Mastering Gender Health Evaluations

THE DEVELOPMENT & USE OF GENDER AFFIRMING BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENTS & MEDICAL REFERRAL LETTERS

UPDATED for SOC8

Even With the Most Complex Cases, Gain the Clarity and Confidence You Need to Write Ethical, Gender Affirming Medical Referral Letters for Transgender & Nonbinary People

Starting July 1, 2024

Hello all,

I’m Dr. Shawn V Giammattei with the Gender Health Training Institute…

I am a clinical family psychologist and WPATH certified mentor who is dedicated to helping therapists provide gender affirmative care to transgender, nonbinary, gender-expansive (trans) clients and their families across the life span…

and build culturally-attuned, gender-affirming practices while navigating the quickly changing world of transgender health so that your clients and their families can build stronger connections, live with authenticity, and receive the care they need.

As you’re probably aware, trans people and their families are at risk for poor mental and physical health outcomes because of a lack of access to gender-affirming healthcare.

You may also be aware that mental health care professionals around the world who are providing gender affirming care are being challenged regarding the care they are providing, especially for trans youth.

What you may not know…

There are not near enough mental health providers available to help trans people access this care and navigate it in the healthiest way possible, especially trans youth and their families.

The good news is that you and I have the power to help change that and in my humble opinion, an ethical responsibility to do so.

We need more mental health providers who…

  • are confident in their skills
  • can competently, ethically, and affirmingly provide context specific gender health evaluations in collaboration with their trans clients and their families
  • can provide referral letters for gender affirming medical care when necessary
  • can help their clients navigate any difficulties that may arise on their journeys.

Not only that, we all need to be clearer than ever about what we recommend, why we recommend particular care, and when we recommend it.

With over 20 years of experience teaching graduate level courses, leading workshops, conducting research, and engaging in scholarship on trans health

as well as regularly collaborating on gender health evaluations and medical referral letters, and as someone who is also a member of the trans community, I am uniquely qualified to take you on a deeper dive into the topic of gender health evaluations and gender affirming medical referral letters.

Let me tell you what I am thinking and why this is important now…

As a data driven guy, I am constantly surveying and talking to the trans community, therapists, and medical professionals
to understand the gaps in training and services needed.
The most recent survey results…

According to Therapists…
  • The major challenge and sometimes outright fear for you is the prospect of writing letters to help trans & gender expansive children, adolescents, and adults access gender affirming medical care and being unclear about the assessment process.
  • You feel caught between the competing needs of the trans community, your clients, medical providers, insurance companies, outdated Standards of Care, and in some cases your professional boards and state laws.
  • You struggle to know the questions to ask (or not to ask), what information is necessary, when to write a referral letter, and how much to put in the letter.
According to Trans Clients…
  • The trans community and their families are finding it hard to find competent providers (with openings) to do thorough evaluations and write referral letters when needed without having to spend a small fortune and jump through, what feels like, unnecessary and unethical hoops.
  • On the other hand they want providers to provide them with the information they need to make fully informed decisions.
According to Medical Providers…
  • Medical providers often struggle with referral letters that do not address the questions they need answered to provide the best medical and surgical care for their patients.
  • Surgeons report that letters have too much unnecessary information, but more often than not, they are sorely lacking the key information they need to move forward.

As therapists, we have been put in a tough position, and one most of us feel very uncomfortable with.

At the same time, what do we do when someone we have been working with comes out as transgender, nonbinary, or otherwise gender diverse and needs us to help them get medical care that will likely save their life?

How do we make sure that our clients are clear about what this all means, limiting the potential for regret, while not devolving into a gate-keeping role?

Many clinicians have told me it is outside their scope of practice, and yet…

  • What if there is no one else available who can help your client?
  • What about the emotional & financial cost to your client having to re-establish care with a “gender specialist” when they already have a bond with you?

It is not necessary to become a gender specialist to…

  • do culturally attuned, gender affirmative work with your clients
  • know the right questions to ask for a context appropriate comprehensive biopsychosocial gender health evaluation
  • be able to conscientiously write medical referral letters within your scope of practice that can open the doors to life saving medical interventions your client may need.
  • and do this with clarity and confidence in a reasonable amount of time.

Based on OVERWHELMING interest, I’ve created a digital/ hybrid course to help you become a confident gender health evaluator.

