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FALL 2009 Workshop:
Title: On Gender
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:00am-3:30pm
Location: Preservation Park, 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA
(Directions)

(6 CEUs for MFTs/LCSWs. MCEP approval pending for Psychologists.) Fall 2009 Brochure (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)

Fall 2009 Pricing & Registration Form (PDF or Word doc)

THE NEW GENDER
Historically our conceptualization of gender has been simple: male and female. Issues of gender expression and gender identity have been limited by this binary paradigm. We are learning that experiences of gender are far more complex and multi-dimensional. The On Gender conference will describe a new and broader way of thinking about gender. We will discuss the complexities of the social, biological and subjective construction of gender with an emphasis on gender as an important form of authentic self-expression. Through presentations, discussion and workshops, we will explore the many variations of gender development, expression, fluidity and identity. We will focus on how a nuanced understanding of gender is relevant to the therapeutic encounter with all clients. We will especially attend to the experiences of gender non-conforming clients, both children and adults. Highlighting the questions, the challenges and the countertransference reactions that can arise when adjusting to a new paradigm, we hope to encourage therapists in this work.

PRESENTERS
MARY BRADFORD, PhD, has a private practice in Berkeley and is a faculty member of WTC. She teaches courses on working with sexual and gender diversity, relational theory, couples therapy, and eating disorders. She writes and gives presentations on understanding the experience of bisexuality.

KOEN BAUM, MFT, is a senior gender specialist as well as a couples therapy and communication expert. He works with lesbian, transgendered, gender-queer, intersexed, bisexual, heterosexual, gay couples and individuals on a variety of issues including gender identity, butch/femme identity, cross-dressing, b/d/s/m and other expressions of sexuality, transition, transitioning within a coupleship, and transgender/gender-queer sexuality.

STEPHANIE BRILL is the co-author of The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families & Professionals. Her previous books, The Queer Parent’s Primer and The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth were heralded as groundbreaking works. With numerous articles and publications, Stephanie is a sought-after contributor to radio and TV shows, magazines, journals, and books including: 20/20, The San Francisco Chronicle, All Things Considered, This American Life, The New York Times, and more.

KIM HRACA, MA, MFT, is in private practice in Berkeley, CA, working especially with people who have unconventional gender and sexual identities. She belongs to the Bay Area Gender Association, the longest running consultation group in North America for professionals working with transgender/transsexual clients. She is also a member of WPATH, the World Association for Transgender Health. She has presented numerous trainings for mental health professionals working with transgender and transsexual clients.WTC launched its educational series in 1999 as part of our agency’s commitment to the teaching and practice of relational therapy in a feminist and socio/cultural context. Presenters include senior clinicians from throughout the Bay Area. Seminars address clinical issues and values of relevance in women’s lives and provide opportunities for professionals to stay abreast of the latest psychotherapeutic issues, while obtaining continuing education credits (CEU’s). Typically, there are four presentations throughout the year.Past presentations have included :

  • Mary Ann Leff , MFT, "Feminist Ethics & the Law "
  • Colleen West, MFT, "Adjunctive EMDR: How to Work Collaboratively with an EMDR Therapist"
  • Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "Whose Ethics? Law and Ethics in Psychotherapy"
  • Shelley Nathans, PhD, "Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy"
  • Janet Linder, LCSW, BCD, "Lesbian Parenting in the Bay Area"
  • Jane Burka, PhD, "The Therapist's Body in Fantasy and Reality"
  • Robin L. Fine, PhD, "The Lost Art of Intimacy: Revisioning Couples Therapy "
  • Susan H. Sands, PhD, "The Subjugation of the Body in Eating Disorders: A Particularly Female Solution "
  • Jane Ariel, PhD, "Separation and Divorce Among Lesbians"
  • Ellen Zucker, PhD and Elsa Johnson, DMH., "Neutrality And Its Place In The New Relational Paradigm"
  • Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "The Impact Of Queer Theory On Psychodynamic Practice"
  • Nina Ham, LCSW and co-founder of WTC, "Women’s Collaborative Relationships In Work"
  • Beverly Burch, PhD and Carol Jenkins, PhD, "The Interactive Effect Of Individual and Couples Therapy: An Intersubjective Perspective"
  • Ellen Zucker, PhD, "Psychotherapy Supervision: A Relational Approach"
  • Judith Flory, LCSW, "Trauma and Memory: A Workshop on Dissociative Processes"
  • Daniel B. Wile, PhD, "Collaborative Couple Therapy: Turning Fights Into Intimate Conversations"
  • Zonya Johnson, PhD, "Relational Therapy Through A Cultural Lens"
  • Jane Ariel, PhD, MFT, and Sandra Butler, MA, "ReImagining the Family: The "Family Of Choice" in the Lives of Lesbians"
  • Jane Reynolds Conger, PhD, "Shame: The Disavowed Affect"
  • Carol Jenkins, PhD, "Emotional Tangles and Sexual Knots: Working with a Couple's Physical Bond"
  • Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "Who Is Having Sex With Whom: Eroticism in the Clinical Hour"