What Everyone Needs to Know When Working With Sexual Minorities
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What Everyone Needs to Know When Working With Sexual Minorities
What Everyone Needs to Know When Working With Sexual Minorities Presented by: Joseph M. Amico, M.Div., CAS, LISAC President of NALGAP: The Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies. Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD Project Director Candace Peters, MA, CADC Director of Training The ATTC Network ATTCnetwork.org Southern Coast Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin For more information contact: [email protected] Tele: 319.335.5368 Every day, countless lives are enriched or saved because of the work carried out by behavioral health counselors. In a myriad of settings, competent, welltrained counselors form the relationships and carry out the strategies that help their clients move from life-threatening addiction to life-affirming recovery… We can state with certainty that thousands of behavioral health counselors accomplish their missions with distinction. 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Div., CAS, LISAC President NALGAP Candace Peters, MA, CADC Director of Training Prairielands ATTC Continuing Education Unit (CEU) 1.5 NAADAC continuing education hours are available to those attending the LIVE iTraining Webinar today. Participants will receive an e-mail from Ms. Perumalla from the ATTC Nation Office following the conclusion of today’s iTraining with instructions on how to obtain the CEUs. Please note: While the training today is FREE, there is a small fee of $15 for the NAADAC hours. You should receive the information by COB Friday, 6/17 NAADAC CEU’s are available upon request for this session at a cost of $15.00. Participants are responsible for submitting state specific requests under the guidelines of their individual state. Power Points An Electronic copy of the webinar Power Point is available upon request. For more information on CEU’s, power points or registration, please contact: … Presented by: Joseph M. Amico, M.Div., CAS, LISAC Joe is known for presenting at international conferences and training professionals on alcohol, drug and sex addiction. Joe recenly organized the first LGBT inpatient psychiatric and detox unit in New England for the Brattleboro Retreat. He is the President of NALGAP, the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies; on the editorial board for Addiction Professional, and published numerous articles on LGBT Addiction Issues. Candace Peters, MA, CADC Candace received her Master of Arts degree in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Counseling, at the University of Iowa. She has counseled persons with co-occurring disorder and has supported counselors with clinical supervision at all levels of care. Candace developed, supervised, managed, and administered outreach and case management programs, transitional housing programs for persons and their families in substance abuse recovery and persons who are homeless. Candace is Director of Training with the Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC). Curriculum Development A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals Based on the publication: (DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 01-3498) First Edition The curriculum was created to “translate” the original 2001 text into a training experience with visual aids and opportunities for discussion & practice. Edited and prepared for publication by the Prairielands ATTC by: Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD, Project Director Candace Peters, MA, CADC, Director of Training Jennifer Kardos, MA, Instructional Designer The original curriculum and training activities were authored by: Barbara Warren, PsyD, CASAC, CPP, Dir. of Organizational Development, Planning and Research, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of New York City Trainers • Released in September 2007, NALGAP conference in Nashville, TN Training of Trainers : 128 trainers have participated in seven Training of Trainers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico Master Trainer: Thomas E. Freese, Ph.D., Director, Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, and Director of Training, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Joe Amico, Ed Johnson, Daniel Toleran and Joanne Keatley Trainer Expectations: Pre-training Expectations: Participants will be asked to complete a electronic “pre-training notebook” prior to the scheduled Training of Trainers event, to include: Adult Learning Training Style Inventory (TSI) Learning Modalities Journal Articles Curriculum Training Guide Original SAMHSA Publication Post-training Expectation: