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Current Thinking in GSRD Therapy

Current thinking in GSRD Therapy is the first part of a 2-day workshop with Silva Neves, who will present the essential knowledge therapists need to have to practice confidently and efficiently with clients with gender, sex, sexuality and relationship diversity (GSRD). You can attend just this workshop or you can attend both workshops, it is entirely up to you. If you would like to book both days please also book GSRD – Queerness and Polyamory .

Over the years, offering therapy with a GSRD focus was a set of “special theories for a special population” but as the modern population self-identifies with more diverse gender, sexual and relationship identities, GSRD therapy has now become a modality of its own.

23rd November: Current Thinking in GSRD Therapy

On Day 1, you will learn:

  • The definitions of GSRD
  • The core competencies of GSRD therapy
  • The current context of the challenges working with LGBTQIA+ clients
  • How to work therapeutically with LGBTQIA+ clients
  • Clinical discussions based on case studies

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24th November: Queerness and Polyamory

On Day 2, you will learn:

  • How to understand being “Queer” as how to goes beyond the LGBTQIA+ populations, as some heterosexual clients’ gender, sexuality and relationships may fall outside of the mainstream.
  • How “queering” our psychotherapy theories may be useful when working with all clients, as and when appropriate.
  • How to work therapeutically with people who are in ethical non-monogamy relationships.
  • How to work therapeutically with couples who want to open their relationships.
  • Clinical discussions based on case studies

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