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  • Trauma-Informed Mind-Body Practices

    Virtual Event

    Learn the intersection of polyvagal theory and attachment theory in our upcoming webinar designed to enhance an understanding of trauma and mind-body practices. Participants will come away with a better understanding of the neuroscience behind mind-body techniques and how they can be used to regulate dysregulated nervous system states. Clinicians will be equipped with the […]

    $20.00

  • Pornography and the Flight from Sexuality from a Psychodynamic Perspective

    Virtual Event

    Living in an oversexed world, being bombarded by the media with sex and nudity, makes us numb, lets our desire vanish. We observe declining engagement in sexual activity, but also a gradual desexualisation of therapy, including psychoanalysis, as well as medical classification systems. In this webinar we will discuss how this applies to gender dysphoria. Internet pornography, […]

    $20.00

  • Understanding Identity-Based OCD: Challenges and Strategies

    Virtual Event

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can present itself through intrusive, persistent doubts surrounding one's identity. This includes a presentation that has been referred to as Gender Identity OCD (GOCD), where obsessions focus on gender identity. Individuals with this manifestation experience relentless doubts and anxieties about their gender identity, leading to a constant cycle of rumination and […]

    $20.00

  • Holding the Space for Exploratory Work in Therapy

    Virtual Event

    Co-sponsored by Therapy First and Thoughtful Therapists, this webinar will highlight some of the main findings of the research paper recently published by Dwight Panozzo and Peter Jenkins on the professional practice of members of Therapy First. This looked at how therapists working with clients experiencing gender distress are able to practice successfully in today’s […]

    $20.00

  • Therapy First Retreat: Recharge With Colleagues

    Therapy First is hosting a membership retreat in the Pocono Mountains which will offer the unique opportunity to: Recharge & combat burnout: Immerse yourself in a natural environment, explore scenic hiking trails, engage in daily yoga sessions, savor nourishing vegetarian meals, and gather around a crackling bonfire. Deepen clinical knowledge: Gain insights from talks presented […]

  • The Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation of Minors with Gender Dysphoria: Key Concepts

    Virtual Event

    Presented by Dr. Stephen B. Levine. A casual first person discussion of the values, goals, content, and processes of the first contact with a family concerned about "what is going on here." The evaluation is a separate process prior to psychotherapy. Ideally, it informs the patient, family, and the future psychotherapist what reasonably should be […]

    $20.00

  • Moral Injury and the Call to Recovery

    Virtual Event

    Unlike ordinary mistakes and errors that result in injury, and different from the painful but mundane interpersonal betrayals of trust in everyday life, moral injury captures the experience of institutional manipulation of beliefs and behaviors to coerce individuals into actions they ultimately find morally objectionable. As the harms of the gender affirming model for youth […]

    $20.00

  • Family Functioning and Gender Dysphoria

    Virtual Event

    The way a therapist thinks about a phenomenon such as gender dysphoria and transition informs how they will respond clinically. The belief that gender dysphoria is caused by a mismatch between one’s sex and internal sense of being male or female informs treatment approaches that emphasize social and medical transition as ways to reduce dysphoria […]

    $20.00

  • The Bio in Biopsychosocial

    Virtual Event

    Exercise, diet, and sleep greatly impact brain health and, therefore, mood and functioning. In this webinar, several physiological mechanisms by which lifestyle behaviors can affect mental health will be discussed. For example, exercise increases dopamine and brain-derived neurotrophic factor; diet impacts glutamate, inflammation, and advanced glycation end products; and sleep directly affects glial cells. The […]

    $20.00

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as First Line Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

    Virtual Event

    In July 2024, the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry published a paper by Joanne Sinai, a Canadian psychiatrist, and Peter Sim, a retired lawyer, that reviewed the current mental health landscape for gender dysphoria. The paper argued that psychodynamic psychotherapy should be made available as a first-line treatment for gender […]

    $20.00

  • The Psychoanalytic Exploration of Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents

    Virtual Event

    In this webinar, we explore the evolution of the concept of gender and gender identity, its treatment over the decades, and current controversies. We will examine the historical cohorts and treatment protocols of gender dysphoria. These will include the treatment protocols of the 80s and 90s (Canadian protocol), the subsequent protocols of the late 90s […]

    $20.00

  • A Genealogy of Gender: Tracing the Ideological Roots of Queer Theory

    Virtual Event

    This webinar will sketch some of the ideological antecedents of Queer Theory and its radical (re)conceptualization of gender, which many therapists and psychologists may not be aware of. In doing so, it will focus primarily on the postmodern critique of language and two of its most influential figures: Jacques Derrida and Michele Foucault, both of […]

    $20.00