Showing events on March 22, 2024
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USHERS: Understanding the Role of the Therapist in Transition-Related Care for Transgender and Nonbinary Populations
March 22, 2024 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Mental health professionals are often taught a wide variety of clinical skills while in training and experience an array of situations in which they are able to apply and adapt their skillsets depending on what is needed for their clients. One area that has a profound need for these clinical skills are transgender & nonbinary individuals who are seeking medical interventions to alleviate gender-related distress. These clients in particular may come to therapy for short-term or long-term services, and face significant barriers to accessing hormonal or surgical interventions due to outdated beliefs, biases, and misinformation about what is necessary to approve them for care. Furthermore, therapists have historically not been provided necessary information to tailor their assessment skills to advocate for clients to access transition-related medical care, or face their own outdated beliefs & biases about providing support to these clients. ...
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SSW Meeting - Promotion and Tenure Committee
March 22, 2024 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Self-Care for Social Workers Workshop
March 22, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Self-care is a professional and ethical obligation for social workers. What does it look like to engage in regular, intentional, effective self-care? In this 60-minute workshop, led by Jamie Boschee, SSW Embedded CAPS Therapist, we will explore what self-care looks like in practice and share specific strategies to manage stress and improve well-being. Students who attend this session may count this workshop as field hours with approval from their field instructor.