Virtual Workshop

Concerns & Strengths of Middle Aged and Elder Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals

 – 3 CEs Available –

Join us for an in-depth training focused on the unique mental health, medical, and social care needs of transgender, gender nonbinary, and gender-diverse adults over 50.
Older TGD adults remain significantly underrepresented in gerontological research and underserved in health and long-term care systems. This workshop examines the structural, clinical, and interpersonal factors contributing to disparities in care — and equips providers with practical, evidence-informed strategies to deliver affirming, competent assessment and intervention across settings.

Individuals over 50 years of age who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender non-conforming, gender diverse or gender nonbinary are often hidden or absent in most gerontological research. These populations can be the least likely to access health and social services with only 25% saying they feel “comfortable” going to a local senior center.

These individuals are more likely than cisgender people to face stigmatization, oppression and discrimination in long term care settings. This is particularly tragic, given that they are less likely to have children or extended family support and have poorer self care than cisgender people over 50, putting them at higher risk to need long term care. The lack of access to respectful health care is also a contributor to higher rates of illness, institutionalization and death.

What we will Cover:

In this workshop, we will apply a biopsychosocial framework to understanding mental health in middle-aged and older transgender and gender-diverse adults. Participants will learn to differentiate normative age-related cognitive changes from disease processes; identify the psychological, medical, and social risks associated with isolation, discrimination, and institutional care; and strengthen assessment, referral, and psychotherapeutic interventions tailored to this population. We will also examine intersectionality — including race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic factors — and increase clinical sensitivity to sexual orientation and gender identity concerns in later life, while challenging implicit assumptions that may impact care delivery.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the key components of the biopsychosocial model and apply this model to the assessment of mental illness in older adults.
  • Compare normative changes in intellectual, cognitive, and memory functioning with changes associated with pathological conditions in aging populations.
  • Demonstrate the use of effective psychological interventions, including assessment, referral, and psychotherapeutic approaches, with middle-aged and older transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals.
  • Identify risks and analyze the negative consequences of social isolation among transgender and nonbinary middle-aged and older adults.
  • Analyze the impact of multicultural, ethnic, and racial intersectionality on clinical work with older adults.
  • Assess sexual and gender-related concerns in transgender and nonbinary individuals over 50 and critique personal and clinical assumptions that may influence care.
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Concerns & Strengths of Middle Aged and Elder Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals

$249.00

3 CE Credits Available

The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Gender Health Training Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0339.

Who is leading this workshop?

Maximilian E. Fuhrmann, Ph.D., ABPP

Maximilian E. Fuhrmann, Ph.D., ABPP (geropsychology) is a clinical psychologist and gerontologist. He has worked in private practice in southern California for more than 30 years, specializing in working with older adults and their families. He obtained his doctorate in clinical-aging psychology from the University of Southern California, one of two programs at the time offering such specialization. He has expertise in working with middle aged and older LGBTQ+ and has been part of advocacy for these populations within USPATH, WPATH, APA Division 44 and local psychological associations. He has taught and continues to teach geropsychology across numerous academic and agency settings. He has co-authored 3 books focusing on resilience in later life. His educational website www.agewelldrmax.com contains numerous podcasts, online interviews and publications. In addition to his professional work, he is an avid cyclist, remote backpacker and landscape photographer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Maximilian E. Fuhrmann, Ph.D., ABPP

Maximilian E. Fuhrmann, Ph.D., ABPP (geropsychology) is a clinical psychologist and gerontologist. He has worked in private practice in southern California for more than 30 years, specializing in working with older adults and their families. He obtained his doctorate in clinical-aging psychology from the University of Southern California, one of two programs at the time offering such specialization. He has expertise in working with middle aged and older LGBTQ+ and has been part of advocacy for these populations within UPPATH, WPATH, APA Division 44 and local psychological associations. He has taught and continues to teach geropsychology across numerous academic and agency settings. He has co-authored 3 books focusing on resilience in later life. His educational website www.agewelldrmax.com contains numerous podcasts, online interviews and publications. In addition to his professional work, he is an avid cyclist, remote backpacker and landscape photographer.

TOPICS:

  1. Why might I want to care about aging?
  2. Changing demographics
  3. Impact upon you and your clinical and research work
  4. Facts on aging quiz

Gerontological concepts

  1. Lifespan development
  2. Cohort/generation definitions
  3. Transgender and nonbinary differences of cohort within a generation
  4. Intersectionality of being transgender and nonbinary in a youth oriented culture
  5. Biological/medical concerns
  6. Psychological & addiction risks
  7. Social and legal issues
  8. Elimination of awareness and potential resilience & perseverance in these individuals
  9. Helpfulness and empowerment of young by older populations
  10. Case vignette presented via video
  11. Assessment of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders in older adults
  12. Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale
  13. Beck Anxiety Inventory

Cognitive concerns of older adults

  1. Potential barriers to accurate cognitive assessment
  2. Normal and abnormal memory loss
  3. DSM V criteria for neurocognitive disorders
  4. Common reversible and treatable etiologies of neurocognitive disorders

Psychotherapy with middle aged and older adults

  1. Paradigms and approaches
  2. Efficacy
  3. Conclusions

You’ll have access to the digital portion of the workshop for one year.

Yes. 3 hours of CE’s and certificates of completion are provided through the Gender Health Training Institute.

The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Gender Health Training Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0339.

Satisfactory Completion
To receive a certificate, participants must have paid the tuition fee, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates will be available following course completion.

Evaluations and certificates will be available upon completing the evaluation at the end of the workshop.

Your satisfaction is our goal. Please read our Grievance Policy.

Grievance Policy

Gender Health Training Institute complies with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content, and treatment of program participants. The Director of Continuing Education is responsible for monitoring and assessing compliance with these standards. When a grievance arises regarding continuing education programs or processes, the complainant is expected to notify the Director of Continuing Education by e-mail as soon as possible so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion. The Director of Continuing Education, Shawn Giammattei, can be contacted by email at [email protected]. The Director of Continuing Education will make every effort to speak with the complainant to gather all necessary information to determine an appropriate course of action.

A grievance concerning a specific course offering, content, or costs may be resolved by:

  • Modifications to course materials as needed.
  • Opportunity for enrollment in an alternative course, if feasible.
  • Credit towards future course enrollment.
  • Partial or full refund.

The complainant will be kept informed of the status of the grievance, and the Gender Health Training Institute will retain a written copy of the grievance in their records for five years.

We are happy to accommodate your ADA needs, please email: [email protected].

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

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