Upcoming Training/Workshops

Transgender Clients
Clinical Issues, Standards of Care and Assessment of Gender Identity

By Shane Hill, Ph.D.

October 17, 2008, 9:00-5:00
At the University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
$130 (members) includes lunch.
$140 (non-members)

Transgender culture and continuum-based gender identity are cutting-edge concepts for our clinical practice and society in general. It has only been in the last 9 years that transgender has become a well-known and non-pathologized concept in the mass media. Clinical approaches for transgender clients are changing as we more fully understand their experience.

This training will include:

Transgender Clinical Issues
Current Cultural Terminology
Key Concepts for Clinicians
Standards of Care from WPATH (World Professional Assoc for Transgender Health)
Assessment of Gender Identity
Differential Diagnostic Assessment
Documentation Changes and Legal Issues
Effective Therapeutic Approaches
Working with Transgender Client’s Family Members
Local and National Trans Resources
Agency Environment Recommendations

Workshop Leader

Shane Hill, Ph.D.

Shane Hill, Ph.D.

Shane Hill, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and family therapist in private practice in Santa Cruz. He has provided counseling and clinical work for 26 years and has been working with transgender clients for over 15 years. He was a clinical supervisor at Children’s Mental Health, a clinical director at Youth Services, and has been a celebrated workshop facilitator and clinical trainer for the past 10 years.