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The Full Picture: Gender’s Role in Modern Mental Health Treatment

Gender influences more than identity—it shapes how symptoms appear, how patients are treated, and how care is delivered.

Join Roberto Olivardia, PhD, for this free, expert-led 60-minute training exploring how gender concepts intersect with modern mental health practice and what inclusive care looks like today.

Why This Training Matters

Gender is woven into every layer of care—from assessment tools to therapeutic rapport. Yet, it’s often treated as secondary to other diagnostic factors.

In this interactive training, Dr. Olivardia explores how gender norms and expectations impact help-seeking behaviors, clinician assumptions, and treatment outcomes.

Attendees will leave with practical strategies to identify blind spots, challenge bias, and strengthen communication with clients of all gender identities.

What You’ll Learn

  • How gender shapes the likelihood of seeking care and symptom expression

  • Ways gender expectations affect diagnostic processes

  • Strategies to reduce bias in assessment and treatment

  • Techniques to support and affirm gender-diverse or nonconforming clients

  • Approaches to build trust and inclusion through respectful language and practice

Who Should Attend

  • Mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, counselors, and therapists)

  • Pediatricians and primary-care providers

  • K-12 and university educators and school staff

  • Public health professionals

  • Parents and caregivers

  • Community and faith leaders

  • Executives, managers, and HR professionals

Event Details

  • Date: January 27, 2026

  • Time: 12pm ET

  • Length: 60 minutes

  • Presenter: Roberto Olivardia, PhD

  • Cost: Free

Reserve your free spot and learn how to recognize and respond to gender’s impact on modern mental health treatment.

Can’t join our session live? Sign up anyway! You’ll receive a recording by email a few days after the webinar.

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