TRAINING SERIES
Monterey County Rainbow Connections Provider Training
Cultivating Resilience in Providers Working with Gender-Diverse Youth
3 CE’s Available
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Join us for a practical, skills-forward, 3-hour training that helps mental health and medical providers navigate today’s volatile policy climate while protecting their own wellbeing and advocating effectively. Led by Shawn V Giammattei, PhD (he/him), Juliette Greenham (she/her), and Jen Hastings, MD (Jen), the session blends evidence, lived experience, and quick-to-use tools you can bring into your work immediately.
We anchor resilience in trauma-informed practice, self-care, brief regulation skills, and concrete advocacy tools aligned with major professional organizations’ guidance on gender-affirming care. Including a focused segment on the intersection of immigration status and gender diversity in Spanish-speaking communities.
Who it’s for Mental health clinicians, primary-care teams, school-based providers, care coordinators, and supervisors supporting transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse youth and their families.
Organizations seeking trauma-informed, evidence-aligned practice under shifting policies. NCTSN+1
We’re going to talk about…
- A concise overview of the current policy landscape and where professional consensus stands.
- A trauma-informed lens to reduce moral distress and protect the therapeutic alliance.
- A wellness self-check to identify one micro-action you can implement this week.
- Regulation skills you can use between sessions.
- Advocacy talking points for conversations with administrators and families.
- Support for Spanish-speaking families. Practical continuity & safety planning.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least three current positions from major professional bodies that support evidence-based gender-affirming care for youth.
- Describe three core principles of a trauma-informed approach.
- Utilize a wellness self-assessment and formulate one weekly micro-action that addresses a low-scoring domain.
- Describe two rapid nervous-system regulation skills suitable for use between sessions.
- Differentiate clinical material from countertransference during challenging encounters, and describe one boundary to support ethical self-care.
- Describe two advocacy approaches when communicating with administrators or families about gender-affirming care.
- Identify three common barriers facing Spanish-speaking trans/immigrant youth and families.
- Develop a brief continuity & safety plan tailored to local context, including when to provide Spanish materials and warm legal referrals.
Course Curriculum
CE credits are free for providers working in Monterey, San Benito, or Santa Cruz County.
For providers outside these counties, CE credits are available for $40.
Cultivating Resilience in Providers Working with Gender-Diverse Youth
Free Access
- Webinar Recording
- Webinar Slides Post-webinar
- Quiz (required to get CE's)
- Certificate (3 CE's) - Free for Monterey, San Benito, or Santa Cruz County
Presenters
Jen Hastings
Jen Hastings, MD (jen/jen) Board Certified in Family Medicine, has been providing transgender health care for many years. Dr Jen is part of Ibis Reproductive Health, a research group studying the reproductive needs and experiences of transgender and gender expansive people in the US, and a national consultant and educator on transgender healthcare, increasing medical access and understanding. Jen is also an abortion provider with Aria Medical Group. In Santa Cruz, Jen is the physician consultant with SafeRx and the Health Improvement Partnership, working with Opioid Safety, Behavioral Health integration, Trauma Informed Care and Mindfulness in Medicine.
Shawn V Giammattei, PhD
Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD is a clinical psychologist & WPATH certified member/mentor, specializing in couple & family therapy with a particular focus on trans youth and their families. He is the founder & CEO of the Gender Health Training Institute & TransFamily Alliance, a research consultant, international speaker, community educator, and professor teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in LGBTQ psychology, family systems, and gender affirming care, as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on gender, sexuality, and family work.
Juliette Greenham
Mexican writer, former strategy director at international organizations and DEI expert at Gender Health Training Institute. Juliette is coaching the most important organizations in Latin America to change their culture towards trans inclusivity, implementing solid policies and procedures. Juliette helps trans families in their Gender Journey, translating gender-affirming care to the Latin American culture, helping families understand it and remove cultural obstacles so they can flow and be at peace with the process.
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
