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Today, we’re tackling yet another topic that has somehow NOT made it to the podcast yet: gender-affirming assessment. Dr. addyson tucker is here to talk with me about their work with adults who are seeking gender-affirming surgery. Addyson and I have a wide-ranging conversation that touches on several aspects of philosophy and practice, including…

• The history of gender-affirming assessment
• Specific strategies to break down the power differential between clinicians and clients during these assessments
• The actual process of the assessment, and components of “the letter”

Cool Things Mentioned

• WPATH
• www.thegalap.org

Resources Recommended by addyson:

• If you have trans and nonbinary adult clients who could use supportive community connection that focuses on strengthening self-compassion and shame resilience, check out Trans Self-Compassion. Updates about openings, offerings, resources, & recommendations for gender, racial, & body liberation: subscribe to addyson’s newsletter or follow them on insta. 

• GAS assessment Overview (will be recorded) with Dr. addyson tucker. Register & More Info at whpsych.2.vu/reg_learn (or view at wholeheartedpsych.com)
• Intermediate to advanced GAS/Gender-Affirming Surgery training with Dr. addyson tucker.
• Subscribe to their newsletter for service updates, offerings, and resources related to liberation at whpsych.2.vu/newsletter

• Free 45-min Overview webinar: Providing MH Assessments for GAS Referral Letters by Sarah Eley via Fenway Health Training Institute 
• Home Study Webinar (12 hours + CEs): Psychological Preparation for Medical Transition (GAS) by Cadyn Cathers at the Affirmative Couch 
• Home Study Webinar (6 hours + CEs): Gender ASSET by Colt St. Amand, PhD, MD. Important: an excellent reference for complicated referrals and working with minors, though best practices for reducing gatekeeping have shifted since its release (e.g., cost of assessment, the extensiveness of the process). 
• Other recommended orgs for virtual training: Trans Training Institute, Affirmative Couch, LGBTQIA+ Health Education via Fenway Institute, and Sayftee
• Recommended reads: Clinician’s Guide to Trans-Affirming Care (Chang, Singh, & dickey), decolonizing trans/gender 101 (b.binaohan), Beyond the Gender Binary (Alok Vaid-Menon)
• Recommended listens: Making Therapy Affordable for Trans & Nonbinary People (discussion about using an economic justice rate model for working with marginalized communities) 
• 2-hour + CEs webinar: Referral Letters for Gender-Affirming Medical Care by Moe Brown, MS, LMFT via Simple Practice platform.

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Dr. addyson tucker uses they/them pronouns. They are a queer, nonbinary, and neurodivergent psychologist who thrives when working at the intersection of racial, gender, and body liberation. They specialize in supporting Two-Spirit, Trans and Nonbinary (2STGNB) adults to develop shame resilience through self-compassion through 1:1 therapy, workshops, and a virtual community, as well as offering free gender-affirming surgery (GAS) assessment/referral. Professionally, addyson supports trans-affirming providers through advanced group and individual consultation, as well as training related to gender-affirming surgery (GAS) referral.

Get in Touch:

• Website: wholeheartedpsych.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @wholehearted.psych

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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