Gender and Sexuality:  Clinical Issues in a Shifting Cultural Landscape

Thursday, May 4 | 7:00- 8:30 PM

 Details

Over the last decade, we have witnessed a rise in the visibility of gender and sexual diversity in this country. These changes can be seen in popular culture, the law and everyday life. For example, there is increasing awareness regarding the lives and rights of transgender and gender nonconforming people as well as an understanding that sexual identities have eclipsed the previous categories of homo, hetero and bisexual. Recent research highlights the fluidity of sexual identities and practices. This workshop will explore the impact of this changing landscape of sexual and gender diversity on the clinician and clinical practice.  --More specifically, we will explore the complex feelings aroused in the therapist working with individuals expressing or struggling with a range of sexual and gender identities and the complex assessment of conscious and unconscious goals and conflicts.  As in the fall event, emphasis will be on the transference/countertransference dynamic.

Continuing Education Objectives: 

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify their countertransference reactions in encounters with individuals identifying as transgender or embracing alternative sexualities to the therapist’s own experience 
2. Discuss the importance of differentiating subjective versus induced countertransference feelings 
3. Explore how to consider and use induced feelings to understand the other, particularly the other’s transference
4. Examine the complexity of factors in identity formation as a sexual and gendered person
5. Eplore conscious and unconscious influences on treatment goals in both therapist and patient

CE Target audience:  Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Counselors 

Presenters:

Danielle Egan, Ph.D., Psya.D., Professor and Coordinator, Gender and Sexuality Studies, St. Lawrence University

Jane Snyder, Ph.D. Cert. Psya., President of BGSP and Training and Supervising Analyst

Fee:  Free or $20 per event for 1.5 CE’s/Clock Hours*

*Full refund available if you cancel one week prior to the event. If you have any questions, email info@bgsp.edu.

CE Target audience:  Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BGSP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

Application for social work continuing education credits is being submitted. Please contact us at ContinuingEd@BGSP.edu for the status of social work CE accreditation.

For information on continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, or marriage and family counseling, call 617-277-3915.

The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by the New England Association to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, 781-425-7700 or email: cihe@neasc.org