Treatment w/ LGBT Clients
This relationship is the most important when working with LGBTQ clients and substance abuse
What is the therapeutic alliance/relationship?
This is the percentage of LGBT adults who have used an illicit drug in the past year.
What is 39%?
Under these circumstances, LGBTQ youth of color are willing to talk to school staff about their safety concerns and sexual preferences
What is if they are genuine and willing to keep confidentiality?
This is one way (out of many, but name one) therapists can become more culturally competent in working with LGBT clients
What is therapist examining own biases, assumptions, worldviews and seeking consultation or supervision if necessary; cultural sensitivity training?
This is the percentage of sexual majority adults who have used an illicit drug in the past year
What is 17%? (compare to LGBT population)
This group of individuals report less involvement in gay/lesbian/bisexual community activities and are less comfortable with others knowing their sexual minority status
Who are Latino and Black youth?
This type of counseling is not suggested if the client is not comfortable disclosing or discussing their sexual orientation and identity
What is family/couples counseling?
This is the percentage of LGBT adults who have illicit drug or alcohol use disorder (2015), compared to this percentage of sexual majority adults with an illicit drug or alcohol use disorder
What is 15% vs. 8%?
This group of people have greater risk of problematic substance use than heterosexual women of color and white sexual minority women
Who are sexual minority women of color?
This type of stress is prevalent in LGBTQ clients and may affect compliance in seeking substance abuse treatment
What is minority stress?
This is the percentage of LGBT adults with a substance use disorder who received treatment in 2015 at a specialty facility for substance use problems
What is only 15%?
This type of experience is related to higher rates of substance use disorders among sexual minorities
What is discrimination?