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Designing Culturally Responsive Clinical Settings

The session will cover a brief transgender history and discussions about the co-occurring mental health and substance use needs of transgender clients. This workshop will provide an overview about how to be trans client centered by using specialized treatment and programming that are likely to provide more a conducive pathway to full recovery.

Session Time: 
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Session Category: 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI)
Session Type: 
Workshop
Learning Objectives: 
• Understand and appreciate gender behavior in aspect of human history
• Understand that there is a higher prevalence of mental health and substance use issue/needs among trans clients
• Learn how to be trans client centered
Presenter
Presenter Name: 
Cecelia Jayme
Job Title: 
Director Of Clinical Services
Organization Affiliation: 
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Cecelia Jayme is Clinical Director at Hazelden in Center City, MN. Cecelia was a leading voice in creating the The Betty Ford Women’s Recovery Center, developed and expanded both men’s and women’s campus-based day treatment programs, and helped create HBFF’s Professionals program. Cecelia has participated in developing evidence based, self-sustaining Addiction and Mental Health Treatment programs. She is invested in making treatment affordable, accessible, ethical and Diverse far into the future. Cecelia is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and holds a master’s degree in Humanities and an MBA. She was awarded the Bernie Belling Ethics Award by MARRCH in 2020.
Co-Presenter
Co Presenter: 
Patrick Zhao
Job Title: 
Medical Director
Organization Affiliation: 
Pride Institute
Credentials: 
MD
Patrick Zhao graduated from Norman Bethune Medical School. After postdoctoral work in a transplant lab in University of Chicago, he completed general and child psychiatry training. For the past two decades he has worked as a general psychiatrist and specializes in child psychiatry and addiction medicine. For the past eight years, much of his work focused on the care of LGBTQ+ clients’ well-being of mental health and substance use.
Year: 
2021