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“Working with LGBTQ Teen and Adult 
Clients in Clinical Practice:
Current Tools and Up-To-Date Strategies ”

 

 

 

Date: Friday, October 17, 2025

Time: 9AM-5PM (Program)

Location: Live Webinar

Credits: 7 CEs, APA, NBCC, NYSED; OASAS=pending

(NYS LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs, Psychologists)

Instructor: Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW

Cost: $109 Individual Rate

$99 5+ Group Rate (each, same org.)  ​

 

 

Summary:

It is not enough to be a gay-friendly therapist; you must be gay informed. Dr. Kort 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.

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You will learn techniques to help your LGBTQ clients through the coming out process and learn to avoid using red-flag words: offensive words you might use (without you knowing!). Specific questions need to be asked during the intake session about developing identity and growing up LGBTQ to establish an effective treatment plan. Therapists will avoid the common mistake of believing, “a couple is a couple” and treating LGBTQ couples the same as their heterosexual counterparts.

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Therapists will also learn the most current understanding of the issues facing LGBTQ couples and individuals around sex including open relationships, various sexual styles, kinks and fetishes. LGBTQ clients want therapists to have a cultural competency of their sex lives and relationships. Given that marriage is now legal for same sex couples therapists will learn how this impacts the couples today especially for those couples who are at a stage discrepancy in coming out. 

Educational Objectives:

  • You will learn specific strategies to better treat the unique challenges your client may be facing such as: 

    ·      Assess psychological trauma of growing up gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning.

    ·      Recognize the specific and most common stages of coming out to accurately assist your client.

    ·      Differentiate common misdiagnosed mental health disorders and assessments. 

    ·      Use specific interventions and assessment tools for LGBTQ clients and gay affirmative therapy.

    ·      Distinguish using interventions that work and don’t work for different generations. 

    ·      Discuss contemporary perspectives of Lesbian and Gay couples.

    ·      Formulate strategies for LGB couples on compatibility, incompatibility, frequency 
           and satisfaction.

Presenter

Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW, is a psychotherapist, certified sex therapist and clinical director of The Center for Relationship Health in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is the author of 7 books and a lecturer and facilitator of therapeutic workshops. Throughout his 40 years of private practice, he has successfully helped hundreds of individuals and couples improve their lives and strengthen their relationships. Dr. Kort specializes in marital problems and conflicts; mixed orientation marriages; male sexuality and out-of-control sexual behaviors. He is EMDR trained and offers LGBTQIA Affirmative Therapy. Dr. Kort can be found on Instagram, TIkTok, LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube @drjoekort and his website is www.JoeKort.com

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

CSLI is not aware of any conflict(s) of interest in relation to this program. Moreover, CSLI is not aware of additional commercial support for this program.

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