Course Content

PART 1: Informed Consent, Ethics, and Gathering History

In this first section, we will go over the core information and training you need to engage in the course.
In modules 2 and 3, we explore several topics around building rapport and gathering history. We engage is self-of-the therapist exercises, discuss legal and ethical issues, establish the best mindset and approach to evaluations, and key questions for gathering a full culturally attuned gender, psychological, and family history.

PART 2: Evaluating Complexity

In modules 4 and 5, we explore minority stress, trauma, and complex presentations.
We explore the content of letters and the difficulties navigating insurance coverage in the US, and overview of medical interventions.

PART 3: Pulling it all together / Readiness Letters

In the last modules of the course, we pull everything together to create your own gender health evaluation tools and use them to create appropriate medical referral letters.We will explore the key questions, content, and preparedness that goes into top notch letters and create your own templates.

Mastering Gender Health Evaluations

Instructor

Shawn V Giammattei, PhD

Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD is a clinical psychologist & WPATH certified member/mentor, specializing in couple & family therapy with a particular focus on trans youth and their families. He is the founder & CEO of the Gender Health Training Institute & TransFamily Alliance, a research consultant, international speaker, community educator, and professor teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in LGBTQ psychology, family systems, and gender affirming care, as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on gender, sexuality, and family work.

Going through assessment for where someone (both for child and adult) is on gender journey with regard to the individual as well as within the family and/or their support system. Review of co-occurring diagnoses as well as the sample letter writing. Such a thorough workshop with so many resources available and Shawn's easy manner in presenting made the three days fly by!

Beth M.

I enjoyed having a small group that allowed for discussion and sharing. I liked starting with unpacking gender and talking about the ups, downs, and sideways that folks encounter along their gender journey. I very much appreciated the conversations around working with kids/teens as most of that info is new to me.

Rebecca S.

Dialogue, lived experience of presenter, discussion of complex co-occurring issues, inclusion of discussion about working with families and youth, as well as adults, lots of wonderful resources and examples - we often don't get the time to spend this amount of time together for a single training, and in a smaller group format, also youth and discussion of blockers often gets left out of trainings with more emphasis on adults, unless the training is specifically about gender expansive youth. Overall, awesome workshop!

Holly S.

The tremendous amount of resources so generously offered. I love Shawn’s straight forward and honest delivery of his experiences in this work.

Karen D.

So many parts of the workshop were helpful!! I found all of the resources and examples you provided to be very helpful. It was great to go over the material and think through the examples as a team.

John F.

The case examples Shawn shared were wonderful and increased my basic knowledge as well as the complexity of certain cases.

Michelle M.