Monday, October 17, 2016, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for registration and social time.

Plaza Branch - KCMO Public Library - Large Meeting Room

Co-Sponsored by:

Perspectives on Transgender

Caroline Gibbs, Founder and Director of the Transgender Institute in Kansas City will speak on the basics of transgender theory and care followed by a question and answer session with transsexual individuals. Caroline will discuss:

"Working with this clientele requires specialization, comprising in part, an awareness of the impact of stress on gender dysphoria and the non-pathologizing of stress-related symptoms, and additionally, a particular knowledge of grief and bereavement as they manifest during the transgender client’s and his or her family’s journey."

--from the Transgender Institute website

Caroline Gibbs

Caroline Gibbs, LPC, LCPC, NCC  is a licensed clinical professional counselor in transgender practice for 16 years, a national certified counselor, and is internationally known as an educator, advocate, and provider for the transgender population. Caroline employs a holistic and comprehensive approach entitled Transgender Growth Therapy®.

The program is free to the public; $20 for a certificate of completion for CME or CEU credit payable at the door by cash, check or credit card.