Presenter: Vilte Baliutaviciute, LCPC, NCC (they/them)

Vilte Baliutaviciute is an LCPC currently practicing at Best Therapies, where they work with a number of issues ranging from disordered eating, chronic illness, anxiety and LGBTQ+ issues. They are nonbinary, bi, disabled, neurodivergent, and a first-generation immigrant. They have been a member of the therian and otherkin communities for almost a decade. Vilte values the depth and importance intersectional identities have on mental health and psychological well-being. In the spirit of this, one of their goals is to bring greater awareness and acceptance of alterhuman identities to therapists, social workers, and other clinicians, as well as to develop identity-affirming and safe therapeutic practices for the alterhuman community.

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to define therian/ describe what it means to identify as a therian or otherkin. 2. Identify issues, concerns, or goals therians might bring to therapeutic sessions 3. Gain an intersectional understanding of therianthropy and its intersections with other identities. 4. Develop cultural humility by examining clinicians' own biases, assumptions, and understanding of therian and otherkin identities.

Course Curriculum

1 Chapter · 7 Lessons

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      Instructions

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      Course Overview

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      Presenter Slides

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      Resources:

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      Video-Therians in Therapy

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      CE Quiz- Therians in Therapy

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      Feedback Survey