Deborah Anne Coolhart – Living as Non-binary: Interventions to Support Diverse Gender Identities

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Living as Non-binary: Interventions to Support Diverse Gender Identities
Speaker: Deborah Anne Coolhart, PhD, LMFT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video

Description

As a culture, we are starting to increase understanding of transgender people who fall within the gender binary (i.e., people who are assigned female/male at birth and who socially and/or medically transition to the other binary category). However, nonbinary people are often misunderstood, invalidated, and misgendered. As a result, they are often at higher risk for negative mental health outcomes when compared to binary trans people. Helping professionals often lack understanding of the unique experiences of nonbinary people, and therefore may add to the mistreatment of this population. This presentation will provide helping professionals with knowledge about the developmental process of growing into a nonbinary identity and strategies for supporting nonbinary people in their process of coming out and managing identity. Participants will learn how to support and advocate for nonbinary people in personal and professional relationships as well as the societal level.

Speaker

Deborah Anne Coolhart, PhD, LMFT
Deb Coolhart, PhD, LMFT, is a private practice clinician and an assistant professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Department at Syracuse University. She has been doing therapy with LGBTQ youth and their families for nearly 20 years. She created the Transgender Treatment Team in Syracuse University’s Couple and Family Therapy Center, where she trains and supervises master’s students to work with transgender people and their families.

Dr. Coolhart has several publications on clinical work with LGBTQ youth. Her recent work has focused on transgender youth and their families. She has developed a tool for assessing youths’ and families’ readiness for gender transition treatments, published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. She has also published multiple manuscripts on supporting transgender youth and families in therapy and advocating for trans-affirmative school environments. Recently, she co-authored a book, The Gender Quest Workbook: Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity. Additionally, Dr. Coolhart has conducted research on transgender people and their family relationships and the experiences of LGBTQ homeless youth.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Deborah Coolhart maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Syracuse University. She is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Coolhart receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Deborah Coolhart is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Objectives

1. Apply developmental processes to clinical work with nonbinary people to validate and normalize diverse gender identities. 
2. Identify processes and supportive interventions for nonbinary people in their process of coming out and developing gender identity.  
3. Utilize specific strategies to enhance all levels of relational health (personal, professional, societal) for non-binary people. 

Outline

Identity Development  

• Early discomfort with gender binary 
• Queer sexuality as a path to nonbinary identity 
• Role and importance of representation and relationships 
• Experiences with dysphoria and unclear path of congruency 
• Pervasive invalidation leading to self-assuredness 

Coming Out and Identity Management     

• Coming out (or not) on different levels 
• Burden to educate 
• Protective buffers 

Strategies for Supporting Nonbinary People 

• Support in relationships 
• Support in therapy 
• Activism and changes in society 

Target Audience

• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors 
• Marriage & Family Therapists 
• Social Workers 
• Psychologists  
• Teachers/School-Based Personnel 
• School Administrators 
• Addiction Professionals 
• Case Managers 
• Dieticians 
• Nurses 
• Nursing Home/Assisted Living Administrators 
• Occupational Therapists 
• Occupational Therapy Assistants 
• Physical Therapists 
• Physical Therapist Assistants 
• Speech-Language Pathologists 

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