Gender-Affirming Care Certificate Program

The Gender-Affirming Care Certificate Program strives to empower clinicians and care providers to deliver ethical, evidence-based, and compassion-driven gender-affirming care across diverse populations and lifespans—grounded in liberation, inclusion, and cultural humility. This program centers client autonomy and justice, equipping participants not only to affirm identities and advocate resilience, but to challenge systemic barriers and create meaningful change within their practices and communities.

Program Learning Objectives

By completing this 17-week certificate program, participants will:

• Build a strong foundation in the core principles, ethical frameworks, and inclusive language essential to gender-affirming care.

• Develop critical knowledge of gender diversity across history, cultures, biopsychosocial research, and contemporary social contexts.

• Recognize and dismantle the impacts of stigma, transphobia, discrimination, and systemic oppression—and proactively foster resilience and joy for trans and gender-diverse (TGD) clients.

• Gain practical clinical skills in assessment, documentation, and support for all transition pathways, including navigating complex scenarios such as detransition, co-occurring conditions, and advanced ethical dilemmas.

• Champion holistic supports by engaging families, communities, and interdisciplinary teams to nurture affirming, safe, and thriving environments for TGD individuals.

• Advance advocacy and leadership by transforming understanding into action—supporting client autonomy and well-being in an evolving legal and cultural landscape.

For a detailed breakdown of each week’s course content, click here. For program policies, click here.

Why Attend?

Join a passionate and justice-oriented community to master the latest knowledge and best practices, cultivate genuine self-awareness, and become a leader equipped to honor the lived realities, strengths, and needs of trans and gender-diverse clients. Step beyond allyship to become an agent of structural and interpersonal change—because affirming care transforms lives.

Upon completion of the program and required case consultation, participants will receive a certificate in gender-affirming care and will be listed in our online provider directory. This certificate is good for 2 years and will be renewed upon completion of a virtual refresher course.