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Some Future Workshops And Presentations:
I will be giving a paper entitled Medical Transition without Social Transition: Affirmative Treatment for Transgender, Transsexual and Gender Nonconforming Individuals Who Live in Their Assigned Gender. Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D.
at The GLAP Symposium,
TransFormations: Clinical Perspectives on Transgender Experience and Cultural Contexts
William and Anita Newman Conference Center, 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010
February 25, 2012
9am to 5pm
RECENT PAST EVENTS
Biennial Symposium of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health
2011 WPATH International Symposium
"Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health"
Emory Conference Center
Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
September 24 - 28, 2011
This year we are partnering with the Southern Comfort Conference and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, both of which have conferences in Atlanta that week.
I will be presenting a paper entitled "Treatment without Transition: Use of Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions for Non-Transitioning Transgender and Transsexual Individuals"
I am also moderating a panel titled: TransMasculine Sexuality & Relationships: Current Research and New Theory.
I will be leading a workshop at the Institute for Human Identity
February 16 at 7PM
I Love My Mom/Dad: Being a Transgender or Transsexual Parent
Transgender and transsexual parents have unique concerns regarding how their gender affects their children, their partners, and the life of the family. The non-conforming presentation of a transgender parents, or the full gender transition of a transsexual parents, present many complex challenges. Children’s response to the parent’s gender presentation or transition depends upon the child’s age, the relationship with that parent, and the reactions of other people in the environment. This workshop will explore the challenges faced by transgender and transsexual parents and their children at various ages. We will review some of the research, resources and literature on this subject and discuss concerns and situations such as, assessing the needs and capacities of young children, older children, and adult children, when and what to tell children, communicating with the children’s school and friends, dealing with co-parent concerns regarding gender expression, and the extended family.
Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D. (Kit) is a psychologist and gender specialist in private practice in NYC. For almost twenty years, Dr. Rachlin has worked to support transgender and transsexual individuals and their partners and families. She is a member of the Board of directors of The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, a past member of the Board of Directors of FTM International, and a past member of the American Psychological Association’s Taskforce on Gender Identity and Gender Variance.
To make a reservation for any workshop, contact:
ihi Family Q @ 212-243-2830 or ihicenter@juno.com
Workshop discussion at The Empire Conference, Thursday through Saturday, May 20 – May 22, 2010 in Albany New York.
GLAP Presents:http://www.transeventsusa.org/empire
Double Lives 9:00 AM Saturday April 24This is a guided discussion for people who experience themselves as leading double lives. You may have an internal identity that is never expressed, or is expressed part-time. There are many reasons that people lead double lives: it may be the only way to express more than one identity, it may be a compromise for practical reasons, or it may be part of gender exploration or transition. For many people the double-life experience is a life-long challenge. I will be co-leading a workshop:
Luncheon speaker at "Professional Day" at the IFGE 2010 Capital Conference in Washington DC, Thursday April 22-Sunday April 25.
"The Evolution of the Standards of Care: Towards Empowerment and Access" The World Professional Association for Transgender Health is currently revising The Standards of Care for the Treatment of Gender Identity Concerns. This talk explored some of the misperceptions regarding the current 6th version (2001), and what we might expect for the next version. Expected changes in the new version include the depathologization of gender experience, increased recognition of gender diversity, and protocols which best support access to care
"Challenging Assumptions About Identity Expression"
at:
Emerging Trends in LGBTQ Mental Health
Friday, March 26, 2010
Coffman Union 3rd Floor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls
Challenging Cases for Experienced Therapists — A Clinical Dialogue
Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW-R, CASAC and Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D.
At: In Translation: Clinical Dialogues Spanning the Transgender Spectrum
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday February 21
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm
Location: NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, 9th floor, New York, NY 10012
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