Gender Affirming
Psychotherapy Training
A free, self-paced online course that gives helping professionals practical skills for supporting transgender and nonbinary clients. You’ll learn gender affirming practices — also called gender affirmative practices — that you can add to the therapy you already do. Evidence-based and co-designed with the community.
Watch a 3 min overview of our training.
Rated 4.4 / 5 on training satisfaction by 169 users.
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This training helps professionals AND their clients
In a federally-funded study of this training, therapists’ use of gender affirming practices increased after the training — and remained high a year later. We also found that transgender clients whose therapists used more of these practices reported greater improvement in anxiety and depression. Click here for our pre-publication results.
Free
Full course, no cost
100% Self-Paced
Learn on your own schedule.
8 hours
12 short modules
CEs Available
8-9.5 CEs
Created through rigorous, peer-reviewed research — led by clinician and researcher Dr. Maggi Price
Dr. Maggi Price, PhD is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor with Tenure at Boston College, where she studies service improvement for young people experiencing trauma and discrimination. Her research has won several national awards and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, foundations, and her university. Read her full bio.
Dr. Price and her research team, the Affirm Lab, spent 3 years building this training with help from professional designers, transgender youth, their parents, and therapists with federal and foundation funding.
The team compiled research (170 sources) on what works in therapy with transgender clients. Then they collaborated with transgender clients, their families and therapists to build a program representing what clients want and what research supports.
The result is Gender Affirming Psychotherapy - flexible practices any helping professional can add to the therapy they already do, to make it more engaging, supportive, and effective. There’s no new treatment model to learn. Read our peer-reviewed paper on Gender Affirming Psychotherapy development in Psychiatric Services (2024) or listen to Dr.Price discuss the paper’s findings on Psychiatric Services' podcast.
The training was built the same way–through research and community collaboration — including more than 100 hours of feedback— reviewing modules, flagging what didn’t land, and shaping the final version. Read our peer-reviewed paper on training development in Implementation Science Communications (2025).
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The associated therapist manual is now available.
Gender Affirming Psychotherapy: Core Practices to Help Young People Thrive, available November 13, 2026. Save 15% at Guilford Press with code AU2E.
What you'll learn:
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Terminology for working with transgender and nonbinary clients
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Clinical skills such as psychoeducation and writing referral letters
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How discrimination and unequal care access affect transgender clients
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How to balance caregiver needs with the needs of transgender and nonbinary youth
FAQ:
Is the training really free?
Yes. The full course is free. You pay $100 only if you want CE credits.
How long will I have access?
Eight weeks online. At the end, you can bookmark a document version of the training and keep it forever.
How do I get my CE certificate?
Buy CE credits before or after you finish the training. When you complete the training and the final survey, we confirm your completion and email your certificate.
Who do I contact with questions?
Who offers the training and its CE credits
Offered by Affirm Solutions LLC, founded by Dr. Maggi Price. It is based on research from the Affirm Lab at the Boston College School of Social Work, which Dr. Price directs.
CE credits are offered through the national organizations below. Please check with your state licensing board to confirm if credits are applicable.
NASW: Affirm Solutions offers CEs through the National Association of Social Work
APA: Affirm Solutions is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Affirm Solutions maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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