Participants will engage in a learning community in collaboration with Prairielands ATTC and will work with their respective ATTC in delivering the training. Curriculum Content The curriculum is intended to provide both practitioners and administrators involved in substance abuse treatment with: • Increased familiarity with the issues and barriers faced by LGBT persons in need of substance use disorder-related services • Knowledge about the interaction between LGBT issues and substance use and abuse • Enhance abilities to offer sensitive, affirmative, culturally relevant, and effective treatment to LGBT clients in substance use disorder treatment. This curriculum was designed to be offered by experienced substance abuse treatment trainers. This training confronts what are often controversial issues in our society about sexual orientation and gender identity, and trainers need to have experience facilitating discussion and response, handling dissent, and mediating differing opinions and attitudes. Curriculum Modules Overview of Treatment Approaches, Modalities, and Issues of Accessibility: Module Module Module Module One: Two: Three: Four: An Overview for Providers Treating LGBT Clients Cultural Issues in Working with LGBT Individuals Legal Issues for Programs Treating LGBT Clients Overview of Treatment Approaches, Modalities, and Issues of Accessibility in the Continuum of Care Clinician’s Guide Module Module Module Module Module Module Module Module Module Five: The Coming out Process for Lesbians and Gay Men Six: Families of Origin and Families of Choice Seven: Clinical Issues with Lesbians Eight: Clinical Issues with Gay Male Clients Nine: Clinical Issues with Bisexuals Ten: Clinical Issues with Transgender Individuals Eleven: Clinical Issues with Youth Twelve: Related Health Issues Thirteen: Case Examples: Counselor competence in Treating LGBT Clients Program Administrator’s Guide Module Module Module Module Fourteen: Policies and Procedures Fifteen: Training and Education Sixteen: Quality Improvement and LGBT Clients Seventeen: Using Alliances and Networks to Improve Treatment for LGBT Clients For more Information Prairielands ATTC http://www.attcnetwork.org/regcenters/index_prairielands.asp tele: 319.335.5368 Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD, [email protected] Candace Peters, MA, CADC, [email protected] or contact your regional ATTC at www.attcnetwork.org This training is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Technical guidance and program direction for this curriculum was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, were provided by: Edwin Craft, DrPh, MED, LCPC Catherine D. Nugent, LCPC Workshop Alphabet Soup GLBTQQAi2S Politically Correct Terms Gender Variant Gender Queer Gender Neutral Gender Expression Gender Identity Transphobia DSD (Disordered Sexual Development) Sexual Identity 4 Components Physical Identity: Biological sex Gender Identity: Psychological sense of being male or female Sex-Role Identity: Interests, attitudes, appearance, and behaviors-masculine, feminine, androgynous Sexual Orientation: Gender/sex attracted to sexually and romantically -Heterosexual -Bisexual -Gay -Lesbian THE “GAY RIGHTS” MOVEMENT IS BORN STONEWALL RIOTS JUNE 27, 1969 STONEWALL INN, CHRISTOPHER ST. GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC FIRST ANNIVERSARY INITIATED ANNUAL GAY PRIDE EVENTS Kinsey Continuum Heterosexual Homosexual 0-----1-----2-----3-----4-----5-----6 2% 2% Klein Grid For variables A to E: 1 = Other sex only 2 = Other sex mostly 3 = Other sex somewhat more 4 = Both sexes 5 = Same sex somewhat more 6 = Same sex mostly 7 = Same sex only For variables F and G: 1 = Heterosexual only 2 = Heterosexual mostly 3 = Heterosexual somewhat more 4 = Hetero/Gay-Lesbian equally 5 = Gay/Lesbian somewhat more 6 = Gay/Lesbian mostly 7 = Gay/Lesbian only Fundamentals for working with gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer/ questioning/ and intersex clients 1)Examine your own beliefs and feelings about sexual orientation. 2) If you are comfortable with diverse sexual orientations on your caseload, here are suggestions for making the client more comfortable and letting the client know that it is “ok” to be GLBTQQi in this office: a. Provide GLBTQQi literature or artwork in the waiting area. b. On your intake forms, be sure that same sex relationships can be easily reported. c. Know the developmental stages of coming out. PSYCHOSOCIAL QUESTIONS 1. How old were you when you had your first thoughts about being gay (or lesbian, bisexual, transgender)? 2. How old were you when you first acted on those thoughts? 3. Describe for me your first sexual experiences (may or may not be the same as number 2). 