Training & Consultation

We provide training & consultation for health professionals and organizations who want create healing and liberating environments for their clients and employees to thrive.

 

Dr. Jay Bettergarcia, Ph.D. (they/them) is a licensed psychologist, professor, and researcher focused on increasing access to culturally competent trans-affirming mental health care.

 

Hi! I’m Dr. Jay Bettergarcia (they/them), a professor and licensed psychologist.

As a queer & trans Latinx professor, I love teaching and training students, therapists, doctors, and professionals about evidence-based, culturally competent, queer and trans-affirming care.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses, including Multicultural Psychology, Gender & Couples Therapy, Psychology of Gender, Intergroup Dialogues, Helping Relationships, and Abnormal Psychology.

In addition to being a licensed psychologist and professor, I’m also a researcher. My research focuses on queer and trans mental health and wellness, best practice for training professionals to provide affirming care, and trans-affirming practices in therapy.

I also provide Continuing Education trainings for doctors and therapists as part of Tranz Central Coast, including half and full day trainings for Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, Twin Cities Community Hospital, and San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health. I have provided CE trainings for psychological associations and regularly present research and skill building workshops at large national and international conferences.

 
 
 

We help organizations, nonprofits, & businesses…

  • Explore beliefs about sex, gender, and sexuality.

  • Discover new and ever-changing terminology

  • Create inclusive practices and policies

  • Identify systems of privilege, oppression, and inequality and challenge oppressive structures

  • Use inclusive language from the first phone call to the intake form, first visit, and beyond

  • Develop innovative solutions for common presenting concerns

  • Deliver multiculturally competent, queer & transgender affirming care

 
 

Read more about the Cal Poly QCARES research team

The San Luis Obispo LGBTQ+ mental health needs assessment

& The SLO ACCEPTance training program for mental health providers

Click on the images below to learn more about Dr. Jay Bettergarcia’s community-based action research projects!