VP of Education & Strategic Development California Consortium of Addiction Programs & Professionals Sacramento, California
Delve into clinical information for working with the trans community by addressing the needs of transgender individuals who seek treatment for mental health and/or substance use disorders. The presentation covers the “trans umbrella” to assist clinicians to understand the distinctions between gender fluid, trans, F2M, M2F, third gender, gender queer, intersex and non-binary and what perspective, history and challenges these groups of people bring into treatment and recovery from addiction.
Learning Objectives:
Describe a positive or negative impact of a person’s coming out story regarding family support or lack of support.
List a least four categories typically placed under the trans umbrella.
Describe similarities between the stigmatization of “rainbow people” and stigmatization of people with addiction and describe their compounding effects on one another.
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