Workshop Summary

What do you do when you receive a call from a potential patient who identifies as a parent or caregiver of a transgender or gender-diverse youth? Often these individuals are struggling to find someone who has an opening, or is in network, and they can be quite assertive in finding care. What happens when you have a youth in care, and all of sudden they express that they don’t think they are cisgender? What makes the coming out process so difficult to navigate for the identified patient and surrounding family members?

For many providers, this results in an ethical dilemma. Therapists want to be able to treat this population, but they have no (or limited) training on transgender affirming care.

This workshop is aimed to serve as a foundational training covering terminology and resources. The presenters will take a strength-based approach highlighting a family systems perspective to helping the youth and their families navigate the coming out process.

In addition, participants will be encouraged to examine this ethical dilemma. Upon workshop completion, providers will be better equipped to make a determination as to when it is appropriate for them to keep a patient in care, and when the patient will be best served with a referral out and/or engagement with an additional treatment provider.

This workshop meets the ETHICS requirement for licensure.

This workshop meets the MULTICULTURAL requirement for licensure.

For additional information: CE@myiHEAL.com or (410) 864-0211 ext. 4

Workshop Details

CE Credit: 3

Approved Professionals:

• Social Workers (Category I)

• Professional Counselors, Addiction Counselors, & Marriage & Family Therapists (Category A)

• Psychologists

Workshop Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Workshop Type: Webinar ONLY

Prerequisites: None

Out of State Providers: Our workshop is co-sponsored by the Maryland Psychological Association. Most mental health boards across the United States will accept CE credits from state health professional organizations like MPA. Please check out your professional board information to determine if this workshop will meet your continuing education needs.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria and assess the presence of these symptoms.
• Differentiate between gender dysphoria and gender euphoria.
• Discuss best standards of care for treating transgender and gender diverse youth and their family members.
• Analyze the ethical concerns/nuances at play when treating a transgender youth and surrounding family specifically related to the referral process.

About the Presenters

Jessica R. Rothstein, Psy.D. (she/her) is a licensed psychologist who works with adults, youth, couples, and families. She is a graduate of Loyola University in Maryland, earning her Master’s degree in 2006 and her Doctorate in 2009. She completed a two-year advanced postdoctoral fellowship at The Jefferson School, a residential treatment program for adolescents, owned by Sheppard Pratt Health Systems.

As a white, cisgender female, she is dedicated to operating from a culturally humble perspective. She is well known for her work with transgender individuals, and their family members, and regularly writes gender-affirming surgery assessment letters. She also has competencies in trauma and Autism Spectrum Disorder. From a clinical standpoint, she aims to provide patients an environment where they are seen as a whole and can learn to identify their strengths, along with the aspects of self they seek to change.

Dr. Rothstein is the owner of Collaborative Pathways Counseling and Consulting, LLC. She has advanced training in clinical supervision and can help clinicians grow and develop their clinical skills, while supporting their professional identity development. She is also passionate about ethics, self-care, and insurance-based practice settings, and frequently covers these topics in her consultation sessions.

Ray Stirba Moneypenny, LCSW-C (they/them) is a Queer- and trans-identified clinician with a passion for providing affirming care to LGBTQI+ adolescents and adults navigating gender transition or coming to terms with their sexuality. Ray has years of experience in many modalities of trauma-informed care and strives to integrate experiences in the queer community with the latest research and development of clinical work and process. Ray currently sees therapy clients through the Greater Baltimore Counseling Center and the Pro Bono Counseling Project.

Ray's clinical background is primarily in working with survivors of acute or complex trauma, individuals managing diagnoses of mental illness such as anxiety and depression, LGBTQI+ adults, teens, and their families, and individuals and couples navigating alternative lifestyles such as BDSM and non-monogamy. Ray has a variety of experiences as an educator, including as a secondary mathematics teacher, offering trainings in trauma-informed care for other clinicians, and providing affirmative and sex-positive psychoeducation to adults.

Workshop Co-sponsorship

This activity is being co-sponsored by the Maryland Psychological Association, the Maryland Psychological Association Foundation, and iHEAL. The Maryland Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Maryland Psychological Association maintains responsibility for the program and its content.