Upcoming Kolmac School Event 

| May 6, 2016 | Silver Spring, MD |

Title
Working with LGBT Substance Abuse Users

Presented By
Joshua Riley, MS, LPC, NCC
Director of Community Relations, Whitman Walker Health, Inc.

Description

1. Understand the dynamics of substance abuse within the LGBT population.

2. Understand the unique treatment needs of the LGBT population.

3. Explore some common screening and assessment questions for working effectively with LGBT clients.

4. Understand some treatment resources and approaches for working with the LGBT population.

About Joshua Riley

Joshua Riley, LPC, NCC currently serves as Director of Community Relations at Whitman-Walker Health.  Previously he was Senior Manage of Behavioral Health where he managed a continuum of outpatient substance abuse treatment interventions.  He has been working with underserved sexual minority populations at the intersection of HIV prevention, substance abuse treatment, and mental health care, for the past ten years. Mr. Riley has participated in the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of numerous community-based research projects and service programs serving high-risk gay men and transgender women.  In Los Angeles, he directed and participated in the development of an outpatient methamphetamine treatment and HIV prevention program, Getting Off.  It remains the only evidence-based intervention aimed at treating methamphetamine use and risky sexual behavior among gay and bisexual men.  In this role, Mr. Riley co-authored the counselor training manual for the Getting Off intervention which has since been disseminated nationally and internationally. 

 

 

• Presentation open to treatment professionals and referral sources
• Cost is free and lunch will be served
• This program is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for 1.5 Category I CEUs for Maryland Social Workers
• This CE Program has been approved by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists for Category A
• This program has been approved by the EACC for 1.5 PDHs
• The Kolmac Clinic is NAADAC Approved Education Provider number 833

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