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LGBTQIA2+ Competencies in Behavioral Health

Karah Moody, LMHC, MCAP, CPP
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Description

This workshop is a Cultural Competency training for working with the LGBTQIA2+ community in behavioral health. Topics like terminology, history, healthcare barriers, mental health, substance abuse, treatment considerations and allyship will be covered.

The LGBTQ+ community is struggling with access to health care, discrimination and are more likely to have a mental health condition and Substance use disorder than their heterosexual counterparts. In a United States (U.S.) national, probability-based survey, one in six LGBTQ+ adults reported avoiding health care due to anticipated discrimination and 16% reported experiencing discrimination in healthcare encounters (Casey et al., 2019). In 2023, 56% of LGBTQ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it (The Trevor Project, 2023). LGBTQ adults are 2-3 times more likely to experience both a mental health condition and an SUD than heterosexual adults (SAMSHA, 2023). This workshop allows the participant to recognize challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community and how to be culturally competent and create a safe validating space in a health care setting.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Learn LGBTQ+ terminology and gain an understanding of the gender identity, gender expression, biological sex and sexual orientation spectrum.

  • Identify barriers to healthcare that the LGBTQ+ community faces.

  • Describe Allyship and improving healthcare outcomes by creating a safe and inviting healthcare setting.

  • Define identity formation, internalized homophobia and other topics that impact the LGBTQ+ community.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for participants to increase knowledge of the challenges that face the LGBTQ+ community and ways they can better serve their LGBTQ+ clients in a behavioral health care setting.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Karah Moody, LMHC, MCAP, CPP
Karah Moody, LMHC, MCAP, CPP has worked in substance abuse and mental health treatment for over 19 years. She started in the field as a Behavioral Health Technician and went on to become a Therapist, LGBTQIA+ Coordinator and Clinical Director in substance abuse and mental health treatment. She has also worked in the community with children and families as a Child Parent Psychotherapist with the Early Childhood Court and in adolescent and young adult IOP programs. Currently, Karah serves as the Director of Clinical Services at Sabal Palms Recovery Center in Brooksville, FL. This is a detox and residential substance abuse treatment center. Karah’s experience and leadership qualities have helped foster strong clinical programs that enable clients to make impactful long-term change and recovery.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Acadia Healthcare Treatment Placement Specialists® (TPS)