Trauma Treatment Considerations for Sexual Minoritized Veterans (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course explores trauma assessment and treatment considerations for lesbian, gay, and bisexual veterans.  The course identifies unique stressors experienced by sexual minoritized veterans and provides context for minority stress and trauma.  Topics of post-traumatic stress disorder, Criterion A events, diagnostic assessment, rapport, and evidence-based practice are discussed.  Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy are highlighted.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.

Reading:  

Article 1: Trauma Treatment Considerations for Sexual Minoritized Veterans by Leah M.. Taylor, Brittany C. Davis, and Jenny A. Bannister

Article 2:  Assessment and Treatment Considerations for Working with LGBTQ+ Clients with PTSD by Sarah E. Valentine, PhD, Nick A. Livingston, PhD, Anna C. Salomaa, PhD, and Jillian C. Shipherd, Phd

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining clinical considerations for assessing and treating trauma with sexual minoritized veterans.

Learning Objectives:  Identify the unique stressors experienced by sexual minority service members.  Identify a Criterion A event for PTSD using the DSM-5-TR.  Describe considerations for assessing and treating trauma with sexual minoritized veterans.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2030.

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1: Using the DSM-5-TR, directly experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event fulfills Criterion _________ for PTSD.
 
 
 
 
2: Which of the following is an example of a Criterion A event?
 
 
 
 
3: Sexual minority male veterans report sexual assault at nearly _________ times the rate of cisgender heterosexual men.
 
 
 
 
4: Sexual minoritized veterans report delaying or missing appointments due to
 
 
 
 
 
5: Which treatment posits that PTSD is a result of unhelpful or inaccurate thought patterns that develop in an effort to gain control over the trauma or predict future occurrences?
 
 
 
 
6: A stigma-informed approach works toward shifting thoughts of self-blame to ________ sources.
 
 
7: Which of the following is an example of a more balanced, externalized, and helpful thought?
 
 
 
 
8: Which treatment posits that PTSD develops in response to avoidance of external and internal stimuli associated with trauma?
 
 
 
 
9: Retelling of the trauma event is an example of __________ exposure.
 
 
10: Future research assessing the appropriateness of fit of traditional trauma focused treatment is needed for sexual minority veterans.
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2030.
Filed under: Clinical, Diagnosis / Treatment, LGBTQ+, Uncategorized, Veterans