Cart Summary
0 item(s) ($0.00)
Events
Product Categories:
Recently Viewed
Member Price: $15.00
Nonmember Price: $30.00
Your Price: $30.00
Product Details

Supporting Sexual and Gender Minority Clients in Rural Areas

Title:
Supporting Sexual and Gender Minority Clients in Rural Areas: Considerations for Clinical Mental Health Counselors
Presenter:
Joshua Elliott, EdD, LPCC-S, NCC
Description:
Recent U.S. census data estimates that there are between 2.9 and 3.8 million sexual and gender minorities (SGM) that call the rural United States home (MAP, 2019). To effectively and ethically serve diverse SGM clients in rural locales, it is imperative that counselors and supervisors understand and consider how the social determinants of mental health (SDMH) impact the wellness needs, health-seeking behaviors, and mental health outcomes of this population (Sheperis et al., 2023). SGM clients in rural spaces experience increased exposure to stigma and discrimination from an earlier age than non-rural SGM populations (Renner et al., 2021; Swank et al., 2012), more salient visibility, and lower levels of community connectedness (Giano et al., 2022). In this educational session, attendees will contemplate considerations for their clinical practice with SGM clients residing in and/or from rural America.?

Learning Objectives:

  • Learners will understand the experiences and needs of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) clients residing in rural areas from a social ecological perspective.
  • Learners will ethically assess rural SGM clients for minority stress reactions.
  • Learners will apply practical strategies to effectively support rural SGM clients experiencing minority stress..

CE Credit: 1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

NBCC ACEP No. 1000
November 01, 2025
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$15.00
$30.00
$30.00
Available for Immediate Access