Training

This training course will allow participants to come together, review and improve their practice when encountering LGBTQ clients with mental health issues. Bringing together both theoretical and real-life experiences, we will offer participants a unique perspective into understanding LGBTQ mental health and how our identities intersect with our mental health. 

Participants will gain insight and skills in assessing and addressing the needs of LGBTQ clients/customers/staff with mental health issues and gain confidence in dealing with heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. We will address good practice around monitoring for sexual orientation and gender, and participants will go away with action plans around how to make their workplaces and services more inclusive.

The A-Z of Inclusion course will aim to: 

• Increase understanding of LGBTQ identities and terminology
• Explore LGBTQ mental health, what’s different and why? 
• Deepen awareness of trans issues, experiences and care pathways 
• Develop affirmative practice interventions and inclusion 
• Review information for signposting to LGBTQ specific support 

You are very welcome to contact us via [email protected] and we can discuss your specific training requirements. We are always happy to bespoke this training to suit your desired learning outcomes. 

What participants said about our training: 

“This course helped me reflect on what I take for granted as a white heterosexual woman that is not the case for LGBTQ people” 

“Thinking about how to make my service more LGBT inclusive – [it’s] really useful to have a discussion about it” 

“Benign ignorance is not enough! The course helped me to justify to the team (and world) that this is important to know about” 

This training is our essential introduction to trans awareness with an aim of helping participants to develop more trans-inclusive practice.  

Recent research from Stonewall (Jan 2018) has revealed the shocking impact of widespread transphobia in the UK today and the impact this has on the mental health of trans, non-binary and genderqueer people. Our curriculum allows space for participants to ask questions, learn from the personal experiences of trans people, and gain practice identifying and disrupting transphobia.

The Trans 101 course will help increase knowledge and develop inclusive practice around: 

• The intersection between gender, sexuality, sex and gender presentations 
• The basics of social and medical transitioning 
• Trans mental health awareness 
• Challenging transphobia 

You are very welcome to contact us via [email protected] and we can discuss your specific training requirements. We are always happy to bespoke this training to suit your desired learning outcomes. 

Our participants provided this feedback about Trans 101: 

“Trans 101 helped me understand the struggles faced by trans people and helped me be more open – there is no short cut to understanding"

This half day training includes expanding on the 'advanced concepts' from Trans 101 and presenting a programme that builds upon that established knowledge. This would be appropriate for people who have been through the 101 course already, or for those with greater foundational trans knowledge and LGBTQ competency.