Clinical Track

Knowledge and Skills Building Workshops

MW01 - Increasing Cultural Humility Working with Transgender Clients & Patients

Presenter(s)

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  Jaysa Jones, B.U.S., MSW-LCSW

  Clinical Social Worker/Mental Health Therapist, Curandera
  Self

  Nothing to disclose

Participants will increase and maximize their cultural humility for working with Transgender clients, patients, and consumers in both mental/behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and other medical settings. Adapted from The YMSM + LGBT Center of Excellence would like to announce a training event titled, “A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals (2nd Edition)”.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Examine one’s own cultural and personal biases/world-view within a safe space to enhance their capacity to create safe spaces for trans clients and patients.
• Increase cultural awareness, sensitivity, and humility in the practice setting in working with transgender clients and patients.
• Develop awareness and tools for working within an intersectional cultural humility framework with transgender clients and patients.

1. Examine one’s own cultural and personal biases/world-view within a safe space to enhance their capacity to create safe spaces for trans clients and patients.
2. Increase cultural awareness, sensitivity, and humility in the practice setting in working with transgender clients and patients.
3. Develop awareness and tools for working within an intersectional cultural humility framework with transgender clients and patients.