Guiding Clients Through the Coming Out Process: A Clinical Training
Evidence-Based Strategies for Supporting LGBTQIA+ Clients in Their Journey
Coming out represents one of the most complex experiences in the lives of sexual and gender minorities. This comprehensive training equips mental health professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to skillfully guide clients through this deeply personal process. Drawing from current research and clinical best practices, participants will learn to help clients navigate coming out decisions across different life domains while maintaining safety, authenticity, and psychological well-being. The training emphasizes the fundamentals of client-centered care, explores various coming out methods and their implications, and addresses the unique considerations for transgender individuals versus LGB clients.
What You'll Learn:
Clinical fundamentals for supporting clients in coming out decisions, including when coming out may or may not be appropriate
Life domain assessment strategies to help clients identify priority areas for disclosure
Multiple coming out methods and their respective pros and cons
Safety planning techniques including physical, emotional, and economic risk assessment
Bias awareness and how to maintain client autonomy while providing appropriate clinical guidance
Unique considerations for transgender clients versus LGB clients in the coming out process
Research-backed interventions
Role-playing techniques
Understanding reaction patterns
Ideal For:
Mental health professionals, therapists, counselors, and clinical social workers who work with LGBTQIA+ clients or wish to develop culturally competent practices.