70: Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy (GAP): Core Principles and Skills to Reduce the Mental Health Care “GAP” for Transgender Youths
Maggi A. Price, Ph.D., M.A. (School of Social Work, Boston College) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss gender-affirming psychotherapy (GAP), a comprehensive, evidence-informed, and human-centered set of practices focusing on the treatment of transgender youth developed by Dr. Price and colleagues. The training discussed in the podcast is available to the public at a reduced cost at https://www.affirmlab.org/gaptraining with the discount code “psychserv50." Transcript 01:27 How did you end up on this project? 04:20 Gaps in care for transgender youths 05:47 Methods 08:47 Human-centered design 09:28 Stakeholders and focus groups 12:32 Domains 15:22 Key themes 18:17 Can you separate out gender identity from other goals of therapy? 20:38 Bringing in providers who are less supportive of potentially hostile 23:40 Providers who work in areas of transgender discrimination 26:03 First steps Subscribe to the podcast here. Check out Editor's Choice, a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. Sign up to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our website. Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on Twitter. E-mail us at
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