Here’s How It Works…

There are 3 options for going through this program:

Digital Only

Home Study only (DIY)
– do on your own time

Hybrid

Digital plus Live Training, Workshop community access – I’ll do it with you

VIP access

Everything in Hybrid plus direct access
to Dr. Giammattei in a small group/mastermind style consultation on your specific cases/issues and an extra week of live training.

The digital course content is delivered in training modules over the course of 14 weeks. Each training module includes pre-recorded lectures, activities, workbook guides, and resources that will help you improve your skills, develop context specific, collaborative gender health plans, and templates (30 CEs).

The Hybrid version includes a live, in-depth integration of the material for your practice with case examples, occasional experiential exercises, and feedback from an expert in trans health whom you can trust (up to 10 CEs),

All versions of this course come with CE’s and access to a virtual community. The Hybrid & VIP options give you direct, live access to Dr. Giammatttei, the interactive course community, replays of live meetings, and the opportunity to access additional CEs for those you attend.

What you can expect…

  • Access to helpful pre-training content, weekly training modules, guides, and resources
  • Step by step guidance through the development of a gender health evaluation tool that fits your practice or organization and provides you with the appropriate focus, the right questions to ask, and the important areas to cover with a special focus on youth and families.
  • Thoughtful approaches to complexity and common co-occurring issues
  • Writing context specific and appropriate medical referral letters, including valuable guidance on the types of letters, the necessary content they should cover, and creating the time saving templates that work
  • an overview of social & medical treatment options across the lifespan
  • we not only cover the content you need but also the ethics and current issues involved in providing comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and letters
  • And much, much more!

We’re going to talk about…

  • How to understand your role as a therapist to evaluate your clients’ understanding of medical procedures and adequately prepare them, without stepping outside the boundaries of your discipline.
  • How to write referral letters when you fear that a client will change their minds in the future and might hold you liable for a less than thorough evaluation/affirmation of readiness if they later regret their decision to have surgery or begin hormones.
  • How to evaluate minors and provide gender affirming letters even when you are challenged by reluctant guardians who are more afraid of the risks of treatment than the risks of withholding gender affirming care.
  • How to know the specific requirements in letters based on the age of your client and the different necessities that come with each life stage.
  • How to collaboratively assess for informed consent, even when you feel conflicted and less qualified to assess because a client has a difference or disability that leads you to wonder about their capacity for consent.
  • How to evaluate and incorporate minority stress, trauma, and complex co-occurring issues for a readiness letter when your client thinks that you’re requesting too much information.
  • How to engage in affirming gender health evaluations when you feel like the whole process is harmful and worry about exploiting the trans community

And that’s only the tip of the iceberg…
This Course will help you build competence and understand how to handle the many situations that can come up when navigating evaluations and medical referrals

What is the cost of this opportunity?

WE ARE OFFERING THIS AT A HUGE SAVINGS!

While we can’t put a price on the value of writing a readiness letter that saves someone’s life, we do know how many hours having your own templates can save you. That savings alone more than pays for the cost of this course.

We also know the fear and substantial cost of a legal battle that saving you the cost of a legal battle if someone regrets surgery and comes after you seeking damages for not thoroughly evaluating them. That scenario is more of a concern right now with the current political climate sweeping the country and the world, but rest assured we’ll go over the options, protocols and reasoning behind them to help you protect yourself and your practice.

My 4-6 hour didactic workshops typically cost $500 alone, and attendees walk away each time with tremendous insights and tools. And my 3-Day immersive workshops typically cost $1,500 -$5,000 depending on the venue.

In the future, this 14 week Digital Course, offering all of the above with 30 CE hours of content and 10+ hours of direct LIVE, step-by-step assistance, will cost $4,599 for the full program

Right now, to make this more affordable and in the interest of meeting the exploding and dire need in changing economic times…

We’re introducing this essential workshop at $820. That’s 82% off for the digital-only, home study version!

We also have the full Hybrid version offering extra live trainings with experiential exercises, case examples, plenty of time to get your questions answered, and a 24/7 virtual community for $1,280, which is still a significant 72% savings.

And for a limited number of participants, who wish to have a more personal experience and direct weekly consultation with Dr. Giammattei, there is an option to upgrade to VIP access.

To make this even more accessible financially we are offering a monthly payment plan of 4 payments or you can get an additional 10% off by paying in full.

