Supporting Gender Diverse Clients in the Current Era

Dates:
📆 Sunday April 26, 2026 

Time: 9:00am–1:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Online
Available CEs: 4 in Health Equity
Facilitators: Israt Audry (they/them), MSW, LICSW and Hunter Paulson-Smith (they/them), LICSW
Cost: $145.00

Registration Deadline: Thursday April 23, 2026

Whether we identify as trans, non-binary, cisgender, or fall somewhere else on the gender spectrum, we all navigate gender through the social scripts we’ve been given throughout our lives. In this workshop, we’ll explore how our experiences with gender might change if we challenge and expand the narratives we’ve been taught. Through art, writing, and discussion, we’ll examine our work with gender-diverse clients, reflecting on our own positionality to enhance and broaden the support we offer. By doing so, we can develop more inclusive and effective interventions for those we serve.

This workshop is aimed at providing a space for clinicians to traverse beyond the gender binary to support their clients who are trans, nonbinary, and exploring.  It will give you creative tools to use in your work with gender diverse clients. This workshop meets the criteria for multicultural competency continuing education credits.

Learning objectives

1. Participants will become familiar with gender expansiveness, trans and nonbinary experiences, and introduction to expressive arts. 
2. Participants will explore external views of gender by examining the messaging received about gender from external sources.
3. Participants will explore internal views of gender through expressive arts exploration to better understand bias.
4. Participants will synthesize learning through group discussion and didactic expressive arts experiences.

Required Materials

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute Cancellation & Refund Policy

Earning Continuing Education Credits

To receive a CE Certificate for completion of this workshop, you must officially register, attend the workshop in its entirety and complete an evaluation form after the workshop. The evaluation form is emailed to you by the following Friday of the workshop. After completing & submitting the evaluation form, a CE Certificate will be emailed to you within 5-7 business days.

Who is eligible to receive CEs?

• Nationally: Approved NBCC Provider for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers (you are responsible for confirming that your organization/state will accept NBCC credits.)
• New York Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCATs)
• Washington State School Counselor/Teacher (OSPI) Approved by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction as a “Washington State approved clock hour offering workshop.”
• If you are outside of Washington State, we advise that you check with your state licensing board to confirm that they accept NBCC Approved CEs. 

Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0123.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7104. Programs that do no qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.