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Working Through The Harms of Sexual & Gender Identity Change Efforts (member)

Working Through The Harms of Sexual & Gender Identity Change Efforts (member)

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Saturday, February 21st 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm

Title: "Working Through The Harms of Sexual & Gender Identity Change Efforts "

Speaker: Nick Santo, DSW, LCSW

Format: In person

Cost:
$100 for Non-Members
$80 for Members - Log into the Member Area to purchase
$20 for *Students - Click here to request a student discount
 $0 for current Foundation 1 Students

*Full-Time Undergraduate, Graduate, Doctoral students, and LMFT, LADC, LPC, Social Work, Psychology, and Psychoanalytic licensure/certification candidates

Credit: 3 CEUs approved for Psychologists, Social Workers, LPCs/LMFTs and LADCs

Description:

***NEW LOCATION FOR 2025-2026: White Buffalo Event Center***

  • 8:30am-9:00am: Registration & Coffee Social (pastries, coffee, and tea provided)
  • 9:00am-12:00pm: Presentation (White Buffalo Event Center)
  • 12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch (Sandwiches, chips, coffee, tea, and water provided)
Many LGBTQIA+ individuals have complex and often painful relationships with family systems, characterized by rejection and identity-based trauma. Mental health practitioners must be equipped to address these issues, mainly when working with clients exposed to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOCE/GICE), also known as conversion or reparative therapy.
This seminar will guide participants in understanding the developmental challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals who experience early-stage family rejection and SOCE. Participants will explore the long-term mental health impacts, including depression, CPTSD, and anxiety, through the lenses of Intersubjectivity and Self Psychology. The seminar will provide practitioners with clinical tools to engage clients in empathic, affirming therapeutic relationships to counteract internalized shame and support self-agency.

Learning objectives:

  • Define foundational concepts from Intersubjectivity and Self Psychology, with a focus on their application in clinical work with LGBTQIA+ clients.
  • Identify strategies to enhance empathic engagement when working with LGBTQIA+ individuals who have experienced religious trauma, such as conversion therapy and family rejection.
  • Describe the specific developmental and relational struggles LGBTQIA+ individuals face within family and societal systems that perpetuate shame, self-doubt, and mental health challenges.
  • Explain the clinical utility of trailing and leading-edge transferences in helping clients rebuild their sense of self, resilience, and agency.
  • Understand the complexities of pathological accommodation and how it shapes interpersonal relationships and therapeutic dynamics.

Speaker’s bio:

Dr. Nick Santo holds an MSW from Fordham University and a DSW from NYU, with over 17 years of psychotherapy experience. He has published multiple articles focusing on integrating intersubjectivity, self psychology, and affirmative therapy for gay men. His upcoming publication in the Psychoanalytic Inquiry journal (2025) examines the intersubjective experience of working with clients impacted by conversion practices. Dr. Santo is currently a psychoanalytic candidate at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity and runs a private practice in NYC, where he specializes in working with sexual and gender minority adults facing relational and religious trauma.


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