Sexuality, Identity, and Mental Health: Affirming Clinical Practice with LGBTQ+ Clients
A comprehensive 3-hour continuing education course for licensed mental health professionals. Meets NBCC ACEP standards with 18,030 words of graduate-level clinical content.
3
CE Hours
2
Modules
15
Quiz Questions
1
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Apply Meyer's minority stress theory and its clinical implications to the assessment and treatment of LGBTQ+ clients.
- Identify the mental health outcomes associated with family acceptance and rejection for LGBTQ+ youth and implement family-inclusive affirming interventions.
- Conduct affirming, culturally humble clinical assessments with LGBTQ+ clients that distinguish identity-related concerns from clinical mental health concerns.
- Apply WPATH Standards of Care Version 8 principles in working with transgender and gender-diverse clients.
- Recognize and address the clinical needs of LGBTQ+ clients with intersecting marginalized identities including BIPOC LGBTQ+ clients and LGBTQ+ clients with disabilities.
- Implement evidence-based affirming clinical practices that support LGBTQ+ clients' identity development, mental health, and relationship wellbeing.
Who it's for
Licensed mental health professionals including LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs, psychologists, and NCCs who provide clinical services to LGBTQ+ clients and wish to develop affirming, evidence-based sexual identity and mental health clinical competencies.
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 3 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.