This course focuses on the unique issues of substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and best-practice philosophies for treating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender substance abusing clients.

Topics covered include:

• Substance use in the LGBT community
• Vulnerabilities and risk factors
• Barriers to treatment
• Homophobia and heterosexism
• Family of origin and family of choice issues
• Clinical and treatment issues
• Counselor competence issues
• Working with ethnic minority LGBT groups

30 Hours – $155