4. When was your first sexual experience with an adult? 5. Who are you "out" to? (Be sure to ask about friends, family or work) 6. How to you feel about being gay? 7. If you could change your sexual orientation, would you? SEXUAL IDENTITY FORMATION: A THEORETICAL MODEL Based on the work of Vivienne C. Cass STAGE I: Identity Confusion: Occurs when there is continuing personalization of information regarding sexual identity. Individuals may react to confusion (coping mechanisms) by utilizing one of the following: 1. Inhibition strategy 2. Personal innocence strategy 3. Information seeking strategy STAGE II: Identity Comparison: Occurs when the person accepts the possibility that she/he might be gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender. Individuals usually utilize one of the following approaches: 1. The person reacts positively to being different and devalues the importance of heterosexuals in her/his life. 2. The person accepts the definition of own behavior as g/l/b/t but rejects a definition of self as g/l/b/t in her/his own life. 3. The person accepts self and behavior as g/l/b/t but so fears negative reactions from others that overt g/l/b/t behavior is inhibited, g/l/b/t is devalued, heterosexuality is given much positive weight. STAGE III: Identity Tolerance: Occurs when the person has come to accept the probability that he/she is g/l/b/t and recognizes the sexual/social/emotional needs that go with being g/l/b/t. STAGE IV: Identity Acceptance: Occurs when the person accepts rather than tolerates a g/l/b/t self-image and there is continuing and increased contact with the g/l/b/t culture. STAGE V: Identity Pride: Occurs when, accepting the philosophy of full legitimization, the person becomes immersed in the l/g/b/t subculture and has less and less to do with heterosexual others. STAGE VI: Identity Synthesis: Occurs when the person develops an awareness that the "them" and “us” philosophy, in which all heterosexuals are viewed negatively and all g/l/b/t positively, no longer holds true. SUB CULTURES AND STEREOTYPING ALL GAY MEN ARE EFFEMINATE ALL LESBIANS ARE BUTCH BISEXUALS ARE JUST GAYS WHO HAVEN’T COME OUT LEATHER BEARS S & M/BDSM CIRCUIT PARTIES DADDY/BOY CHUBS/CHASERS LIPSTICK LESBIANS LESBIAN BED DEATH ETHNIC CULTURES Men on the “Down Low” Homosexuality is a “white man’s disease” Machismo = Latinos can only be “tops” Two Spirits Third and Fourth Gender Blue Collar Lesbians vs. Feminist Lesbians THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION AND CULTURAL VICTIMIZATION (HETEROSEXISM) EFFECTS OF SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION EFFECTS OF HETEROSEXISM Blame Self for Causing the Abuse Blame Self Because of One’s Sexuality “I deserved to be abused” “Maybe g/l/b/t people are sick and I deserve to be put down and beat up.” “It’s my fault” “Maybe I can stop being g/l/b/t and become heterosexual….I’ll get married…have children.” “I should have stopped the abuse” Shame/Negative SelfConcept Shame/Negative SelfConcept “I’m dirty for participating in the sexual acts” “I’m going to hell for being g/l/b/t” “I’m bad, otherwise I wouldn’t have been hit.” “I’m bad for acting on my g/l/b/t desires” “No one will love me because I’m damaged/used.” “No one will love me because I’m g/l/b/t…especially my friends and family” THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION AND CULTURAL VICTIMIZATION (HETEROSEXISM) •EFFECTS OF SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION Anger Directed at Self “I’m going to kill myself” “I’ll drink/drug so I can forget what happened” “I’m going to go do to someone else what happened to me” Victim Mentality “I feel helpless/powerless” “Other people are in control of my body” “I can’t tell anyone what happened” “I don’t trust anyone” “I’m going to protect myself by staying alone.” •EFFECTS OF HETEROSEXISM Anger Directed at Self “I’m going to kill myself” “I’ll drink/drug to forget about being sexual with someone of the same sex” “I’ll drink/drug so I can get the courage to be sexual with someone of the same sex.” Victim Mentality “I feel helpless/powerless” “I can’t come out” “I can’t be what I am” “There is no one I can tell I’m g/l/b/t” “I’m not going to tell the neighbors I have a lover. I’ll just say s/he is my friend/room-mate.” THE HEALING PROCESS FROM SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION AND CULTURAL VICTIMIZATION (HETEROSEXISM) RECOVERY FROM SEXUAL/PHYSICAL ABUSE RECOVERY FROM HETEROSEXISM Breaking the Silence Breaking the Silence “I have been abused” “Mom, I’m gay (lesbian, bi, transgender)” “Pastor, I’ve really struggled with my sexual feelings and I think I’m (g/l/b/t)” Establish Perpetrator Responsibility Establish Perpetrator Responsibility “I didn’t ask