$4,599 SAVE $3,779 TODAY!

Plans Starting at

$820

Starting July 1, 2024

Are there bonuses?

YES!

Bonus #1

There will be a week one Pre-Training kick-off didactic/Q&A session prior to the start of the main content of the Course. You will get an overview of everything the Digital course entails, as well as practical insight on how to best navigate the course, what you will need to construct your own gender health evaluation, the requisite tools, and how to access insurance information. All the tools and homework from the module 1 Pre-Training will help you be well prepared to make the most of the Mastering Gender Health Evaluations experience.

Bonus #2

Access to templates, checklists, and tools to make creating your own gender health evaluations easier.

Bonus #3

PDF swipe files of letter templates: including letters that trans, non-binary, and gender expansive people often need that incorporate the necessary components of both SOC7 and SOC8, and updated for navigating the latest legal & ethical issues in states where care is being banned.

For those paying in full – Bonus #4

A bonus 6 CE Digital Workshop on Integrating the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Standards of Care version 8 with SOC7 to help your clients access the care they need now, and as the SOC8 rolls out.

FAST-ACTION BONUSES…

BONUS #1:

Sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Digital Course by May 31st and be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 spots in the hybrid course for additional weekly live training and CEs with Dr. Giammattei

or BONUS #2:

Sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Hybrid Course by May 31st and be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 VIP Access spots for additional weekly mastermind/small group consultations and an extra week of live training with Dr. Giammattei

or BONUS #3:

Sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Hybrid Course with VIP Access by May 31st and be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 private 60-min calls with Dr. Giammattei to help you through your toughest Gender Health Evaluation and Referral Letter situation.

PLUS

30 CEs including 21 hrs of video, readiness letter templates, workbooks, articles, guides, and much more!

$4,599
SAVE $3,779
Plans Starting at $820
or
4 monthly payments of $225

From Uncertainty to Confidence…

A significant part of your Gender Journey as a clinicians, is becoming competent as a collaborative gender health evaluator.

By enrolling in the Mastering Gender Health Evaluation Workshop, you’ll take a vital step in moving from uncertainty to confidence in providing gender affirming care to your trans, non-binary, and gender expansive clients.

On completion, you’ll walk away much more confident in your ability to…

  • provide collaborative and affirming Gender Health Evaluations for children, adolescents, adults, & their families
  • evaluate readiness, informed consent, and capacity to consent for treatment.
  • know the questions to ask and issues to explore
  • understand the impact of minority stress and trauma on readiness
  • know when and how to write appropriate referral letters
  • understand your potential biases that could impact your evaluations
  • make an action plan to decolonize your work while providing much-needed services

And much, much more!

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Home Study Digital Course: get access for 1 year to 21 hrs of pre-recorded videos divided into 13 modules as well as letter templates, a curated list of articles, resources, workbooks, and guides.
  2. Hybrid Version: HomeStudy recordings and resources plus additional live weekly virtual trainings (case examples/Q&A on Zoom) and access for 1 year to the digital course, replays, and the 24/7 virtual course community.
  3. VIP Access: Everything in Hybrid plus weekly live virtual intimate small group consultations on Zoom directly with Dr. Giammattei to answer your toughest evaluation and letter writing questions, lifetime access to the digital course, replays, the 24/7 virtual community, and an extra week of live training.

This workshop will be taught and facilitated by Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD

Dr. Giammattei is a clinical family psychologist in private practice in Northern CA, the founder & CEO of the Gender Health Training Institute, the TransFamily Alliance, and Quest Family Therapy. He specializes in family therapy with couples, families, and individuals across the lifespan, with a particular focus on transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive youth and their families. He is an SOC8 certified Mentor for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and is on faculty for their Global Education Institute. He is also a researcher, author, international speaker, and professor teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in LGBTQ psychology and family systems. He has served on the board of local and national family therapy organizations, is an advisory member of Mind the Gap, a group dedicated to gender affirming care for trans youth and their families, and the author of several articles and book chapters on gender, sexuality, and family work.

Dr. Giammattei, is a man who was assigned female at birth.  He identifies as Queer and is a member of the transgender community.

