Allison Crosby (author)
Corinne Koehn (Thesis advisor)
University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)

2013

Master of Education (MEd)

Education-Counselling

Number of pages in document: 166

The purpose of this project is to develop a workshop to train mental health practitioners to effectively help transgendered clients. A review of the literature on transgendered mental health is provided, including the history of transsexualism and the gender identity diagnosis, the social and psychosocial experiences of transgendered individuals, biological and surgical treatments, and recommendations for counselling. The format of the workshop, the target audience, and ethical concerns are described. Finally, a detailed description of the workshop, outlining the intended schedule, activities, and lectures is presented. --Leaf ii.

Transgender people -- Services for.
Transgender people -- Mental health.
Social work with transgender people.

https://doi.org/10.24124/2013/bpgub1585

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