Over the past two decades, the role of the Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) Therapist has emerged as a specialist modality within mental health. GSRD therapists work with — and often beyond — LGBTIQA+/GSRD communities, bringing additional expertise to support clients across diverse identities and relational experiences.
This self-access class outlines:
- Core requirements of a GSRD therapist: The specialist skills and knowledge that go beyond initial therapeutic training.
- Training pathways: Why additional training is needed, and how it prepares therapists for inclusive practice.
- Practice models: How GSRD therapists may work exclusively with GSRD communities or in mixed practices, always centring diversity and inclusion.
This class is an accessible introduction for therapists interested in understanding what defines GSRD therapy and how it can shape clinical work.
This is an edited recording of Dominic Davies’ live presentation at the COSRT 2022 Conference: Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity in Modern Therapy.
About the Trainer
Dominic Davies
Dominic Davies is the Founder of Pink Therapy. He has been in practice as a psychotherapist, clinical sexologist and clinical supervisor for almost forty years, pioneering in the UK the development of working with Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) as a new specialist field of clinical practice. Dominic adopts a norm-critical, kink-knowledgable and sex-positive stance to his work.
Dominic is a Fellow of both the National Council for Psychotherapy and the National Counselling Society. He directs an international training programme for qualified mental health professionals in GSRD therapy worldwide. He regularly presents at national and international conferences on the importance of specialised training to work with GSRD clients. He has won several awards for his sexual freedom and mental health work. Most recent is being awarded a gold medal for being one of 50 worldwide Distinguished Sexual and Gender Health Revolutionaries award being honoured by the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota.