**Dr. Giammattei has no financial conflicts of interest or commercial support for this program

In brief, you will be creating your own evaluation tools that cover aspects of family, psychological, and gender histories that are important for evaluations, informed consent vs gatekeeping, evaluating the impact of minority stress & trauma, gender dysphoria, and differential diagnosis, writing readiness letters, decolonizing your practices, getting your questions answered weekly (Hybrid/VIP), and much, much more…

Getting Started: Preparation for the Course

Week 1 – Pre-training (Release date: June 17)

  • Outline of tools needed and how to navigate the course
  • Understanding referral letters
  • The basic outline of referral letters
  • History of WPATH/SOC Basics
  • Insurance Info – how to search for it

Week 2 – live session (HYBRID only) – June 24

Informed Consent, Ethics, and Gathering History

Week 3 – Informed Consent Part A – (Release date: July 1)

Module 1

  • Mindset
  • How your own narratives inform your practice
  • The Gender Affirmative Model
  • Building rapport with gender diverse clients and their family members

Module 2

  • Building rapport with gender diverse clients and their family members
  • Unpacking Gender
  • Privilege, marginalization, and bias
  • Understand what the colonizing of trans health is and how to address these in your practice

Week 4 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – July 8

Week 5: Informed Consent Part B – (Release date July 15)

Module 3

  • Understand what the colonizing of trans health is and how to address these in your practice
  • Understanding culturally attuned collaborative approaches in assessment
  • Understanding informed consent/assent across the lifespan and how to evaluate capacity to consent
  • Utilizing the WPATH standards of care and managing the changes
  • Understanding the differences between evaluations of minors vs adults – watching out for the ethical pitfalls

Module 4

  • Assessing family history & Supports
  • Understanding the role of background and contextual factors that affect transitions
  • How to gather pertinent client history
  • The Gender Story – who, what, how

Week 6 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – July 22

Evaluating Complexity

Week 7: – Evaluating Complexity Part A – (Release date: July 29)

Module 5

  • How to affirmatively evaluate minority stress
  • Evaluating couples
  • Understanding trauma and adverse childhood experiences

Module 6

  • More on experiences of minority stress
  • Gender Dysphoria and differential diagnosis
  • Affirmative evaluations of complex co-occurring issues

Week 8 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – August 5

Week 9: – Evaluating Complexity Part B –  (Release date: August 12)

Module 7

  • Points to cover in referral letters
  • Following the Standards of Care
  • Scope of Practice
  • Understanding Transitions
  • Evaluate medical necessity and readiness

Module 8

  • Details of gender affirming medical interventions

Week 10 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – August 19

Pulling it all together / Readiness Letters

Week 11: – Readiness Letters Part A – (Release date: August 26)

Module 9

  • Recap and Questions
  • Understanding families and parents that struggle
  • Using Assessment tools

Module 10

  • Assessment Tools continued
  • Developing questions based on the GHE Decision Tree
  • Creating your GHE Template

Week 12 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – September 2

Week 13: – Readiness Letters Part B – (Release date: September 9)

Module 11

  • What readiness letters are, and how top-notch ones are structured
  • How to use your gender health evaluation to write letters of readiness
  • Creating your templates
  • Understanding the scope of practice and qualifications for letters
  • Addressing the content required by medical providers

Module 12

  • Creating and troubleshooting letters and letter templates
  • Navigating medical and insurance denials & appeals
  • How to reconfigure your practices and approach evaluations collaboratively
  • How to offer your services without exploiting the community

Week 14 – live session (HYBRID & VIP only) – September 16

Week 15 – live session ( VIP only) – TOPIC TBD by VIP

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Hybrid Option:

We will meet live on Zoom every second Monday (time TBA) starting on June 24th to discuss the week’s modules, answer questions, explore clinical cases, and take the topics deeper.

Each week we will update the materials for you in the live course community where you can ask questions and connect with other course participants and links to access replays of our live meeting if you couldn’t make it.

VIP Option

In addition to all the features of the Hybrid course, we will meet for an extra hour of live training & discussion each week in a mastermind style, small group where you can bring in your personal GHE consultation questions and questions about the course.

This is currently scheduled for every second Monday after the Hybrid meeting, but it can be changed depending on the group’s needs.

We will also have an additional week of training, the details of which are TBD, based on what the group wants to explore more deeply.

