Many LGBTQIA+ individuals have complex relationships with families, including rejection and trauma related to their identity and expression, and it is important for clinicians to be prepared to support and address issues that may arise with LGBTQIA+ clients and familial trauma. This workshop will describe ways clinicians can improve their skills in working with LGBTQIA+ clients who have suffered familial rejection and religious trauma. Research shows that affirmative relationships and environments positively impact the mental health of LGBTQIA+ people. Yet, many LGBTQIA+ individuals experience relational traumas from rejecting families and conversion or reparative therapy. This workshop will discuss the unique developmental challenges LGBTQIA+ people face, the impact of early developmental stage rejection, and ways to improve clinical engagement with clients for more affirming care.
 
Two Continuing Education Credits for NYS social workers, psychoanalysts, psychologists, and LMHCs.
Nick Santo

Nick Santo

Nick Santo, DSW, LCSW is a psychotherapist based in NYC. He has a private practice where he works with LGBTQIA+ adults and couples struggling with a range of issues including trauma, grief, and anxiety. He teaches as an adjunct at NYU and Fordham University in their MSW graduate programs. He is an IAPSP Early Career Professional scholarship recipient. Recently Nick published articles which focus on the integration of affirmative therapy, Self Psychology and Intersubjectivity. They are: “Love in the Time of Covid:  Reflections on Retaining Attunement Through a Period of Shares Trauma” in Psychoanalysis, Self and Context and “Transcending Pathological Accommodation: An Intersubjective Self Psychology Approach to Affirmative Therapy” In Psychoanalytic Social Work.

George Hagman

George Hagman

George Hagman, LCSW, is a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. He is on faculty of the Training and Research in Intersubjective Self Psychology, and is a training analyst, supervisor, and faculty member of the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. George is co-editor with Peter Zimmermann and Harry Paul of Intersubjective Self Psychology: A Primer (Routledge, 2019). He is also the General Editor of the Art, Creativity and Psychoanalysis book series and New Directions in Self Psychology book series both published by Routledge.
 
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