Writing WPATH Letters of Support for Gender-Affirming Care
$30.00
Presenter:
Em Harsch, LMSW
DEI Coordinator at Heart and Solutions, LLC
November 13, 2024
9 AM - 11 AM
CE Hours: 2
Credit Type: NBCC
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Program Description
Therapists can play a vital support role in the medical transition of their transgender and gender non-conforming clients. Clients may need a letter of support (or WPATH letters) from therapists as part of their medical transition process, but often face barriers in finding a mental health provider who is knowledgeable about this process. This training aims to equip Iowa-based mental health providers with current information and increased confidence in supporting trans clients with letters of support.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn about current policy issues affecting transgender and gender non-conforming Iowans
- Participants will identify their roles in supporting a client's transition
- Participants will learn the components necessary to write a WPATH-aligned letters of support for their trans and gender non-conforming clients
Registration Requirements for LIVE trainings
- Select the training you would like to complete
- Complete payment
- Check your email inbox for the ZOOM link and the program evaluation (to be completed after the training)
- Following the completion of the live webinar, your presenter will share a link for a brief quiz.
- A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately upon obtaining a passing score on the quiz (no CE credit will be issued if the quiz is not completed)
- Complete the evaluation (optional)
Following the completion of the live webinar, your presenter will share a link for a brief quiz. Please ensure you complete this quiz to receive you CE certificate.
About the Presenter
Em Harsch (she/they) is a LMSW mental health therapist with Heart and Solutions. Em became a therapist after working in LGBTQ+ college student services for six years and learning about the gap in access to inclusive therapy for marginalized communities. Em got her MSW from the University of Denver and worked in Colorado specializing in gender-affirming mental health care for youth before returning to her home state of Iowa to support the community here. Passionate about increased access to healthcare, Em also serves on the board of directors as a community advisor and support for the UnityPoint LGBTQ Clinic in Cedar Falls. As a telehealth therapist seeing clients across the state of Iowa, Em operates from a systems and person-centered framework and supports clients on issues ranging from identity affirmation, religious trauma, neurodivergence, racial trauma, and coping with everyday life stressors.
Contact You Need A Training
ADDRESS:
Colleen Grote, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S
Heart and Solutions, LLC
PO BOX 233
Grundy Center, IA 50638
PHONE: 800-531-4236
FAX: 319-483-6661
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: https://heartandsolutions.net
As the training arm of Heart and Solutions, You Need a Training is owned and operated by Heart and Solutions, LLC. All aspects of continuing education trainings offered by You Need a Training, are the sole responsibility of Heart and Solutions.
Heart and Solutions, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7376. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Heart and Solutions, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Heart and Solutions, LLC is an approved provider of Play Therapy Continuing Education through the Association for Play Therapy, which has developed policies, standards, and the credentialing for the practice of Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider #21-645
Contact Us:
Heart and Solutions, LLC
PO BOX 233
Grundy Center, IA 50638
800-531-4236
[email protected]