Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Identify one cause of homophobia.
-Discuss a six-stage model for gender identity.
-List tools in defining identity achievement.
-Identify what the "Q" stands for in LGBTQ.
-Identify why a supportive environment is needed in helping sexual orientation questioning.
-Describe what feelings might a client experience during the exploration of their sexual orientation.
-Discuss ways regarding mental health promotion for LGBTQ youth.
-Name two factors in ensuring mental and behavioral health of LGBTQ youth.
-Identify negative behaviors LGBTQ clients may exhibit.
-Name risks in identity achievement.
-Discuss how to enhance LGBTQ youth's school climate.
-Name three barriers regarding identity integration.
-Identify difficulties in coming out.
-Discuss a model used for sexual identity development.
-Explain what is the benefit of sex.
-Explain what is the positive relationship Adams found between working as a flight attendant and acculturation into the gay community.
-Explain why do gay male couples tend to develop an affectional relationship from a sexual one and to have a briefer courting period, whereas lesbian couples often develop a sexual relationship from an affectional one after a more lengthy courtship.
-Name three "holes" in the universal sexual selection theory.
-Explain what is an example of aversion therapy that has been used to "cure" gay behavior.
-Explain for whom does Roughgarden feel Joan of Arc might serve as a role model.
-Explain what makes counseling someone from a different culture difficult for a therapist.
-Explain what the therapist permits to do on identifying the counseling session with the model of a hologram.
-Explain what can empathy generate, in an intercultural counseling session.
-Explain what is a key factor in using empathy with LBGTQ clients.
-Name three goals for reducing heterosexual bias in language.
-Explain what common mistake physicians made regarding patients who informed them of their sexual orientation.

"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."