Evidence-Based Psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ Populations with Dr. Kimberly Balsam, Ph.D.
About the Webinar
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) people have unique risk and resilience factors that influence their mental health and response to psychotherapy. Dr. Kimberly Balsam will provide a framework that clinical psychologists can use to provide affirmative, evidence-based psychotherapy for LGBTQ+ clients. She will also include clinical examples and suggestions for addressing the clinician’s own biases.
About the Presenter
Kimberly F. Balsam, PhD, is Department Chair and Professor in the Psychology Department at Palo Alto University, where she is the Director of the Center for LGBTQ Evidence-Based Applied Research. She has a 20-year history of clinical practice and has been conducting innovative research in the area of LGBTQ+ psychology since the 1990s. She is currently the Principal Investigator for the LGBTQ+ Clinical Academy, a project to develop and test a 40-hour cultural competence training for behavioral health providers.
Registration and CE Credit
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. National Register Health Service Psychologists, National Register Practice Academy members, Canadian Register Health Service Psychologists, and paid attendees will earn one (1) CE credit upon successful completion of the webinar and evaluation. Doctoral students and trainees attending at no charge are not eligible for CE credit. A recording of the webinar presentation will be available on CE.NationalRegister.org the week following the conclusion of the live session. This recording is available for CE credit to those unable to attend the live webinar.
CE Information
1 CE Credit, Instructional Level: Intermediate
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the unique risk and resilience factors that influence the presenting problems of LGBTQ+ psychotherapy clients.
- Identify three key elements of affirmative psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ populations.
- Describe the framework for providing evidence-based psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ populations.