Ethics in Therapy with Sexual Minorities (3 hours)

This 3 hour course by Carmen Greiner will focus on sexual minority persons (focusing on orientation) rather than including issues related to gender identity (which deserves its own course). However, it goes without saying that those who identify as sexual minority persons may also identify under the transgender umbrella.

Goals/Objectives

By participating in this Distance Learning Course, the trainee will:

• Identify three new things they can do to become more culturally competent with sexual minority clients in their practice.
• Define the following terms and discuss how they relate to ethical sexual minority treatment.
  • Minority stress
  • Intersectionality
  • Cultural humility
  • Conscience clause
  • Microaggressions
  • Boundary crossing vs. boundary violation
  • Monosexism
  • Bi-invisibility
  • Rupture and Repair
  • SOCE
  • Standard of Care
  • Sexual minority affirmative care
• Identify how the following ethical topics apply to sexual minority therapy.
  • Informed consent with minors
  • Non maleficence
  • Values
  • Therapist self-disclosure
  • Multiple relationships
• Describe how they would manage a client who calls requesting sexual orientation change.
• Explain the necessity of ongoing supervision/consultation in ethical practice.

Carmen Greiner - She is a Master’s prepared therapist who is licensed in the state of Virginia as both a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner. She is also certified as a Master Addiction Counselor by the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). Ms. Greiner has over 30 years of experience. She first worked in community mental health for 15 years before opening her own private practice in 2008. Her specialties include Co-occurring Disorders, working with those in the 2SLGBTQIA+ population and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Her teaching experience includes providing training on a wide variety of topics in those areas as well as ethics, substance pharmacology, harm reduction and motivational interviewing. 

Internet Format - Coursework that is available immediately via a downloadable PDF file (a popular online format that requires you to have the Adobe Reader program, or one similar, installed on your computer). Many websites already use this very user friendly file format, so chances are you already have a PDF reader installed on your computer. This format allows faster downloading, easier reading, and easier printing. All course materials will be included, as will the link to the post-test required for course completion. Access and downloading information will be immediately sent to the email address you provide at checkout. There is no additional charge for this format.

USB Flash Drive Format - Different computers, processors, ISP's, and software make it sometimes difficult or time-consuming to capture materials provided via the Internet. As a result, we've added the Flash Drive format to our list of options. With this format we will send you a Flash Drive by Priority Mail that can be used on any computer, laptop, tablet with a USB port. The drive will include a PDF copy of the course or courses ordered along with the test link needed to complete your course using our online test system. This option will include additional per course costs for materials/shipping/handling.

Hard Copy Format - Coursework that is delivered to you by Priority Mail in book form. All course materials will be included, as will the post-test required for course completion. For immediate results and faster certificate processing an email containing instructions on how to access your post-test online will be sent to the email address provided at checkout. Should you not want to submit the test yourself, a mail/fax form is also included that will allow you to mail or fax your test responses to us for processing. Hard copy courses will include additional per course costs for materials/shipping/handling.