to be sexually abused” “I didn’t do anything to be harassed” “I didn’t deserve to be abused” “I don’t deserve to be shamed for being who I am” “(Name) abused me” “(Name individuals/institution) have shamed and abused me because of my sexual orientation” THE HEALING PROCESS FROM SEXUAL/PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION AND CULTURAL VICTIMIZATION (HETEROSEXISM) Reclaim Personal Power Reclaim Personal Power “I am okay” “I am okay” “I am loveable” “I am loveable” “I deserve respect” “I deserve respect” “I demand respect” “I demand respect” “I set my own boundaries regarding my sexual behavior/physical space.” “I decide who I come out to and how much about my personal life I will share” “My God loves and accepts me for who I am” “My gayness is a gift from God” “My gayness is a gift from my parents” Adapted from J. H. Neisen (1993) Healing from cultural victimization: Recovery from shame due to heterosexism. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, Vol 2 (1), pp 49-63 CONTINUUM OF GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS Adapted from J. H. Neisen, 1995 Anti Gay Treatment Providers Traditional Treatment Providers No G/L/B/T sensitivity No G/L/B/T sensitivity Antagonistic toward G/L/B/Ts Don’t realize they have G/L/B/T clients Treatment program focus is exclusively for heterosexuals and deliberately excludes or tries to change g/l/b/t’s No acknowledgement or discussion of g/l/b/t clients/issues Everyone is assumed to be heterosexual No specific g/l/b/t treatment components No specific g/l/b/t treatment components CONTINUUM OF GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS Adapted from J. H. Neisen, 1995 Gay Naïve Treatment Providers Gay Tolerant Treatment Providers No G/L/B/T sensitivity Minimal G/L/B/T Sensitivity Realize they have had G/L/B/T clients Currently recognize they have g/l/b/t clients As an agency, have not yet begun to address the special issues g/l/b/t clients face No specific g/l/b/t treatment components Some staff may verbalize to clients that it’s okay to be g/l/b/t; however discussions about being g/l/b/t usually happen in individual sessions as concerns remain as to “how the group would handle a g/l/b/t person.” No defined plan or policy as to how the staff would deal with homophobic and heterosexist comments/actions No specific g/l/b/t treatment components CONTINUUM OF GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS Adapted from J. H. Neisen, 1995 Gay Sensitive Treatment Providers Gay Affirming Treatment Providers Moderate Level Sensitivity Highest Level Sensitivity Several clients and/or staff are open about their sexual orientation All treatment workshops and groups are designed specifically for g/l/b/t individuals. May have several workshops and/or groups focusing on g/l/b/t issues May have some groups specifically for g/l/b/t clients Therapy groups and workshops are never mixed with heterosexual groups All workshops move beyond g/l/b/t sensitivity, but affirm the g/l/b/t individual Workshops on addiction issues incorporate special issues facing g/l/b/t individuals May have a “track” program that does G/L/B/T specific groups but also has G/L/B/T clients mixed with general population in other groups Special workshops on g/l/b/t issues always tie back to sobriety issues Treatment program has g/l/b/t magazines/newspapers available. Posters and other images of the g/l/b/t communities are displayed throughout facility Some g/l/b/t specific treatment components All treatment components g/l/b/t specific WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Fags Queers Sissies Tomboys Queens Princess Drag Queen Drag King Beards Skirts Bare Backers Bug Chasers Twinks Party and Play (PNP) Tops and Bottoms Fuck Buddy Jocks Straight Acting Breeders Pig Cut/Uncut MORE WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Dyke Bull dyke Baby dyke Butch Stone butch Lezzie, lezbo Lebanese Fem Fluff Bluff Political lesbian Separatist Womyn Herstory Bi AC/DC Tranny, trannie Pre-op Post-op FTM MTF Friend of Dorothy “you-know” Fag Hag CONTACT INFORMATION JOE AMICO Telephone: 603-852-3168 Email: [email protected] Website: www.joeamico.com CANDACE PETERS Telephone: 319.335.5362 Email: [email protected] Website: http://attcnetwork.org/regcenters/index_prairielands.asp Questions and Discussion Thank You! Your feedback is very important to us! At this time, you will be directed to a short survey about today’s ATTC Network iTraining. Please join us again next month! Thursday, July 21, 2011 Serving the Elderly Hosted by: Mid-Atlantic ATTC Thank you for your dedication in serving those who battle behavioral health issues. Joe Amico and Candace Peters Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD Project Director