A Complete Guide to Becoming an LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapist: Trauma-Informed Clinical Interventions for Adults – Aaron Testard

LGBTQ+ Clients in Today’s World: Treatment Strategies for Gender & Sexual Identity Issues

A Complete Guide to Becoming an LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapist: Trauma-Informed Clinical Interventions for Adults by Aaron Testard,
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With over 39% of the LGBTQ+ population reporting symptoms of trauma, shame, fear, discrimination, abuse, attachment injury, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation…

…it’s critical that you thoroughly understand the complexities of LGBTQ+ mental health and its impact on treatment and the identity development process.

An LGBTQ-friendly practice is NOT the same as an LGBTQ-informed one—it’s time to close the gap.

This essential online course is your guide to confidently working with clients on any part of the sexuality and gender continuum, which could be any client you work with.

Using a trauma-informed lens, leading experts in the LGBTQ+ field will unpack LGBTQ+ related trauma—from covert cultural sexual abuse and minority stress—that often underlies presenting symptoms and interferes with our client’s identity development.

Register now to become the go-to therapist for LGBTQ+ clients and help them feel at home in your practice and move them toward living a life that’s authentic to who they are!

When you register, you’ll acquire clear strategies with straightforward guidance that other trainings shy away from. You’ll learn how to:

• Help work through the trauma of suppressing sexual and gender identity
• Engage clients around cultural norms, gender, sex, and relationships
• Build a strong foundation of safety, trust, and credibility
• Avoid the most common treatment mistakes that can leave your client more traumatized by the therapy intended to help them
• Build self-acceptance and overcome internalized homophobia
• Non heterosexual behaviors and practices
• Manage your own biases about sexual orientation and gender
• Work with gendered couples and mixed orientation couples
• Guide every step of your client’s unique, self-discovery process
• Help clients navigate the difficult process of coming out

You’ll walk away with new knowledge that combines time-tested research and up-to-date movements in the field for a comprehensive approach for working with any LGBTQ+ client in any phase and on any part of the sexuality-gender spectrums.

Course Outline

LGBTQ+ Clients in Today’s World: Treatment Strategies for Gender & Sexual Identity Issues

By Aaron Testard, LMFT, LPCC | 

This module provides clear strategies to comfortably engage clients around cultural norms, gender, sex, relationships, and terminology. Expert clinician Aaron Testard, LMFT, LPCC, combines his years of experience working within the LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ clients with evidence-based research and timely movements in the field for a comprehensive approach for working with any LGBTQ+ client in any phase and on any part of the sexuality and gender spectrums. Get the specific tools you need to build trust and enhance credibility with your LGBTQ+ clients.

Here’s what your colleagues have said about Aaron’s training:

• “The best PESI training I have been participated in so far! Aaron was incredibly knowledgeable, and shared practical, specific and applicable interventions that I can incorporate into my practice. There was a great balance of education on the history of this topic, and current evidenced-based interventions.” – A.H.
• “Fantastic seminar and presenter. Truly the best training on working with LGBTQ clients that I have ever attended.“ – Theresa S.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Clients: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies

By Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW |

This module will equip you with the right tools and up-to-date information you need in this rapidly changing population to more effectively counsel your lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning clients, and couples. Expert clinician Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW, will walk you through specific strategies to better treat the unique challenges your client may be facing, such as: self-acceptance and internalized homophobia, non hetero-normative sexual behaviors and practices, trauma and abuse from growing up LGBTQ, or the difficult process of coming out. You’ll get practical strategies to avoid the common mistake of believing “a couple is a couple” and treating LGBTQ couples the same as their heterosexual counterparts.

Here’s what your colleagues say about Joe’s training:

• “Excellent presentation. The best one I’ve ever had through PESI. Joe Kort was really great.“ – Andrea D.
• “Great presentation. I realized I know more than I thought I did and it validated my work with clients. I will be sharing the content and handouts with my clinical team. I appreciated the frankness and find that is often a big stumbling block for clinicians working with this population. Thanks so much!” – Jennifer N.