Whether your work is individual, relational or family-centered, all clinicians need to establish a level of competency in working with gender non-conforming/trans populations and have an understanding of the unique issues facing these populations. Co-sponsored by South Shore Sexual Health Center, New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST), and Private Practice Colloquium (PPC), this full day conference will create a space for those who work directly or indirectly with the folx of all genders to ask curious questions in a non-judgmental environment that supports clinicians at all levels of experience. We will explore together how to engage in larger political and social systems, address the politicism of this work while acknowledging our in-office limitations, and identify ways in which what is legal is not always ethical. 

The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Participants must attend live, as no recordings will be available for later viewing. Register through NEAFAST’s website to join. In order to receive CE credits, you must complete the evaluation form that will be sent to you.

For participants who are enrolled in South Shore Sexual Health Center’s Sex Therapy Training Program: The cost of this conference is included in your tuition, so you can register at no additional cost. To do so, please email info@ssshealthcenter.com to receive the special registration code to enter at check out. However, as this conference is also a fundraiser for the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, we encourage those who are able to enroll at full cost to do so. If you do choose to use the registration code, consider making a separate donation within your means to MTPC, a national organization (such as Advocates for Trans Equality, Transgender Law Center, or National Black Trans Advocacy Center), an international organization (such as Trans Rescue), or a local organization in your home state.

Training schedule (All listed times are Eastern Standard Time):

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Morning Presentations (Select one at registration):

• Gender Affirming Health Care and Surgical Referral Letter Writing

• Co-Constructioning Trans Relational Intimacy

• Surviving Transphobia

• Integrating and Resourcing Gender Euphoria in the Psychedelic Therapy Realm

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: 15 minute break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Keynote: Lucie Fielding

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Afternoon Presentations (Select one at registration):

• Coming Out in a Couple: When a Person’s Gender or Sexuality Changes Within the Couple System

• Re-Imagining Intimacy: Queer and Kinky Sex

• Supporting Families of Trans Youth in a Shifting Landscape: Clinical Approaches for Family Therapists

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM: 15 minute break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Presenter Panel

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM: Wrap Up and Evaluations

Register through NEAFAST’s website to join.

This 6 CE credit course meets the criteria for the following Sex Therapy Training Content Areas:

• 2 CE credits in Criteria Letter A (Theory and methods of sex-related psychotherapy, including several different models)

• 1 CE credits in Criteria Letter B (Techniques of sex-related assessment and diagnosis of the ‘Psychosexual Disorders’ described in the current edition of the DSM)

• 2 CE credits in Criteria Letter C (Theory and methods of approach to intervention in relationship systems experiencing sex and intimacy problems)

• 1 CE credits in Criteria Letter E (Principles of consultation, collaboration, and referral.)

This program meets the requirements for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 6 total CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT Certification and renewal of certification. South Shore Sexual Health Center, LLC, Provider #15-784-S. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT Certification. For further information please contact ce@aasect.org.