Additional CEs are available for any meetings you attend live.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, you will be able to…

  • Explain the impact of a therapist’s personal understanding of gender on clinical bias when working with gender diverse clients.
  • Describe the single most important tenant of the Gender Affirmative Model when creating gender health evaluations for children, adolescents, adults, & their families
  • Explain 3 ethical dilemmas of not fully engaging family members in gender health evaluations and medical referrals
  • Describe the single most important criterion for insurance approval and appeals for insurance denials
  • List the 6 areas that must be covered in medical referral letters for gender affirming medical treatment
  • Evaluate the impact of gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, and medical necessity for gender affirmative treatment with gender diverse clients
  • Explain the differences between children, adolescents, and adults who require gender affirming medical care
  • List the common types of gender affirming medical treatments that require a referral from a health care provider
  • Describe the referral requirements for gender affirming medical and surgical treatments
  • Describe the common co-occurring diagnoses to be aware of and how to address these when making a referral
  • Assess the impact of minority stress and trauma on readiness for gender affirming medical treatment
  • Create culturally attuned questions that produce accurate psychosocial, medical, and gender histories
  • Describe the experience of gender dysphoria and gender noise and their impact on mental health
  • Demonstrate effective use of the gender minority stress model when evaluating clients for gender affirmative treatment.
  • Evaluate patient readiness, capacity to consent, and informed consent for treatment
  • Utilize gender affirming screening questions to differentiate co-occurring issues that may require additional evaluation and treatment
  • Compare and contrast the differences between transmasculine, transfeminine, and non-binary surgical options.
  • Prepare gender health evaluations with a clear plan for types of gender affirming treatment that are clinically indicated and when appropriate, medically necessary
  • Create gender affirming medical referral letters that stay within a psychologist’s scope of practice
  • Apply the latest WPATH Standards of Care and APA Guidelines in the creation of comprehensive gender health evaluations
  • Create a plan for offering gender health evaluations and letters of readiness without exploiting the community or engaging in gate-keeping tactics.

PART 1

  • Ethics and use of Gender Health Evaluations
  • Ethics of letters of readiness and scope of practice
  • Building rapport and avoiding the gatekeeper trap
  • Gender Affirmative Model and GHEs
  • Informed Consent/Assent
  • Evaluations and Telehealth
  • Evaluating Adults vs Children

Gathering History Part 1:

  • Family/Psychological
  • Developing appropriate questions

Gathering History Part 2:

  • The Gender Story – Who, What, How
  • Q&A
  • Question Development for the GHE Template (Homework)

PART 2

  • Review Question Development Homework
  • Assessing Minority Stress
  • Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Evaluating Medical Necessity
  • Differential Diagnosis: Gender Dysphoria
  • Common Co-Occurring Issues: 
  • Eating DO, Autism, ADHD, Social Anxiety
  • Types of Letters for Trans health care
  • Content of top notch letters
  • Managing insurance denials and appeals
  • Assessing Preparedness
  • Medical Interventions: Prepubertal – Adulthood
  • Appropriate use of psychological measures
  • Q&A GHE Template (Homework)

PART 3

  • Implementation of GHE
  • Letters for minors
  • Understanding complex presentations
  • Using the GHE to establish care
  • Using the GHE to write letters of readiness
  • Letters for Adults vs Children
  • Types of letters
  • Content of letters
  • WPATH Standards of Care 
  • Diverging from the SOC
  • Pulling it all together
  • Creating letter templates
  • Finishing GHE template
  • Offering services without exploitation
  • Q & A

In the future, this 14 week Digital Course, offering all of the above with 30 CE hours of content and 10+ hours of direct LIVE, step-by-step assistance, will cost $4,599 for the full program

Right now, to make this more affordable and in the interest of meeting the exploding and dire need in changing economic times…

We’re introducing this essential workshop at $820, an enormous savings of $3,779. That’s 82% off for the digital-only, home study version!

We also have the full Hybrid version offering extra live training with experiential exercises, case examples, plenty of time to get your questions answered, and a 24/7 virtual community for $1,280, which is still a significant 72% savings of $3,319.

And for a limited number of participants, who wish to have a more personal experience and direct weekly consultation with Dr. Giammattei, there is an option to upgrade to VIP access.

To make this even more accessible financially we are offering a monthly payment plan of 4 payments of $225 for the digital course, $350 for the Hybrid version and $450 for the VIP Access. If you choose to pay in full you get an additional 10% off and access to a bonus course on integrating the SOC8 into your letters and evaluations.

