A two-day workshop offering counsellors and therapists some essential knowledge and training to work competently with sexual minority clients.

Day One - Contemporary Models of Gender and Sexual Identity and Understanding the Social Context
This day seeks to help participants understand more about binary versus continuum models of sexual and gender diversity and how these interact with other contexts that clients may bring, such as age, ethnicity, religion, class etc. Gain an appreciation of the richness and diversity that exists in the LGBT communities and the contradictions and similarities that different groups within these communities may have.

Day Two - Models of Sexual Minority Therapy
Will explore some of the different models of how to work with sexual and gender minority clients and therapeutic guidelines will be offered and critiqued.
The workshop will be a mixture of pre course reading, didactic inputs, experiential learning, group discussions and plenty of opportunity for participants to explore their own ideas and questions in relation to this subject as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cultures, concepts and practices.

Benefits of attending
Understanding contemporary models of sexual and gender diversity and their social context
Exploring some of the models of sexual minority therapy and learning some therapeutic guidelines
Increase awareness of the diversity of sexual minority clients
Guided pre and post-course reading

Target audience
Counsellors, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social and Health Care workers engaged in using counselling skills in their work with this population

Duration
Two days

Location
Various throughout Wales and the UK. It can also be delivered as in-house opportunity for groups of 8 or more.

Cost
£240