An Introduction to Working with Gender Diversity - Exeter, Devon

This is an opportunity to learn more about the increasing number of people identifying as gender diverse or Transgender whose experience of gender may not meet the expectations of our society.

We will consider our own gender identity and develop an understanding of what it means to identify as gender diverse. We will learn about the effect of gender dysphoria and think together about how this impacts on the individual. We will find out about the lived experience of gender-diverse people.

This one-day training course will be a mix of information sharing, interactive exercises, experiential learning, and discussion delivered in a group setting.

Gender identity is rarely included in counselling and psychotherapy training courses and this is a chance to learn more about this issue in a safe environment. You may be interested if you are thinking of working with gender-diverse people or have an interest in broadening your knowledge in this area.

Key Benefits:

Participants will gain a better understanding of gender identity and gender dysphoria including the medical process people may go through. We will learn about the wide variety of identities and terminology. The course will encourage and enable participants to explore their thoughts and feelings about this emerging and challenging subject.

Meet Liza Heatley:

Liza Heatley combines extensive training experience with therapeutic and Trans-specific knowledge and practice. She is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist with an MSc in Psychotherapy, and a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA, P). She worked for many years at the West of England Specialist Gender Identity Clinic. She is a Core Tutor at the Link Centre in East Sussex and a visiting tutor on the Iron Mill Transactional Analysis Foundation Year.

This is an 'in person' workshop, based at Iron Mill's venue in Exeter. The running of this workshop as an 'in person' workshop is dependent on the Covid-19 restrictions and social distancing measures in place at the time of the workshop date.

If Covid-19 restrictions are such that the workshop cannot go ahead in person, it will either be postponed or moved online. If this happens, all delegates will be contacted and offered the choice to re-book or receive a refund. We will review arrangements 2 weeks' before the event and inform you of any changes.

Please note: Ticket sales close on Friday 10th June at 4pm BST.