Counseling Transgender Clients
Transgender and transsexual clients deserve competent, culturally and contextually relevant care to help cope with institutionalized marginalization, stigmatization and oppression. This webinar will offer practical strategies for supporting mental health and wellness, from a holistic qualitative assessment process to continued psychotherapeutic care. Attention will be paid to recommendations and standards set forth by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, with special focus on the specific counseling needs and integrative care to support wellness for transgender and transsexual persons.
Participants will be able to:
- Qualitative, whole-person assessments of transgender and transsexual clients.
- Culturally and contextually relevant care for transgender and transsexual clients.
- Issues of transition.
- Wraparound care and support for transgender clients.
Jason Patton, Ph.D., LPC
Jason Patton received his Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision at St. Mary's University, in San Antonio, Texas. He received his M.A. in professional counseling from Texas State University, in San Marcos. He is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia. Dr. Patton engages relational cultural theory and critical pedagogy in practice and teaching. His clinical work and research interests center on clients of gender and sexual diversity, transgender body migration, trauma and the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, abuse, relational concerns, depression, anxiety, and other issues.
Dr. Patton has held leadership roles for a number of professional organizations and a position on the editorial board of the Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality. He has presented at a number of national conferences, including those of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. He has published in several professional journals and authored chapters in a number of textbooks. Dr. Patton is a core faculty member and the field experience coordinator of Walden University’s Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision program, as well as a member of the institutional review board. His passion for field experience extends from a commitment to ensuring the best care for clients, as well as advancing his students’ professional orientations—mentoring them to excel in their careers.
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