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Gender Identity and Spirituality: Incorporating Ethical Clinical Practices
Workshop Description
There’s a high prevalence of secular clients who are exploring their gender identity and trying to reconcile their potential previous belief systems as well as the belief systems of their parents, community and the nation. Clinicians should be aware of special considerations when working with both secular and spiritual clients including religious trauma, shame and reconciliation of beliefs with a system that can be oppressive to them. Clients can come from being raised religious and can feel distanced from those beliefs which can affect transitioning and starting their transition. Clinicians should be aware of ethical considerations of clients who are both spiritual, religious and secular and be aware of their own spiritual or religious clients when working with clients who are transgender and non-binary. Thispresentation will teach and discuss working with secular and religious clients and break barriers of our bias in the therapy room.
Primary Contact
Katie Leikam, MSW, LCSW, Katie Leikam, LCSW
Workshop Presenter's Names
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Katie Leikam, Katie Leikam, LCSW
Professional Suffix (e.g., MD, LCSW)
LCSW, LISW-CP, BC-TMH
Pronouns (ex. she, they, he, etc.)
She/her
Presenter Bio
Katie Leikam, LCSW in GA and LISW-CP in SC is a gender specialist in Decatur GA who is a member of WPATH and works extensively with the transgender and non- binary community. Katie has an interest in working with clients who are agnostic, atheist and non-religious, particularly when they were raised with a religious upbringing. Katie has spoken nationally at The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, Gender Odyssey, and USPATH. Katie teaches online CEU's through The LGBTQIA Clinician’s Learning platform and teaches continuing education classes regularly. Katie is published in multiple news outlets such as Huffington Post.