Gender and Sexuality in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy

The course reviews clinical treatment with children or adolescents who present as gender non-conforming, inclusive of transgender and LGBT-Q.  Implications for clinical treatment will be explored with a special emphasis on resilience and affirmation of their status.

Part of the Child and Adolescent Seminar Series.

Seminar Information

Date

Nov 13, 20; Dec 4, 11, 18, 2024; Jan 8,15, 22, 2025

Time

6:00 pm-7:30 p.m. EST

Location

Online, live via Zoom

CEUs

12

Fee

$600

Registration will close 48 hours prior to the start of the event.

Instructors

Deborah Glazer, PhD

Deborah Glazer, PhD is faculty member at CAPTP/The William Alanson White Institute and a faculty member and supervisor at PPSC. She is coeditor with Jack Drescher of Gay and Lesbian Parenting (Haworth Medical Press, 2001) and has numerous articles and presentations on working with LGBTQ clients and families. She is in private practice in the Chelsea Section of NYC.

Joseph T. Mikulka, LCSW

Joseph T. Mikulka, LCSW-R, (aka JT) is a graduate Hunter College School of Social Work, and  the William Alanson White Institute’s Program in Psychoanalysis and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program. He is faculty at IPSS and the William Alanson White Institute. He has published and presented his work on play therapy, working with severe pathology, adoption and gender transition, and on helping kids recover from war and armed conflict. JT is an associate editor for the journals Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Journal for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, and President of the board of Section II (Children and Adolescents) of Division 39. He is in private practice in New York City.

Credentialing Information

Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and 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-0185 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083.

Disclaimer Statement

This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.

Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are issued for cancellations made up to 7 working days before the event. Cancellations of less than 7 days for any reason, or no-shows are not refunded. Credit towards a future event/workshop are issued for cancellations less than 7 days and up to 24 hours before the event. No credit is issued for cancellations less than 24 hours before the events or no-shows.