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Religious Abuse: How does the LGBTQ+ Person Experience and Survive This?

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1.25 CE Hour
Clinical
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$26.25

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Description

This presentation explores the topic of religious abuse as experienced by the LGBTQ+ person. It defines religious abuse and how to prepare a clinician to effectively treat a client who experienced it.

Target Audience
  • Counselor
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for clinicians to be more aware of the religious abuse suffered by LGBTQ+ people and the effect it can have on their lives and relationships.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define religious abuse.

  • Explain how to recognize religious abuse in their clients.

  • Create an effective treatment plan for those who have experienced religious abuse.

References
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  • Sherry, A., Adelman, A., Whilde, M. R., & Quick, D. (2010). Competing selves: Negotiating the intersection of spiritual and sexual identities. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 41(2), 112-119. doi:10.1037/a0017471

  • Valera, P., & Taylor, T. (2011). “Hating the Sin but not the Sinner”: A study about heterosexism and religious experiences among Black men. Journal of Black Studies, 42(1), 106-122. doi:10.1177/0021934709356385

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Intermediate
Clinical
Counselor

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TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.25 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Social Worker

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 Clinical continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider, provider #1000101.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Pending approval.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by SAIGE (Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities). There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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John Super PhD, NCC, LMFT

John T. Super is an associate lecturer in the University of Central Florida’s counselor education program.  He primarily teaches courses in the Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling track and many other counseling related courses. He earned his master’s degree in marriage, couples and family counseling and his doctorate in counselor education. After receiving his master’s degree, he worked in and developed a clinical private practice with a focus on helping LGBTQ+ couples with relational issues.  He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and is also licensed by the state of Florida as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).

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