6 Conclusion
6.1 Reflecting on your learning
In this last section of this course, you will reflect on what you have learned, whether your own learning goals have been met and what further learning you might want to consider. You will also find out and reflect on how Patrick experienced therapy with Jake and hear from Jake his thoughts about how to work effectively with trans clients.
The aim of this course was to deepen your understanding and thus your confidence and competence in working with trans clients. As a reminder, the course learning outcomes were that by the end of the course you will:
- Have a critical awareness of the impact of (historical) pathologising of trans identities on the mental health treatment experiences of trans people today
- Have reflected on the meaning of their own opinions, experiences and practices in relationship to therapy practice for trans people
- Understand the range of ways that trans people have experienced psychological therapies/psychological therapists
- Have considered the importance of an affirmative therapy model and learned what this might encompass.
In the pre-course survey, you were also asked to consider:
- What drew you to engage with this training material?
- Do you have any questions or concerns at the start of this training?
- How confident do you currently feel working now with trans (including non-binary) people?
Activity 6.1: How confident do you feel now?
Spend a few minutes to answer the end-of-course survey. Then return to this page.
Discussion
This online learning is not intended to make anyone a trans ‘expert’ or a gender identity specialist. However, trans people need generalist mental health services for the same sorts of issues everyone else does and they need those services to be culturally competent. We hope that engaging with this CPD has helped you feel more culturally competent to work with trans clients.