Counselling & psychotherapy with queer clients: Getting started

Counselling and psychotherapy with queer clients - getting started and the four pillars

After decades of laws and stigmas that prevented people from being their true selves’ people are more able to embrace their true identities. Yet, with recent changes in equality laws things are changing and LGBTQ+ communities continue to fear for their rights.

There continues to be a lot of confusion and stigma in society and within the therapy room about LGBTQ+ communities. Therfore it is now more important than ever for professionals to keep up to date with changing trends, terminology, general knowledge and things to consider when offering counselling and psychotherapy to LGBTQ+ clients.

This CPD workshop will be ideal for Counsellors, Therapists and mental health professionals looking to expand their knowledge on this complex and important topic.

What’s included?

• introductions and group agreement
• LGBTQ+ and why queer?
• remembering the relationship and core conditions
• self-awareness, knowledge, supervision and therapy
• discussing the four pillars of queer therapy: The wider context, queer rage and anger, queer shame, internalised queer phobia
• Q&A

This is a two hour online CPD workshop and will include interactive group work, breakout rooms and a short comfort break.

Tom has facilitated several workshops over the past four years, to read some testimonials please visit: Workshop testimonials

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for therapists and mental health practitioners (both in training and qualified) looking to support their work with LGBTQ+ clients, the workshop will be idea for therapists just starting out, or therapists who already work with LGBTQ+ clients but would like to feel more confident and learn new considerations and thoughts for their client work.

The facilitator

This workshop is facilitated by Tom, founder of New Horizon Counselling. Tom is a Therapist, Supervisor, Writer and Tutor. He has been working in private practice since 2018 and specialises in working with sexuality and gender diverse clients. Being part of the queer community himself this is something he is incredibly passionate about. Tom has been facilitating this workshop for mental health professionals over the past five years.