OurΒ Mission
To meaningfully contribute to the wellbeing of trans people and those who care for them.
We seek to transform personal and cultural understandings of trans people β from one that centres diagnosis and dis-ease, to one that honours the necessary courage to connect with oneself and others authentically.
We believe progress for trans people globally is absolutely possible, but that it is not a sure thing. With increasing backlash against those who support and believe trans people, we hope to offer an antidote: trans acceptance, love and liberation.
We do this through high quality educational content and facilitated group support. We offer individual support, but we prioritise support that fosters community connection and peer learning.
About Ari Heart (they/them)
Β I am a trans non-binary educator, therapist, parent, and co-founder of Trans Wellbeing.
Through twelve years of figuring out life as a trans and non-binary person, and eight years of working to support individual trans clients, I have had the privilege of facilitating, participating in, and learning from thousands of conversations with trans people and their families.
I am the Senior Advisor for Gender Affirmation at the University of Melbourne, where capacity-building and education form a core part of my role. This institutional work runs alongside my clinical practice and the training programs at Trans Wellbeing β each informing the others.
I feel strongly that individual wellbeing is mostly about context, because context supports or undermines our inner landscape and outlook. The frameworks I teach are built on that premise: that trans experiences β including dysphoria and distress β are intelligible responses to specific conditions, which means they can be understood, addressed, and changed.
My personal experience as a non-binary trans person informs the depth of care I bring to this work. But it is the many thousands of hours of conversations with trans people and their families β and what they have taught me about the imperative and courage of authenticity β that has built most of the purpose and content of our programs.
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Practitioner training at Trans Wellbeing
All practitioner training at Trans Wellbeing is developed and facilitated by Ari. The programs are built from over a decade of direct clinical work and are designed to offer something most professional development in this area doesnβt: clear explanatory frameworks for understanding trans experiences, needs, and pathways to wellbeing.
Trans Healing: Advanced Clinical Frameworks in Trans-Affirming Therapy
The flagship training. Five modules covering gender identity formation, dysphoria, emotional safety, transphobia, affirmation decision-making, and internalised transphobia. For practitioners who want a comprehensive, theoretically grounded foundation for this work.
Working with Dysphoria
A 90-minute recorded webinar presenting the Dysphoria Relief Framework β a conceptual model for understanding the causes of dysphoria and what supports genuine relief. A strong entry point into the approach.
Ethical WPATH Letter Writing
A focused training for practitioners providing WPATH assessments and letters β covering ethics, assessment, letter structure, complex cases, and harm reduction, with templates and example letters included.
Working with Parents of Trans Clients Towards Acceptance and Support
Practical frameworks for supporting parents of trans young people from doubt and resistance toward genuine acceptance β one of the most clinically significant and underserved areas of practitioner training.
Supporting the parents of your trans clients
Our core work at Trans Wellbeing is with parents of trans and gender diverse people. We offer a structured educational course and a moderated parent community β providing the information, support, and guided reflection that parents need to show up well for their trans child.
If you work with trans young people whose parents would benefit from dedicated support, we warmly welcome referrals to the Trans Wellbeing Parent Program.
Parents can be referred regardless of where they are starting from β uncertain, overwhelmed, already supportive, or somewhere in between. The program is designed to meet parents where they are.
[Button: Visit the Parent Program β] (links to parent hub)
Questions about whether the program might be a good fit for a particular family? Youβre welcome to get in touch directly at [email protected].