Providing Culturally-Responsive and Integrative LGBTQIAP+ Addictions Treatment

VIRTUAL SEMINAR | June 16 and 17, 2021, 1 – 4:15 p.m. ET
Instructor: Katherine Glick, M.Ed., LPC, LCADC, ACS, CMHIMP
CEs: 6 CEs for social workers are available for $10 fee
Level: Introductory

Regular registration by June 14, 2021: $145

CEs: 6 CEs for social workers are available for $10 fee

There is much research that supports the fact that LGBTQIAP+ communities experience a higher level of stress and that there are subsequent mental health and addiction disparities that occur.  These disparities are due to violence and discrimination perpetuated against members of these communities and exacerbated by multiples sites of marginalization. It is imperative for mental health clinicians and addiction professionals to receive training and education about how to understand and integrate culture into their work, and how to actively cultivate an anti-oppressive and affirmative lens when working with members of these communities.

Many practitioners report feeling ill-equipped and lacking competence in providing affirmative care to LGBTQIAP+ individuals. This course is specifically for clinicians who have had limited experience with the above-named communities, and will prepare the practitioner to accurately recognize, assess, and treat individuals who identify as LGBTQIAP+ who are struggling with substance abuse and related problems.

Participants will have the opportunity to examine their own socialization around sexuality, and how it has impacted them personally and professionally. Insight strategies will allow participants to explore the importance of examining functioning across domains of functioning, including sexuality and sexual identity. Terminology will be reviewed, and special attention will be paid to culturally-specific risk and etiological factors, and evidence-based culturally-responsive and affirmative treatment.

Target Audience: 

Social workers and other social service providersS