Yes! For those signing up for the Hybrid or VIP options, there is a dedicated group for you to get real-time feedback on challenging evaluations. The group is maintained before and for the duration of the Workshop and will be available for a year. You’ll be able to post and comment freely during that time. The group will be archived after this time because of the challenges of responding to posts indefinitely. VIP participants will have lifetime access to the archived group and all the posted materials there.

Those taking the digital course will have a community space to ask questions and get feedback while they have access to the course.

Absolutely! If you decide this course is not for you, you have seven days to request a refund.

Please note that since downloadable material is included in the course, refunds are not possible once you download any document beyond the pre-training materials (our learning platform tracks students’ download activities).

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

This immersive workshop is primarily for behavioral health providers (Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors) who want to work more closely with trans, non-binary and gender expansive clients in helping them receive gender affirmative care and are willing to take a closer look at their own practices.

This course is also for any healthcare provider called upon to do gender health evaluations, especially if they need to understand the psychological aspects of these evaluations.

Since this is an intermediate learning experience, this workshop is not for you if you don’t have the introductory knowledge of gender identity – the gender 101 basics.

Contact us at [email protected] if you have questions prior to joining. We want you to be successful and can point you in the right direction even if this isn’t a good fit.

Yes. There are 30 hours of CE’s for the digital course and up to 10 hours of CEs for the live Hybrid meetings. Certificates of completion are provided through the Gender Health Training Institute.

The VIP Group has the opportunity to get CEs for each live training they attend for up to 6+2 additional CEs.

Satisfactory Completion
Participants must have paid the tuition fee:  For the digital home-study, participants must have viewed all the videos in their entirety and completed all the post-tests with 75% accuracy.

For the additional Hybrid/VIP hours, participants must have logged in and out each day for the live training, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation at the end of the course to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire webinar. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates will be sent to you following course completion.

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.

Disability Access – If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling about accepting American Psychological Association CE’s.

Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Evaluations and Certificates will be sent by email from the Gender Health Training Institute following course completion and the final course evaluation. If you have any trouble accessing your certificate upon completion of the course, email us at [email protected]

Absolutely!

Bonus #1
There will be a kick-off didactic/Q&A session prior to the start of the Workshop a week before for those who register in advance. This will be recorded for those who cannot attend. Get an overview of everything the Workshop entails, as well as practical insight on constructing your own gender health evaluation, the requisite tools and how to access insurance information. You’ll be well prepared to make the most of the Workshop experience at the end of this session. It will also include an overview of SOC8 guideline requirements for referrals.

Bonus #2
Access to templates, checklists, and tools to make creating your own gender health evaluations easier.

Bonus #3
PDF swipe files of letter templates: including letters that trans, non-binary, and gender expansive people often need. These are updated to incorporate SOC8 and address the ethical & legal issues in states that are banning care.

Bonus #4
For those who pay in full, you will receive access to a pre-recorded bonus training on Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care: SOC8 Assessments & Medical Referrals (6 CEs).

Fast Action Bonus
Those who sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Digital Course by May 31st will be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 Hybrid spots for additional weekly live training/CEs with Dr. Giammattei.

Those who sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Hybrid Course by May 31st will be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 VIP Access spots for additional weekly mastermind/small group consultations and an extra week of live training with Dr. Giammattei

For those who sign up for Mastering Gender Health Evaluations Hybrid Course with VIP Access by May 31st will be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 private 60-min calls with Dr. Giammattei to help you through your toughest Gender Health Evaluation and Referral Letter situation.

There are no financial conflicts of interest or outside commercial support for this program.

What others say

I found the actual case examples, particularly of the more complex cases, to be both engaging and informative. I also appreciated the more factual, didactic information during the first part of the course, as I was not trained specifically in transgender health and had a lot to learn in that regard. I am glad to have the copies of the letter templates available to access as I continue to work with the transgender community and will be asked to provide more letters going forward.

James L.

I like we talked about minority stress, gender history, and co-occurring issues etc. I found talking about how to formulate affirmative and collaborative questions in evaluation as helpful. Also, walking through some letter samples and insurance policies are very helpful.

Pei-Chun H.

Going through assessment for where someone (both for child and adult) is on gender journey with regard to the individual as well as within the family and/or their support system. Review of co-occurring diagnoses as well as the sample letter writing. Such a thorough workshop with so many resources available and Shawn’s easy manner in presenting made the three days fly by!

