of Queer, Same-Gender-Loving, Trans, Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color across the lifespan. They have developed expertise in providing culturally specific and LGBTQ+ liberatory mental health services, clinical supervision, program development, and evaluation consultation services with community-based organizations. They also provide professional development and continuing education workshops addressing transgender healthcare, diversity, inclusion, and belonging across identity intersections, and African-centered healing approaches. Additionally, Dr. Coté is a trained yoga teacher, and they integrate gentle movement, meditation, and breathwork into their practice.
Dr. Coté was born and raised on lands stewarded by the Kickapoo and Kaw/Kansa peoples on Turtle Island. He proudly identifies as a descendent of the Mende peoples who resided in present-day Sierra Leone and his paternal and maternal ancestors survived enslavement. They are a spouse, guide parent, puppy parent, uncle, sibling, nephew, cousin, and adult child of two loving and hardworking parents with a solid extended kin core. They proudly and unapologetically identify under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. He is an active member of Beta Gamma Chi Fraternity, Incorporated.
Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD is a clinical family psychologist in private practice in Northern CA and the Associate Director of Mental Health for the Child and Adolescent Gender Center at UCSF, Benioff Children’s Hospital. He is the founder & CEO of the Gender Health Training Institute, which is dedicated to training providers in culturally attuned, trauma-informed, family-centered, gender affirmative care, the TransFamily Alliance, an educational, resource, and support community for parents with gender diverse offspring, and Quest Family Therapy, a group family therapy practice and training program in California focused on the intersections of queer & gender affirming care, family/community systems, Ecotherapy, and culturally attuned/trauma informed practices.
He specializes in family therapy with couples, families, and individuals across the lifespan, with a particular focus on transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive youth and their families. He is a GEI SOC8 certified Mentor for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and is on faculty for their Global Education Institute. He is also a trans-health researcher, author, international speaker, and professor teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in LGBTQ psychology and family systems. He is an advisory member of Mind the Gap, a group dedicated to gender affirming care for trans youth and their families, a past officer and board member of the American Family Therapy Academy and the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California, and the author of several articles and book chapters on gender, sexuality, and family work.
Dr. Giammattei’s mission in life is to be a bridge across difference to build community and heal separations: separations from self, from each other, from community, from the world, and beyond. He is passionate about leading people on deep personal journeys in Nature, and helping them integrate these experiences into their daily lives and relationships. He currently resides in Northern California on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Southern Pomo and Kashia people. He is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, identifies as a queer man who was assigned female at birth. He is happily married to his spouse of 32 years, is deeply connected to his family of origin, as well as his family of choice.
I have no commercial disclosures or conflicts of interest to report.
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Clinical Supervision - Deepening Expertise
Early Bird (enroll before April 1st, 2025)
$399.00
8 CE's Available
Regular price
$449.00
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- Evaluation (required to get CE's)
- Certificate (8 CE's)
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