As the season changes, we at the Gender Health Training Institute (GHTI) are excited to announce our fall lineup of LGBTQ+ cultural competency trainings for CEU. They are designed for psychologists, therapists, counselors, medical providers, educators, and advocates who want to deepen their skills in serving transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse communities. This fall, we’re offering one live virtual workshop with an internationally recognized trans historian, along with two on-demand digital courses you can start today and complete at your own pace. Together, these three trainings offer 13 continuing education credits and cover history and cultural context, clinical documentation, and neuro-affirming care.
We know many practitioners are working in a difficult climate. Legislation, misinformation, and shifting policy are changing the landscape of gender-affirming care, and clients and families are feeling that pressure. Our fall trainings are meant to give you the knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to keep showing up well for the people you serve.
Live Virtual Workshop: Trans History for Troubled Times
Trans History for Troubled Times: A Cultural Competence Training for Practitioners
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm PT
Format: Live on Zoom
Credits: 3 CEs
Tuition: $199 Early Bird through October 11, 2026 ($249 after)
Transgender and nonbinary people are often portrayed as something new, a product of modern times or a recent trend. That assumption isn’t only wrong, it has real consequences. It shapes the legal rights trans people hold, the treatment they can get, and how society sees their place in it. The historical record tells a much longer and richer story, and understanding it is a powerful form of cultural competence.
In this live workshop, writer, filmmaker, and historian Morgan M Page will guide participants through a sweeping overview of trans history. It begins with gender-variant priestesses in ancient Mesopotamia, moves through the stories of people who escaped enslavement during the American Civil War, and arrives at the birth of transgender medicine on the eve of a world war. Drawing on archival and archaeological evidence and anchored in the stories of real people, the training traces how trans identities and communities developed alongside the medical and legal approaches built to regulate them.
Participants will explore topics such as:
- Gender variance in the ancient world and the question of where “trans” history begins
- How colonization exported Western ideas of gender around the globe
- “Female husbands,” anti-crossdressing laws, and the role of race in how sex was policed
- How Victorian sexologists “discovered” and classified gender and sexuality
- Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute, Reed Erickson, and the rise of gender identity clinics
- Marsha P. Johnson, transfeminism, and the Transsexual Menace
- The “Tipping Point” era and the backlash that followed
Throughout the workshop, participants will examine how race, colonization, transmisogyny, and class have shaped trans experiences, both historically and now. We’ll also connect these histories directly to the current cultural climate, so clinicians, educators, and advocates can better understand the forces affecting the people they work with today.
About the Presenter
Morgan M Page is an independent scholar and filmmaker who focuses on trans history and culture. She co-wrote the award-winning documentary Framing Agnes and the book Boys Don’t Cry. She was also executive producer of the podcast Harsh Reality: The Miriam Rivera Story, and she has appeared as a historian in documentaries on Netflix and HBO. Since 2016, she has hosted the trans history podcast One From the Vaults. She lectures regularly at universities and organizations across the UK, Canada, and the United States.
Why This Training Matters for Practitioners
Cultural competence goes beyond terminology and best practices. It also means understanding the context your clients live in. When practitioners know that gender diversity has existed across cultures and centuries, they’re better prepared to challenge harmful narratives and validate clients’ identities. They’re also better able to recognize how today’s legal and medical systems came to be. For clients facing hostility or self-doubt, a provider who understands this history can offer a sense of continuity and belonging.
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GHTI is also recognized by the New York State Education Department as an approved CE provider for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0339) and licensed psychologists (#PSY-0322). To earn credit, participants must attend the full live workshop and complete the evaluation. Registrants also receive one year of access to the digital portion of the workshop.
Save your seat at the Early Bird rate before October 11 →
Now Available On Demand: Two Digital Trainings for Your Fall CE Plan
If you’re looking to earn credits on your own schedule, our digital courses let you learn from experienced gender-affirming clinicians whenever it works for you.
