Conferences

Provider training day, Binghamton University Downtown Center, Working with Trangender Individuals and Their Families: A Provider Training Day, with Acey Mercer and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D., for Pride and Joy Families, Binghamton, NY, April, 25, 2014.

Workshop, Evaluating Trans Clients for Hormones: Assessment, Letter-Writing, and Collaboration with Physicians, Albany, NY, November 22, 2013.

All Day Training, Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Project for Children, Youth and Families, School of Social Work, The State University of New York, Working with LGBTQ Clients Dealing with Trauma, Buffalo, New York, October 11, 2013.

Workshop, American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) Annual Conference: Coupling Today: Love, Parenting, Community, Working with Families with Gender Nonconforming Youth: Ethical Dilemmas in Working with Families of Gender Non-Conforming Children, July 6, 2013.

All day training, LGBTQ Issues in Therapy: A New Frontier, Ashland, Oregon, May 17, 2013.

Clinical Case Seminar, with Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, Working with Gender Creative Children and their Families, Women’s Therapy Center, Berkley, CA, May 10, 2013

All day training, All in the Family: Gender Transitions Throughout the Lifecycle, Women’s Therapy Center, Berkley, CA, May 11, 2013.

Keynote, Gold Rush Conference, Envisioning a World of Gender Freedom, Denver, Colorado, March 24, 2012.

Keynote, Empire Conference, Gender Expression and Diversity in Children and Youth, Albany, New York, April 13, 2012.

Keynote: Northeast LGBT Conference, Provider’s Day, Fostering Leadership in LGBTQ Students, Albany, New York, March 31, 2012.

Keynote, Empire Conference, Gender Comes of Age, Albany, NY, May, 7, 2011.

Workshop, Ackerman Institute Annual Spring Conference, Gender Variance in Families: A Family Systems Approach, New York City, May 15, 2009.

Keynote Speaker, Dimensions X Conference: A Decade of Caring for Queer Youth, Working with Families of LGBTQIQ Youth, San Francisco, California, September 26, 2008.

Plenary Speaker, American Family Therapy Academy, Family Therapy’s Forgotten Bonds, Transgender Emergence, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19, 2008

Keynote Speaker, Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health, Supporting Partners of Trans People, Toronto, Canada, June 27, 2008

Lunch and Learn Speaker, Series presented by the Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project, Same-Sex Parenting: Kingston, NY, April 25; Ithaca, NY, May 2; Utica, NY, May 16; Rochester, NY, November 16; and Albany, NY, December 7, 2008.

Trainer, The New England Gender Conference: For Therapists and Healthcare Providers, Advanced Clinical Issues, Couple and Family Issues, Northampton, Massachusetts, February, 2, 2007

Keynote Speaker, Pink Therapy, 2nd Biennial Conference, London, U.K., Intimate Affairs: Sexual Minorities and Relationships, Transgender Emergence: Transgender, Transsexual, and Gender-Nonconforming issues through a Family Systems Lens, June 16, 2006.

Plenary Session, World Professional Association of Transgender Health, Complex Clinical Cases, September 24, 2012.

Webinar, Pride and Joy Families, Gender in LGBTQ Families, January 18, 2012

Workshop, GLAP The Third Bi-Annual Trans-Clinical Symposium, Complex Clinical Cases, February, 25, 2011.

Webinar, Pride and Joy Families, Talking with Children in LGBTQ Families about their Origins across Developmental Stages, March 7, 2012

Workshop, Gold Rush Conference, Envisioning Clinical Practice with Families of Gender Nonconforming Children and Transgender Youth, Denver, Colorado, March 24, 2012.

Plenary Session, Gold Rush Conference, Standards of Care Denver, Colorado, March 23, 2012.

Panel Presentation, Empire Conference, Supporting Gender Nonconforming Children and Youth, Albany, New York, April 13, 2012.

Panel Member, National Multicultural Conference, Intersections of Trans Identities, January, 28, 2011

Workshop, Gay and Lesbian Affirmative Psychotherapy, Transgender Symposium, Advanced Clinical Cases, New York City, February, 20, 2010.

Workshop, Power of Social Work Conference, Transgender Emergence in Families: A Social Work Perspective, Albany, New York, March 12, 2010.

Workshop, Family Week, Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Just Love Pink: How Our Families “Do” Gender, Provincetown, MA, August 5, 2010.

Workshop, Pride and Joy Family Weekend Parenting Gender-Variant Children, Utica, NY, April 25, 2009.

Workshop, Pride and Joy Family Weekend Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Just Love Pink: How Our Families “Do” Gender, Utica, NY, April 25, 2009

Workshop, National Multicultural Conference, Gender Identity Disorder, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 15, 2009.

Workshop, American Family Therapy Academy Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Transgender Youth, June 21, 2007.

Workshop, Philadelphia Mazzoni Center Trans-health Conference, Provider’s Day, Trans- Positive Family Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April, 5, 2007.

Workshop, Pink Therapy, 2nd Biennial Conference, Intimate Affairs: Sexual Minorities and Relationships, LGBT Families: Moving beyond “we have a right to exist,” London, U.K., June 16, 2006.

Workshop, Transgender Umbrella: Clinical Skills for Empowering Transgender and Gender Queer Clients, Couple and Family Therapy, Mesa, Arizona, June 3, 2006.

Workshop, Gender-Variant People and their Families, Therapy Issues in Working with Gender-Variant & Ambiguous Sexed Clients & Family, Topeka, Kansas, April 21, 2006.

Workshop, National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, , Clinical Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People, Suffern, NY March 11, 2005.

Workshop, Lesbian and Gay Family Conference, “Out” in the World, Advocating for Our Families at School and in Our Communities, and Talking to Our Children About our Families, Binghamton, New York, November, 11-12, 2005.
Workshop, Transgender 2004, the 18th Annual IFGE Conference, PA, Transitioning within Families, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 3, 2004.

Workshop, Transgender 2003, International Foundation for Gender Education Conference and The RSI Transperson Symposium, Disordering Gender Identity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22, 2003.
Panel Presentation, The Multicultural Family Institute, 12th Annual Culture Conference “Crossing Cultural Borders: Transformation and Healing,” University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Gender Crossings , New Brunswick New Jersey, May 23, 2003.

Workshop, Albany Law School Clinic, HIV/AIDS Conference, Transgender Health Care and Legal Issues, Albany, New York, July 10, 2003.

Workshop, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, BiAnnual Conference, Revisiting the Standards of Care, Ghent, Belgium, September 11, 2003.