Completed WPATH Standards of Care 7 Certification Process

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Phew! After about five years of various educational events, conferences, consultation groups, *and* a certification exam, I finished my WPATH Global Education Initiative certification for the SOC 7. Huzzah! This training and certification process has helped me feel more confident in my ability to provide culturally competent care to clients, and helps me feel more confident to train other professionals …

Research project seeking gender-diverse highly sensitive participants

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Are you trans, non-binary, or otherwise gender-diverse, and do you identify as a highly sensitive person? Sabrina Rock is conducting a research study for a doctoral dissertation, and she wants to make sure her study is gender-inclusive. (I’m not affiliated with the study, but I want to pass this along and support gender-inclusive research.) An excerpt from the flyer: Are …

My approach to supervision

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I offer clinical supervision to LPC and LMFT interns/associates. My supervision philosophy looks at clinical skills, administrative effectiveness, and the person who is the therapist to help supervisees bring their whole self to the healing relationship. I offer a Trans- and Queer-Centered Supervision Group in Portland OR to help interns build their skills and professional identity without having to battle …

New Supervision Group for Trans and Queer LPC and LMFT Interns in Private Practice

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I’ll be offering a new supervision group for LPCs and LMFTs in queer, trans-, and gender-diverse identity spaces. This group will be a chance for early career clinicians in private practice to get clinical support, community, and belonging as professionals, while earning supervision hours towards licensure. If you or someone you know might be interested, check out the Trans and …

Intro to Trans Cultural Competency- March 24, 2021

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Interested in improving your work with trans healthcare consumers? Our 2-hour training will teach you the basics of creating a welcoming, inclusive environment for gender-diverse people. This training is approved by the Oregon Health Authority to offer cultural competency CEs to health professionals. This live online training will be held Thursday, March 25, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm PT via Zoom. Facilitators Sasha …

Upcoming Cycle of Transfeminine Support Group Grace Unfolding

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We just wrapped up a 12-week cycle of the Grace Unfolding group, and there’s another one on the way. In this group, trans women and transfeminine people: learn more about technical transition steps navigate social transition provide mutual support build strategies for resilience and resistance, and just have good times in an intentional safer space. We generally have a mix …

Presented to Graduate Counseling Students at a Private Practice Panel at PSU

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I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion in a graduate course, along with colleagues Stace Parlen and Kara Eads, to students in PSU’s Clinical Mental Health counseling program. It was delightful to share with students about what brought us to the counseling field, and give them some tips about private practice. Many thanks to the instructor, Joseph …

Podcast interview on The Out Entrepreneur with Rhodes Perry

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I had the delight of siting for an interview with my friend Rhodes Perry for his podcast, The Out Entrepreneur. In our discussion, I talk about gender therapy, contemplative psychotherapy, brilliant sanity, and somatic psychotherapy. It’s so good that we have more options for understanding gender nowadays, and that we increasingly have access to non-pathologizing and anti-oppression frameworks for understanding …