Serving Transgender Clients in Holistic Health Part 2

620 East 7th Street,Tucson AZ 85705

16 November, 2022

Description

Transgender identity is becoming more visible in our culture. As a result, more individuals are feeling comfortable disclosing their identity and living as their true gender expression in their daily lives. For service providers in the helping professions, this means that more transgender clients are seeking massage and other forms of therapeutic touch and holistic healthcare. Transgender clients need culturally competent providers who are aware, affirming, and empowering of their transgender identity as well as knowledgeable in how to address the unique health issues related to their gender non-conforming body. Part two will explain the physical and psycho-emotional aspects of gender transition and identify some of the unique health issues of transgender clients. It includes presentation (not hands-on) exploration of select techniques to support clients making medical and non-medical transitions from their gender assigned at birth to express their gender identity.