70.3 Therapist Self-Disclosure and the Transgender and Nonbinary Community

Abstract

This Clinical Perspectives is designed to explore the important considerations around a transgender therapist’s self-disclosure (TSD) when working with transgender and nonbinary youth and their families. The focus will be on how TSD can be used to benefit a patient, what and what not to self-disclose during sessions, and the importance of using TSD for a positive patient outcome. Participants will gain an understanding of the different ways in which TSD is defined. This will also include the various ways in which disclosing occurs with gender-diverse youth and why TSD guidelines can be different with trans/nonbinary patients vs cis normative patients.