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2011 LGBTQ CLINICAL CERTIFICATION MODULE SCHEDULE

Presented by the Gay and Lesbian Affirmative Psychotherapy Division and the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. This course will look at theoretical perspectives, and the lack thereof, in treating eating and feeding disorders for clients whose gender identity and expression is male. Our perspective will be queer-centric. Topics to be discussed include: bulimia, anorexia, and other eating disorders among adolescent and adult men; trauma; loss and grieving; body-image and body dysmorphia; the use of eating strategies as reasonable coping mechanisms; and communities related to body-image (for example, the bear culture). We will make use of case presentations. Transference/counter-transference issues will be discussed. Participants are encouraged to bring a "bag lunch" to these lunch-time meetings. Experiential learning will include mindful eating as well as the utilization of naturalistic trance.

KENT JARRATT, LCSW was a founding member of the Washington, D.C., Gay Liberation Front and has been a social worker since 1987. An independent practitioner for 23 years, in addition to seeing individual clients, he has done clinical consulting for the YMCA of Greater New York; The Hetrick Martin Institute; and the LGBT Center. He teaches in Hunter College's Graduate School for Educational Foundations and Counseling. He is a supervisor for The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia at ICP. Kent was the co-founder of the first church-based mental health center in NYC for people with AIDS (1986). He was the Director of Hypnotherapy Services for NIP for eight years, and is a former President of the NY Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis.

This seminar covers: basic terms and vocabulary, concepts of gender identity & expression, intersections of race and class, development of transgender identity, overview of social and/or medical transitions, World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) standards of care.

Many therapists have the misconception that working with a couple is like working with an individual, except there are two people, not one. As a result they attempt couple therapy with disastrous results. Couple therapy has unique challenges and requires specific skills. Treating LGBT couples is even more demanding and stressful.

This course provides an overview of couple therapy: how to develop trust and a strong connection with couples; the role of a therapist in enabling couples to relate to each other in a meaningful way; the difference between working with straight and gay couples; and the impact of homophobia, prejudice and shame on a lesbian or gay couple.

The course includes numerous readings and case examples.

Sheila Bloom Josephson, Ph.D., LCSW is a clinical social worker with thirty years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. She has a Master's and Ph.D. from Columbia University and serves in both staff and supervisory positions at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She graduated from the Family and Couples Treatment Services two-year course at ICP in 1997 and has been a staff clinician and supervisor of the Gay and Lesbian Affirmative Psychotherapy division of ICP since its inception in 1997.

Dr. Josephson has had a private practice in New York City for many years and through her specialized training has developed a considerable expertise working with both straight and gay couples. In addition, she has supervised therapists in their own work treating couples.

During this workshop, professionals will identify the stages of gender identity development and expression evident throughout childhood and adolescence, explore the unique needs and challenges of transgender youth, gain knowledge about the process of gender transition, learn about the particular challenges facing families with gender-different and transgender children, and gain skills for facilitating family acceptance of children and optimal emotional and social development of these youth.

Elijah Nealy, LCSW, MDiv is an out transgender man with over 25 years experience as a clinician, trainer and consultant around LGBT concerns. He is the former director of adolescent & adult mental health and social services at the LGBT Community Center in NYC, and teaches part time at Columbia University's School of Social Work. The foster/adoptive parent of three amazing young people, Elijah brings a particular passion to issues of children and youth. In his private practice, he specializes in gender identity concerns with youth, adults, and families, as well as seeing individuals and couples around a wide range of other life issues.

 

PAST MODULES

Sexual desire issues are the most frequently reported sexual problems in psychotherapy. How do we best understand the vicissitudes of desire over the lifespan in individuals and couples including the absence of desire or discrepancies in desire? How can therapists co-create safe therapeutic space to understand and promote change in this most elusive and mysterious of human experiences? This series will examine these questions by reviewing the latest in theory and technique, offering case material, and exploring countertransference challenges when working with sexuality.

This course examines some of the countertransference dynamics gay and lesbian clinicians face when working with gay (and straight) clients. Topics include: the analyst's internalized homophobia and how it affects the treatment, dilemmas around self-disclosure, dealing with sexual material, working with heterosexual patients and with gay clients whose gender differs from our own. Explores common countertransference pitfalls that can lead to impasses if not understood and addressed.

The achievement of a cohesive identity as a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender person is a developmental process with distinct experiential phases. Each of these phases has the potential to serve as the site of psychic trauma resulting in wounds to one's sense of self in a world of others. This class provides an overview of the phases of LGBT identity development and explores the impact of shame as a traumatic stressor.

The array of medications approved for the treatment of psychiatric disorders continues to expand each year. This module provides an overview of the major categories of psychotropic medications and the clinical considerations in selecting treatment. Through reviewing expectations of medication treatment and side effects this module aims to refine the psychotherapist's knowledge base and to improve understanding of issues pertinent to psychotherapy patients on medications. Additionally, this module assists participants in determining when a psychiatric consultation is indicated.

This seminar covers: basic terms and vocabulary, concepts of gender identity & expression, intersections of race and class, development of transgender identity, decisions to transition (or not), overview of social and/or medical transitions, genderqueer identities, psychosocial needs during transition & the role of supportive therapy, World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) standards of care.

Sexual difficulties in adulthood can often be traced back to past shame and/or trauma. This workshop provides a theoretical understanding of shame and trauma as well as clinical techniques to identify and work through their effects on adult sexuality. Case material from individual and couples psychotherapy are presented with an emphasis on the therapist's use of self in the therapeutic process of working with sexual issues.

This course surveys several theoretical models of eating disorders and apply them clinically to the GLBT patient. The reading and discussion include theoretical perspectives from psychoanalytic and addiction theories.

This course explores the social construction of healthy and traumatic gender identity formation. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which the patient's and therapist's gendered "me" and "not me" are intersubjectively experienced.

This course reviews historical and contemporary medical and psychiatric perspectives on transgender identities. Among the readings and topics discussed are the medical/psychiatric models of transsexualism and "gender identity disorder" as well as some of the contemporary social controversies surrounding medical and psychiatric approaches to gender variance and transgender patient populations.

The course explores who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming. This course looks at the history and the diverse groups in the LGBTQ community currently. There will be a heavy emphasis on questions, answers, and exploring myths.

This course provides an overview of couple therapy: how to develop trust and a strong connection with couples; learning about systems theory; the role of a therapist in enabling couples to relate to each other in a meaningful way; the difference between working with straight and gay couples; and the impact of homophobia, prejudice and shame on a lesbian and gay couple.

This course includes a historical review of the study of sexual abuse and related traumas and addresses such questions as: can being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered be experienced as trauma? What draws us to work with trauma? What feelings and roles do we bring to working with abuse survivors? Clinical cases of LGBTQ patients are presented to focus on the topics of facilitating disclosure, dissociation, self-destructive behavior, and transference and countertransference issues.