This interactive workshop builds practical skills for providing inclusive, affirming care to nonbinary and gender-expansive youth and young adults (ages 13–17). Participants will explore unique challenges, learn inclusive language, and adapt support across healthcare settings to create safer, more responsive spaces for this vulnerable population facing high mental health risks and systemic barriers.

Workshop objectives

• Center nonbinary voices in care: Understand the unique challenges nonbinary and gender-expansive youth face and how to center their voices in care.
• Address systemic barriers: Identify erasure, misgendering, and discrimination in healthcare settings, and apply practical strategies to reduce their impact.
• Practice inclusive care: Use correct pronouns, adapt forms, and avoid harmful assumptions to build trust and engagement across diverse care environments.

Featured speaker:

Amorie Robinson, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is a fully licensed clinical psychologist serving as the Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapy Supervisor at the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, MI and conducts psychotherapy at the Radical Well-Being Center in Southfield, MI. Dr. Robinson earned her B.A. in Psychology at Oberlin College and doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan where she later guest lectured women’s studies and psychology courses; she has also taught at the Michigan School of Psychology and continues to do clinical supervision with limited licensed psychologists. Prior to Ruth Ellis Center, for which she was a co-founder in 1999, she worked in criminal and juvenile justice psychiatric clinics in Detroit for 20 years. Dr. Robinson conducts trainings for mental health and medical providers on multicultural responsiveness with Black and LGBT+ clients. Her scholarly articles have focused primarily on Black LGBT youth resiliencies. Dr. Robinson, also known as “Dr. Kofi”, is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists and the Association for Women in Psychology. She plays the violin and African djembe drums, and enjoys Detroit-style hustle and ballroom dancing.

Continuing Education Credits

• Attendees can obtain 1.5 social work CECH upon completing the training, payment, quiz, and evaluation.
• A downloadable CECH certificate will be available upon completion of all requirements.
• Participants must attend the entire event to receive credit.

Cost

• 1.5 CECH credits are available for licensed social workers at $20, FREE for students.

RSVP Information: All attendees must RSVP for this training. A Zoom link will be provided via email upon completing the RSVP process.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $3.2 million, with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov