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Digital Seminar

Sacred Healing

Skills and Strategies to Honor Spirituality in Queer- and Trans-Attuned Clinical Care
Speaker:
Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, SEP, CST, CST-S, LMFT
Duration:
1 Hour 03 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Copyright:
Dec 05, 2025
Product Code:
POS150542
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

For many queer and trans clients, spirituality surfaces in therapy primarily through the pain of religious trauma. Dr. Alex Iantaffi offers strengths-based, identity-conscious strategies to help make spirituality a source of healing, belonging, and self-connection.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Identify the role spirituality can play in mitigating minority stress
  • Use affirming assessment and interventions to explore spiritual history and beliefs
  • Incorporate strengths-based practices that foster belonging, meaning, and integration

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Objectives

  1. Understand the importance of addressing spirituality when working with trans and queer clients.
  2. Identify ways in which they can introduce the topic of spirituality as part of queer and trans attuned care.
  3. List examples of spiritual practices that might increase the psychosocial wellbeing of trans and queer clients.

Outline

Introduction

  • Brief framing of spirituality in queer and trans care
  • Common emphasis on religious trauma and why this lens, while vital, can be limiting
  • Invitation to consider spirituality as a source of healing, resilience, and belonging

Understanding the Role of Spirituality

  • Differentiating between religion and spirituality in clinical contexts
  • The dual impact; trauma vs. healing potential
  • Why affirming spirituality matters for psychosocial wellbeing in queer and trans clients

Queer and Trans Pathways to Spiritual Healing

  • Personal and collective experiences of reclaiming spirituality
  • Sources of cultural belonging and affirmation through spiritual practice
  • Examples  from a range of traditions and communities

Clinical Applications

  • How clinicians can sensitively introduce spirituality in attuned care
  • Strategies for navigating conversations without imposing beliefs
  • Identifying and supporting client-led exploration of spiritual resources

Examples of Practices that Promote Wellbeing

  • Rituals, meditation, and mindfulness
  • Community-based or ancestral practices
  • Creative, embodied, and nature-based practices

Implications for Practice

  • Moving from trauma-only to holistic frameworks
  • Supporting integration of spirituality into therapeutic goals
  • Enhancing resilience, identity affirmation, and connectedness

Conclusion

  • Reaffirming the importance of honoring spirituality in queer and trans attuned care
  • Key takeaways for clinicians
  • Call to action: widening the lens of care to include spirituality as a healing pathway

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Case Managers
  • Physicians
  • Mental Health Professionals

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