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This course has been in development for a couple of
years now and is aimed at experienced, qualified
practitioners who wish to specialise in working with
sexual and gender minority clients.
We hope to launch the course in January 2007 and are
beginning the enrolment and selection process over
the next few months, alongside negotiations with a
university for external validation. If you are
interested to learn more about the programme, please
click on the link below.
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It is with great sadness we say goodbye to our
clincial psychologist, Dr James Gray. James was one
of our founding clinical associates and he has had
to withdraw from his work with us due to taking up a
new post within the NHS and which will leave him no
time for his private practice. We wish him well in
his new job!
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Tim Foskett, one of our Clinical Associates, and
head of group work at PACE is starting up another
therapy group in the Autumn for gay and bisexual
men. It will meet every three weeks on a Thursday
afternoon. He has been running a Wednesday evening
group for the past 2 1/2 years and it's popularity
and his enjoyment has led him to set up another group.
The group will take place every three weeks in
Finsbury Park on Thursday afternoons from 2-6pm,
plus one or two weekend days each term. Fees will be
�40 for each afternoon session and �60 for a day
session. Some concessionary places available. For
further details contact Tim (email:
timfoskett.therapy@virgin.net or call 020 8292 0984)
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The first national conference for gay and bisexual
men's sexual health and wellbeing takes place at the
Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh on 29th and
30th June.
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A paper entitled "Developing Consensus Guidelines
for Endocrinological Intervention in the Gender
Identity Development Treatment of Adolescents" was
presented at the Symposium that the Harry Benjamin
International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)
arranged in Bologna in April 2005. It described the
formation of a multidisciplinary and multinational
team of people with relevant experience to work on
this issue. The team includes 8 members of HBIGDA.
The team attended a symposium in London, England,
in May 2005, that was organised by the Gender
Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES), in
conjuction with Mermaids, a group that supports such
young people and their families.
The Nuffield Foundation, a major British medical
charity, is the main funder of this work. GIRES has
just submitted a report to the Foundation on the use
of its grant and the results so far achieved. This
report is on view at http://www.gires.org.uk, in the
section entitled "Endocrine Treatment for Adolescents".
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We've recently heard about an online training module
which is part of the Gender and Health Collaborative
Curriculum Project, which aims to teach Canadian
medical students to recognise gender as a
determinant of health.
This web-based curriculum is developed by faculty
and students in Ontario's six medical schools.
Sponsored by the Council of Ontario Faculties of
Medicine Gender Issues and Undergraduate Education
Committees and funded by the Ontario Women's Health
Council.
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Thanks for your attention and please do remember to send us in any information that is relevant to working with sexual and gender minority clients.
with best wishes,
Dominic Davies
Pink Therapy
email:
info@pinktherapy.com
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