Gender Health Evaluations and Writing Letters of Support (6 CEs)
Format: Digital, self-paced
Credits: 6 CEs
Tuition: $399
Many gender-diverse people still face barriers to affirming healthcare, even as visibility has grown. One of the most common and preventable causes of delay is a letter of support that is poorly written or incomplete. In this advanced clinical training, GHTI founder and CEO Dr. Shawn V. Giammattei, a clinical psychologist and WPATH certified member and mentor, offers in-depth guidance for mental health professionals who conduct gender health evaluations and write letters for gender-affirming medical care.
The course uses a trauma-informed, gender-affirming, and culturally responsive lens, and it takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach grounded in the gender affirmative model. Participants will learn how to:
- Assess readiness for different gender-affirming interventions
- Write individualized, ethical letters tailored to specific interventions, such as HRT versus top surgery
- Meet insurance and surgical center requirements without compromising clinical integrity
- Integrate medical necessity, informed consent, and the client’s own voice in documentation
- Support youth, families, nonbinary clients, and neurodivergent clients through the evaluation process
- Recognize internalized transphobia and clinician countertransference, and work through ethical dilemmas when care is unclear or contested
Participants will also critique examples of problematic letters and revise them, so they leave with skills they can use right away. The course is designed for psychologists, therapists, and other licensed clinicians. It’s an excellent fit both for providers who are new to letter writing and for experienced clinicians who want to reduce gatekeeping and stay current with evolving standards.
Registering a team? We offer custom package rates for agencies and group practices. Reach out to us for group pricing.
Enroll in Gender Health Evaluations and Writing Letters of Support →
ADHD in Gender Diverse Youth and Adults: A Neuro-Affirming Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment (4 CEs)
Format: Digital, self-paced
Credits: 4 CEs
Tuition: $249
October is ADHD Awareness Month, which makes it an ideal time to strengthen your understanding of how ADHD shows up in the communities we serve. Research suggests that ADHD is significantly more common among transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people. Prevalence estimates range from 4 to 21 percent, or two to thirteen times higher than in cisgender populations. Even so, ADHD often goes undiagnosed in TGD communities, partly because common screening and assessment tools weren’t built with these clients in mind.
In this workshop, Dr. A. Ning Zhou (he/him/他) takes a neuro-affirming approach to ADHD, sometimes described as Variable Attention Stimulus Trait (VAST). Dr. Zhou is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, volunteer clinical faculty at UCSF, and a WPATH Standards of Care 8 Certified Mentor who teaches about neurodiversity for the WPATH Global Education Initiative. He reviews the diagnostic criteria for ADHD and walks through a detailed assessment process. He also covers strategies for distinguishing ADHD from co-occurring conditions and explains how assessment differs for youth and adults.
Participants will also learn about common ADHD medications, with guidance for prescribers, along with psychotherapeutic strategies for supporting clients with ADHD. The course addresses racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in ADHD diagnosis and explores how ADHD can affect a person’s experience of transgender and gender-diverse healthcare. Case examples show how these strategies apply in practice. This training is designed for both medical and mental health professionals.
Enroll in ADHD in Gender Diverse Youth and Adults this ADHD Awareness Month →
Both digital courses are offered through the Gender Health Training Institute, which is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
Build Your Fall CE Plan with GHTI
Whether you’re meeting license renewal requirements, preparing your team to serve gender-diverse clients more effectively, or simply committed to lifelong learning, our fall LGBTQ+ cultural competency trainings offer a meaningful way to grow. You could join us live for trans history on October 23. You could sharpen your evaluation and documentation skills, or mark ADHD Awareness Month with a neuro-affirming lens on diagnosis and treatment. Any of these paths will help you provide more informed, affirming care.
We believe well-trained providers can change lives, especially now. A percentage of all GHTI proceeds is donated to the TransFamily Alliance, supporting parents and caregivers of gender-diverse youth. Your learning helps sustain that support.
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