Event Title
Being on the Other Side of the Desk From (or as) a Sexual Minority Group Member
Location
4170 City Ave. Phila., PA 19131, Evans Hall, Zedeck Amphitheater
Start Date
5-4-2014 10:45 AM
End Date
5-4-2014 12:15 PM
Description
Do you seek to understand your patient (and yourself) holistically – as full human beings? Every patient deserves our best and most professional treatment; every clinician deserves the opportunity to practice from her/his own best self. The likelihood and expectations of sexual minority group members for such treatment and opportunities range widely, are often age- or culture-related, and strongly influence the willingness to be open about our identities in the clinical setting. On either side of the desk – as patient or practitioner – sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, are often the unaddressed elephant(s) in the room, complicating medical treatment and the patient/practitioner relationship. Intolerance is increasingly socially unacceptable and often springs from a lack of understanding. Yet, for either patient or practitioner, tolerance alone is not enough. Tolerance does not equal acceptance. Further still, a grudging acceptance falls far from approval – far from the compassionate warmth of a good ‘bedside manner’ that allows for a true, therapeutic, clinical interaction and a complete understanding of the complex mosaic of sex, gender, and orientation – in yourself and in your patients. The presenter will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.
Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, the participants will be able to:
I. Discuss the differences between sex, gender identity, presentation of the mind, and affectional/sexual orientation. II. Describe strategies to allow patients (or, when called for, they themselves) to disclose personal information about their sex/gender/orientation in the clinical setting for a therapeutic purpose. III. Discuss ways in which sex/gender/orientation are viewed differently within different age-groups, ethnicities, and cultures, that further complicates disclosure.
Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 1.5 Cost: Free
About the Speaker: Nadine Rosechild Sullivan, Ph.D. is a lecturer, book author, and ordained minister. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D in Sociology from Temple University with concentrations in Women’s Studies, Gender, Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Identity. Since 2004 Dr. Sullivan has taught as Temple University, Rowan University and Ursinus College. Throughout her career she has been the recipient of many honors, distinctions and scholarships. She maintains a counseling practice in Chestnut Hill, PA. and is a faculty member of the Sociology, Women’s Studies, and LGBT Studies Departments at Temple and Rowan Universities, where she teaches courses on diversity. She is the author of, “I Trusted You: Fully and Honestly Speaking of Gendered Assault” as well as “The Real Gay Agenda: What Gay (Bi & Trans) People Want – and Why.”
Being on the Other Side of the Desk From (or as) a Sexual Minority Group Member
4170 City Ave. Phila., PA 19131, Evans Hall, Zedeck Amphitheater
Do you seek to understand your patient (and yourself) holistically – as full human beings? Every patient deserves our best and most professional treatment; every clinician deserves the opportunity to practice from her/his own best self. The likelihood and expectations of sexual minority group members for such treatment and opportunities range widely, are often age- or culture-related, and strongly influence the willingness to be open about our identities in the clinical setting. On either side of the desk – as patient or practitioner – sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, are often the unaddressed elephant(s) in the room, complicating medical treatment and the patient/practitioner relationship. Intolerance is increasingly socially unacceptable and often springs from a lack of understanding. Yet, for either patient or practitioner, tolerance alone is not enough. Tolerance does not equal acceptance. Further still, a grudging acceptance falls far from approval – far from the compassionate warmth of a good ‘bedside manner’ that allows for a true, therapeutic, clinical interaction and a complete understanding of the complex mosaic of sex, gender, and orientation – in yourself and in your patients. The presenter will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.
Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, the participants will be able to:
I. Discuss the differences between sex, gender identity, presentation of the mind, and affectional/sexual orientation. II. Describe strategies to allow patients (or, when called for, they themselves) to disclose personal information about their sex/gender/orientation in the clinical setting for a therapeutic purpose. III. Discuss ways in which sex/gender/orientation are viewed differently within different age-groups, ethnicities, and cultures, that further complicates disclosure.
Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 1.5 Cost: Free
About the Speaker: Nadine Rosechild Sullivan, Ph.D. is a lecturer, book author, and ordained minister. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D in Sociology from Temple University with concentrations in Women’s Studies, Gender, Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Identity. Since 2004 Dr. Sullivan has taught as Temple University, Rowan University and Ursinus College. Throughout her career she has been the recipient of many honors, distinctions and scholarships. She maintains a counseling practice in Chestnut Hill, PA. and is a faculty member of the Sociology, Women’s Studies, and LGBT Studies Departments at Temple and Rowan Universities, where she teaches courses on diversity. She is the author of, “I Trusted You: Fully and Honestly Speaking of Gendered Assault” as well as “The Real Gay Agenda: What Gay (Bi & Trans) People Want – and Why.”