Cultural Considerations in Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and LGBTQIA+ For Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals

Course overview

Behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment do not happen in a cultural vacuum. The clinician sitting across from a client brings a lifetime of socialization, assumption, and professional training into the room, and so does the client. When that client identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any of the other identities captured under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella, the clinical encounter carries an additional layer of history, stigma, and legal complexity that general clinical training rarely addresses in depth.