Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm PST. Live Webinar.
The Importance of Gender-Affirming & Celebratory Care
This presentation will outline and give the foundations of relevant terminology related to the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition, we will explore the barriers to accessing mental healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community and the nuances that exist. As clinicians, we must understand our roles in allyship and how to advocate for LGBTQIA+ people in celebratory and affirming ways. This presentation will identify relevant tools and resources to engage with the community in a gender-affirming and celebratory way.
Course Objectives:
- Participants will be able to understand terminology related to the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Participants will be able to understand the barriers to accessing mental health care for the LGBTQIA community.
- Participants will be able to identify celebratory and affirming ways of engaging with LGBTQIA+ clients.
- Participants will be able to understand the clinician’s role in allyship and how to advocate for LGBTQIA+ people in all spaces.
Moe Ari Brown, LMFT (they/he), is one of the leading mental health experts in Gender Identity. Over the past decade, Moe Ari has worked as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families. Through his professional work and journey as a person of Transgender experience, Moe Ari is now an expert in cultivating radical authenticity ⏤ the process of integrating, accepting, aligning, and celebrating one’s intersecting identities despite threats to belonging. As a public speaker, Moe Ari offers the lessons he learned, hoping that his story will inspire others to unconditional self-love and alignment.
Moe Ari is the Love and Connection Expert at Hinge. Pairing Hinge’s research with Moe's expertise in LGBTQIA+ relationships, Moe is at the forefront of building an inclusive dating space where all daters can find love, both in the app and offline. His most recent participation in Hinge's Not-So Frequently Asked Questions (NFAQ) resource landed him on billboards throughout NYC, LA, and London (UK). The NFAQ resource features Moe and other LGBTQIA+ public figures answering commonly asked questions about LGBTQIA+ dating and identity.
As a Treatment Action Group (TAG) board member, Moe Ari is passionate about ensuring that LGBTQIA+ people have quality access to care. Moe Ari is also a public speaker, educating others on allyship for the Trans community. Some of his academic work, "Transcending the Binary: A Narrative Therapy Approach to Helping Black Trans Men" is included in Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice, a textbook for couples therapy published by Cambridge University Press.
Moe has been featured in many news articles, podcasts, broadcast interviews, and magazines throughout the US, UK, and Australia. Moe is also a co-host of the Be your own Love Goals Podcast, a former adjunct professor at Adler University, a CE course presenter for Simple Practice Learning, a consultant on DEI & Belonging, and a 2023 TEDx Atlanta speaker.
Date & Time: Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm PST. Live Webinar.
Zoom invite will be sent out a few days prior to the course date.
Location: Virtual format—Zoom
| Fee if Registration Completed: | Early Bird by 08/27/23 | after 08/27/23 | after 10/08/23 |
| TPI Members | $60 | $80 | $106 |
| Nonmembers | $80 | $100 | $126 |
| Prelicensed Students/Associates | $45 | $60 | $86 |
CE: 3 Credits. $5 additional fee per CE credit (i.e. 3 CE credits is $15 total). Attendees must participate in live sessions to receive CE's.The Psychotherapy Institute is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs (provider number PSY005). The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts continuing education credit granted by the California Psychological Association or by any of its Approved Providers. The Psychotherapy Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. (see Registration and Course Policies).
Contact Administrative Coordinator with any questions or concerns: sbrown@tpi-berkeley.org.