Webinars
Therapy First provides a range of trainings for mental health clinicians working with young people who are questioning their identity. Therapy First members always have free access to the recordings of previous trainings. To explore upcoming webinars, click below.
The Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation of Minors with Gender Dysphoria: Key Concepts
Stephen B. Levine
Monday July 29th at 12pm EDT
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 the next step. Dr. Levine's 2022 publication on informed consent and his 2024 publication, What is the Purpose of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation of Minors With Gender Dysphoria (both published Open Access) are highly relevant to this webinar.
Therapy First has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider,
ACEP No. 7505. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Therapy
First is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This webinar provide 1.5 hours of CE credits.
Dr. Levine is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is the solo author of five books, Sex Is Not Simple in 1989 (translated to German in 1992 and reissued in English in 1997 as Solving Common Sexual Problems); Sexual Life: A clinician’s guide in 1992; Sexuality in Midlife in 1998 and Demystifying Love: Plain talk for the mental health professional in 2006; Barriers to Loving: A clinician’s perspective in 2013; Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Sexual Problems: An Essential Guide for Mental Health Professionals in 2020. He is the Senior Editor of the first (2003), second (2010) and third (2016) editions of the Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals. He has been teaching, providing clinical care, and writing since 1973 and has generated original research, invited papers, commentaries, chapters, and book reviews. He has served as a journal manuscript and book prospectus reviewer for many years. He was co-director of the Center for Marital and Sexual Health/ Levine, Risen & Associates, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio from 1992-2017. He and two colleagues received a lifetime achievement Masters and Johnson’s Award from the Society for Sex Therapy and Research in March 2005. He was given his Department of Psychiatry’s Hall of Fame Award in 2021.