Beth M.

This training was one of the most incredible I have attended. Participating live was especially beneficial. Shawn so masterfully weaves together his personal and professional experiences to bring clinicians to a deeper understanding of gender and gender health.

Britt G.

I enjoyed having a small group that allowed for discussion and sharing. I liked starting with unpacking gender and talking about the ups, downs, and sideways that folks encounter along their gender journey. I very much appreciated the conversations around working with kids/teens as most of that info is new to me.

Rebecca S.

The tremendous amount of resources so generously offered. I love Shawn’s straight forward and honest delivery of his experiences in this work.

Karen D.

So many parts of the workshop were helpful!! I found all of the resources and examples you provided to be very helpful. It was great to go over the material and think through the examples as a team.

John F.

Dialogue, lived experience of presenter, discussion of complex co-occurring issues, inclusion of discussion about working with families and youth, as well as adults, lots of wonderful resources and examples – we often don’t get the time to spend this amount of time together for a single training, and in a smaller group format, also youth and discussion of blockers often gets left out of trainings with more emphasis on adults, unless the training is specifically about gender expansive youth. Overall, awesome workshop!

Holly S.

The case examples Shawn shared were wonderful and increased my basic knowledge as well as the complexity of certain cases.

Michelle M.

30 CEs, 21 hrs of videos,  readiness letter templates, and much more!

$4,599
SAVE $3,779
starting at JUST $820

Starting July 1, 2024

Plans for everyone

Multiple payment plans

DIGITAL ONLY

Home Study only
– do on your own time –

What’s Included
  • Pre-Training Recordings & Materials
  • Pre-recorded Video Trainings
  • Templates, Resources, Virtual Q&A

  • Certificate (30 CE credits)

PAY IN FOUR MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS

$225/monthly

Total $900.00

OR PAY WITH ONE TIME PAYMENT AND GET BONUSE:
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Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care Digital Course *

* If you have already enrolled in ‘Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care’: No worries! Instead, you’ll receive access to any 4 webinars from our SOC8 Series by your choice – each offering 2 CE credits, for a total of 8 CEs. Choose the topics that suit your needs best!

ONE TIME PAYMENT

$820

HYBRID

Digital + Live Trainings & 24/7 workshop community access

What’s Included
  • Pre-Training Recordings & Materials
  • Pre-recorded Video Trainings
  • Templates, Resources, Virtual Q&A
  • Live Training (7 Live Sessions)
  • Workshop Private Community Access

  • Certificate (30 CE credits) + 10 CEs for the Live Trainings

PAY IN FOUR MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS

$350/monthly

Total $1400.00

OR PAY WITH ONE TIME PAYMENT AND GET BONUSE:
GET 10% OFF
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Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care Digital Course *

* If you have already enrolled in ‘Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care’: No worries! Instead, you’ll receive access to any 4 webinars from our SOC8 Series by your choice – each offering 2 CE credits, for a total of 8 CEs. Choose the topics that suit your needs best!

BEST VALUE

ONE TIME PAYMENT

$1280

VIP

Digital + Live Trainings + Live Mastermind Trainings & 24/7 Workshop community access

What’s Included
  • Pre-Training Recordings & Materials
  • Pre-recorded Video Trainings
  • Templates, Resources, Virtual Q&A
  • Live Training (7 Live Sessions)
  • Live Mastermind Type of Training with Dr. Shawn (8 Live Sessions)
  • Workshop Private Community Access

  • Certificate (30 CE credits) + 10 CEs for the Live Trainings + 6 CEs for VIP Mastermind Sessions + 2 CEs for Extra Live Training (Topic TBD by the VIP group)

PAY IN FOUR MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS

$450/monthly

Total $1800.00

OR PAY WITH ONE TIME PAYMENT AND GET BONUSE:
GET 10% OFF
+
Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care Digital Course *

* If you have already enrolled in ‘Integrating Changes in WPATH Standards of Care’: No worries! Instead, you’ll receive access to any 4 webinars from our SOC8 Series by your choice – each offering 2 CE credits, for a total of 8 CEs. Choose the topics that suit your needs best!

ONE TIME PAYMENT

$1680

SHAWN V. GIAMMATTEI, PhD IS AFFILIATED WITH & FEATURED IN

WPATH
AFTA
American Psychological Association
AAMFT
Family Process
WPATH Journal

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