A substantial barrier to care for many trans and nonbinary people has been standards of care that put therapists in a position of “gatekeeping” for those pursuing hormones, surgery, or even name changes. More providers are adopting an informed consent model, that empowers trans and nonbinary individuals and opens up the therapist/client relationship. This webinar will help therapists and social services professionals understand informed consent models of care and how it can work for them and their clients. 1:10 Agenda overview 2:20 Who is FORGE? 3:52 Framing informed consent/standards of care 6:46 History of care for trans folks 14:58 Why do we have standards of care or informed consent? 16:25 Shifting toward informed consent models 21:43 How standards of care worked in the past 27:31 What is informed consent? 33:27 Importance of autonomy 36:28 Limited scope for standards of care and informed consent 43:52 Implications in today's world 48:37 Impact on the therapeutic relationship 52:31 […]