Available Courses

• Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients

  • Teacher: Kristin Hancock

  

  
  

  Course Objectives:

  Successful completion of this course on APA’s Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients (APA, 2000) will enable a psychologist to:

  1. understand and explain the nature of the social stigma associated with homosexual or bisexual orientations and its impact upon lesbian, gay, and
     bisexual clients and how they present in psychotherapy;
  2. understand and explain the major issues relevant to lesbian, gay, and bisexual couples, families, youth, and older adults;
  3. understand some of the major challenges and issues of diverse groups who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual;
  4. understand and explain the effect of psychotherapist attitudes and beliefs upon psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning clients
  5. implement these guidelines with more comfort and efficiency into clinical practice
• 2002 APA Ethics Code: Revisions, Improvements and Implications for its Application

  

  Welcome to APA Division 42's online continuing education course on the newly revised APA Ethics Code. Participants in this course will read the course materials and then complete a post-course evaluation form and a post-test. Those who complete the post-course evaluation and who successfully complete the post-test will receive a certificate of completion that awards four (4) continuing education hours. Division 42 is an APA-Approved sponsor of continuing education activities for psychologists. Division 42 maintains full responsibility for the content of this course. This course has been developed by Division 42 Board member, Jeffrey Barnett, Psy.D.
  

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