Trans Counselling
Ellis J. Johnson MBACP
Training in Working With Expansive Clients: Trans and Non-Binary Experiences
Foundation Level One: Working with Expansive Clients: Trans and Non-Binary Experiences
Part of a series of three workshops on decolonising gender expansive therapy – see below for further details.
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About the Workshop
This workshop is designed for mental health practitioners eager to enhance their practice with transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive clients, as well as any practitioner working with gender in the therapy room - this means everyone!
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Encompassing and moving beyond trans/gender 101, Foundation Level One is suitable for practitioners at any level of competence around trans/gender client work and provides the necessary foundation for continuing onto Level Two: Decolonising Gender (& sexuality & relationship diversity) and Level Three: Expansion in Practice. Level One is also suitable as a stand-alone training.
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For this first workshop, time will be spent deepening and expanding our understanding of gender and exploring our own relationship to gender, with prompts, group work, experiential exercises, and discussion.
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We will begin with an exploration of the lived experiences of trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive clients in our current context. Including terminology, up-to-date information about trans lives and lived experiences, presenting issues in therapy (including dysphoria and incongruence), and current internationally accepted best practices.
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Lastly, we will engage with case studies to develop our skills in practice and consider what we don’t yet know about supporting these marginalised groups.
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NEW DATES
Friday 19 April, 6-9pm - Saturday 20 April, 10-5pm
Friday 14 June, 6-9pm - Saturday 15 June, 10-5pm
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Level two dates to launch in mid-2024. Please sign up for my newsletter over at ellisjjohnson.com for up-to-date news and information.