Essential Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Adults – Focus on Their Life Settings - 3 CEs

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When & Where:

• Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
  • If you cannot attend this workshop on 1/30, you can pre-register for the on-demand version here: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/transgender-gen...
• Time: 10:00am - 1:15pm Eastern Time
• CE Hours Included: 3 Core (please see below for details)
• Location: Live Interactive Webinar ("Synchronous") on Zoom
• Investment: $87 before Friday, January 16th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
• Presented by: Ren Massey, Ph.D. (see bio below)
• Workshop Recording: A recording of this workshop is available to review for 60 days after the presentation. However, participants must attend live to receive the "Synchronous" CE Certificate.
• Instruction Level: Intermediate
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
• Recommended Prerequisite: Competent Care for Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adult Clients

Learning Objectives:

After completing this workshop in its entirety, attendees will be able to:

• Discuss WPATH SOC 8 recommendations for assessing TGD adults
• Utilize several approaches to working with family members/loved ones of TGD adults
• Outline three workplace strategies for TGD adults

Workshop Description:

This workshop extends the content from Part 1 and expands to work with TGD adults’ families of origin and choice, partners, and dating. Supporting TGDQ adults in work and academic environments will also be discussed. Attendees will learn some of the latest research and approaches for working with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults in their daily life settings and relationships. Additionally, Dr. Massey will cover chapters from the latest version of the Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC 8) of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Dr. Massey integrates the chapters in clinical information with case discussions throughout this program.

The WPATH SOC 8 are the guidelines used by most healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and courts in matters related to providing care for TGD people. As such, clinicians working with TGD adults need to be familiar with the WPATH SOC 8. This program addresses the other half of the SOC 8 chapters for adult care that were not included in Dr. Massey’s other program on the SOC 8 guidelines, and focuses on the TGD individual. Attendees are encouraged to interact by participating in cases discussed throughout the program as well as asking questions.

To maximize the benefit of this program, one of the following bundles is strongly recommended:

• Taking this course and Competent Care for Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adult Clients (6 hours)
• Taking this course and Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours)
• Taking this course and Competent Care for Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adult Clients (6 hours; Note: this 6-hour program includes Dr. Massey’s 1-hour Overview of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for TGD Adult Clients) AND Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours)
• Taking this course and Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours) AND Overview of Hormonal & Surgical Interventions for TGD Adult Clients (1 hour)

Workshop Agenda:

Welcome, Disclosures, and Outline - 5 minutes

I. Introduction to WPATH and the SOC 8 - 8 minutes

1. GEI Certification
2. SOC Ch. 5 Assessment of Adults
3. SOC Ch. 12 Hormone Therapy
4. SOC Ch. 13 Surgery & Post-operative Care
5. SOC Ch. 16. Reproductive Health
6. GAMST Referring

BREAK

III. Role of Family, Social Support, & Dating/Partners - 45 minutes

1. Family of Origin
2. Socializing and Family of Choice
3. Dating/Sexual relationships
4. SOC Ch. 17. Sexual Health

IV. TGDQ People at Work/in Academic Settings - 25 minutes

V. Additional Groups & Care – 20 minutes

1. SOC Ch. 9 Eunuchs
2. SOC Ch. 10 Intersex
3. SOC Ch. 15. Primary Care

Presented by: Ren Massey, Ph.D.

Ren Massey, Ph.D. (he/him), was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Community Service Award for his years of service to the transgender and gender diverse (TGD) community by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University’s School of Medicine. At the 2024 WPATH Symposium in Lisbon, Dr. Massey received the WPATH Harry Benjamin Distinguished Education Award for years of providing and organizing educational programs around the world on transgender and gender diverse issues. Dr. Massey has been a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in the Atlanta area for over 30 years. He conducts psychotherapy and evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults, and specializes in LGBTQIA+ issues, particularly in gender identity.

Dr. Massey was elected a Fellow of the Georgia Psychological Association (GPA) for founding the committee that is now GPA’s Gender & Sexual Minorities Committee. He has served GPA in many roles, including GPA’s Ethics Committee and 2017-18 GPA’s President. For the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), he has served on the Board of Directors and on the committee that updated the WPATH Standards of Care (Version 8) for people who are Transgender and Gender Diverse. After serving on the Faculty and Steering Group of the WPATH Global Education Institute (GEI), he was nominated and selected as Mental Health Chair (2021-2024), and he now serves as the Mental Health Programming Chair of WPATH GEI. In this position, he oversees the mental health aspects of the national and international training programs of the WPATH GEI.

Workshop Schedule (Eastern Time):

• 9:30am - 10:00am | Sign-In and Welcome
• 10:00am - 11:30am | Session
• 11:30am - 11:45am | Break
• 11:45am - 1:15pm | Session
• 1:15pm | Continuing Education Certificates Available

3 Core CE Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:

• PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
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• MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

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