virtual workshop

Working with Families of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth

August 22, 2025

 – 6 CE’s Available –

Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) youth who experience rejection by their families are at increased risk for depression and suicide nationally. Reducing family rejection is central to suicide and poor mental health prevention for TGNB adolescents. The Transgender youth who were supported by parents to express their accurate gender identity showed similar mental health to non-transgender youth. Thus, it is critical to locate the barriers and potential resources for reducing family rejection for TGNB youth living in varied contexts, geographic, and social locations.

Why is This Important?

The training will provide clinicians with background literature on the TGNB youth and their families from systemic resilience, developmental, and attachment perspectives. Clinicians will be challenged to self-reflect on their own cisgender and heteronormative assumptions. One critical, relational practice, gender affirming cultural humility, for clinicians and parents of TGNB youth will be introduced as key to effective intervention. Finally, systemic assessment and interventions will be introduced through video and small group practice for cultivating new clinical skills to engage parents, siblings, and TGNB youth.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe a systemic conceptualization of transgender and nonbinary youth mental health.
  • Participants will be able to describe the parent-child dynamics common with transgender and nonbinary youth.
  • Participants will be able to assess for parent-child dynamics with transgender and nonbinary youth.
  • Participants will be able to reflexively assess their own growth areas for practice with transgender and nonbinary youth and their families.
  • Participants will be able to describe parental gender affirming humility as a primary area for growth and skill building.
  • Participants will be able to describe and implement new skills for systemic intervention with transgender and nonbinary youth and their families.

Who is leading this workshop?

Katie Heiden-Rootes

Dr. Katie Heiden-Rootes is a professor in the department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine and has a dual appointment as an Assistant Vice President in the Division of Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement at Saint Louis University. Her scholarship is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Missouri Foundation for Health, and the National Science Foundation. Her scholarship focuses on two areas. First, the advancement of clinical training and research on the health of the LGBTQIA+ community and their families. And second, intersectional faculty equity and culture change within higher education. Dr. Heiden-Rootes co-founded the Queer & Trans Wellness Clinic @ SLU in the Center for Counseling and Family Therapy, a community-facing and accessible resource for mental health services. In her academic home, she teaches courses and lectures on human sexuality and gender, cultural humility, and qualitative research methods. Her work today is marked by the celebration of difference, engaging in difficult dialogue, and becoming comfortable in discomfort.

Presenter has no conflicts of interest of commercial support to report.

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Working with Families of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth

August 22, 2025

Early Bird
(Enroll before August 8, 2025)

$299

* After August 8, the price goes up to $399

Frequently Asked Questions

Dr. Katie Heiden-Rootes is a professor in the department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine and has a dual appointment as an Assistant Vice President in the Division of Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement at Saint Louis University. Her scholarship is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Missouri Foundation for Health, and the National Science Foundation. Her scholarship focuses on two areas. First, the advancement of clinical training and research on the health of the LGBTQIA+ community and their families. And second, intersectional faculty equity and culture change within higher education. Dr. Heiden-Rootes co-founded the Queer & Trans Wellness Clinic @ SLU in the Center for Counseling and Family Therapy, a community-facing and accessible resource for mental health services. In her academic home, she teaches courses and lectures on human sexuality and gender, cultural humility, and qualitative research methods. Her work today is marked by the celebration of difference, engaging in difficult dialogue, and becoming comfortable in discomfort.

Presenter has no conflicts of interest of commercial support to report.

Friday, August 22, 2025
* Sessions are scheduled in Pacific Time (PT)

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08:00 – 8:15 am – Introduction, overview, and setting group norms

08:15 – 09:15 am – Overview of gender galaxy and the new generation of young people; self-reflection exercise 1 ends the time

09:15 – 09:30 am – Break

09:30 – 10:00 am – Overview of literature on research and systemic/attachment theory with TGNB youth and their families

10:00 – 10:30 am – Introduction of gender-affirming cultural humility for parents and clinicians

10:30 – 11:00 am – Small group systemic conceptualization exercise of TGNB youth case example

11:00 – 11:30 am – Break for lunch

11:30 – 12:30 pm – Engaging youth and their parents in family therapy; structuring therapy

12:30 – 01:00 pm – Small group conceptualization exercise with case example

01:00 – 01:15 pm – Break

01:15 – 02:00 pm – Regulating emotions and addressing religion with parents/caregivers

02:00 – 3:00 pm – Creating bonding moments between TGNB youth and their caregivers; video example

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

Of course. If you cancel until the day before the workshop begins (August 22, 2025), a full refund will be issued (minus the processing fee). After the workshop begins, we cannot provide a refund, and you will not retain access to the materials and recordings.

Contact us at [email protected] if you have any concerns or issues with the workshop.

This 1-day workshop, taking place on August 22, runs from 8 am PT to 3 pm PT (11 am ET to 6 PM ET).

The price for this Workshop is:

Early Bird – $299 (available until August 8, 2025)

Regular Price – $399

Yes. 6 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.

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.

The workshop is 6 hours long, including breaks and time for Q&A.

6 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.

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