Best Practices for Serving Gender Diverse Adults

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Best Practices for Serving Gender Diverse Adults, Adolescents and Children

DATE: Friday, August 8, 2025

TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST // 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CT // 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT // 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MT

PLATFORM: Via Zoom Webinar

COST: $119

FEATURES:

Live & Interactive Webinar
Presentation Slides PDF & Additional Resources Included
This course provides for 6 hours of General

Whether your clients are transgender, non-binary, two-spirit, gender fluid or agender, those in these gender-diverse communities need clinicians who understand the issues they are facing, as well as how to best meet their needs. In this training, facilitated by a gender therapist who is part of the gender diverse community herself, you will learn how to feel more comfortable and confident serving your gender diverse clients. We will review gender-affirming terminology and explore a wide range of identities within the gender-diverse community. You will learn how to provide gender affirming care for clients of different ages (ranging from children to teens to adults). This includes what to include on in-take forms and how to create a welcoming office atmosphere. You will also become familiar with themes that typically arise in session, such as coming out to oneself, friends, family and workplace; navigating social and medical transition; and dealing with grief and loss (both on the part of the clients as well as their family members).

We will also discuss how to write referral letters for clients (both adults and minors) who are seeking gender affirming medical care. In doing so, we will examine the DSM criteria for “Gender Dysphoria,” the role of WPATH (the World Professional Association for Transgender Health) guidelines, and how exactly to conduct a gender consultation for letter-writing purposes. This webinar will also explore the potential for client transference and clinician countertransference, as each can impact the therapeutic relationship in profound way.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify a wide range of identities among people who are gender-nonconforming.
Describe the micro and macro challenges that impact the mental health of gender-nonconforming individuals.
Determine how to best provide affirming care to gender-diverse individuals.
Learn how to conduct a gender consultation for the purpose of writing a referral letter for gender-affirming medical care.
Identify the transition timeline of a person navigating their gender journey.
Distinguish how to support the families of gender individuals best.
Identify local and national resources for gender-diverse individuals.

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6 CE Hours of General continuing education
NBCC #7091

Target Audience: Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialists, Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselors, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists

Course Level: Intermediate

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 6 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/02/2022 – 07/02/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 6 General continuing education credits.

Purchase Instructions

Registration Deadline: Register up until the start time!

Cost Includes: A PDF of the presentation slides/supplemental training materials and a certificate of completion.

Evaluation / Certificate: Within 4 hours of completing the webinar, participants will receive an email with a link to complete an evaluation. Once completed, the participant can download/print the certificate.

System Requirements: Internet and the ability to log into Zoom webinars when provided a meeting link, which will be sent upon registration.

Interactive Webinar: This is a live & interactive webinar, which means that participants can interact with other participants and the instructor in live time. Participants must be signed in by the webinar start time, attend the entire course, and complete the course evaluation to receive CE credit. Partial credit is not provided.

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Meet Your Facilitator

Dreya Blume is a licensed clinical social worker, with her MSW from Radford University and an MA in anthropology from the University of Hawaii. Dreya has twenty years of experience working in mental health, from case management to intensive in-home services to leading groups for addicts in recovery. Dreya developed a counseling practice in 2004, and as a psychotherapist, her focus has been on serving the LGBTQ+ community. Dreya also has been a teacher for thirty years. Before her career in social work, she taught English in places such as Japan, Thailand, Australia, and Hawaii. Since 2010, Dreya has been an adjunct professor for Virginia Western Community College, preparing future social workers for the field.

In her spare time, Dreya loves to write. She is the author of a number of books (published under her former name, Andy Matzner), including “Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero’s Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness,” “The Tarot Activity Book: A Collection of Creative and Therapeutic Ideas for the Cards,” and “The Buddha Diet: A Guide to Creating a Positive Relationship with Food and Eating.”