Breaking the Silence: Empowering Clinicians to Address HIV, Sexual Health & Substance Use
Sex, HIV risk, and substance use remain some of the most challenging topics for mental health professionals to navigate, yet they’re often at the core of clients’ lived experiences.
This essential CE training equips clinicians to initiate these conversations with empathy and confidence. Learn how to reduce stigma and shame while addressing the complex intersections of HIV, sexual behavior, and substance use in a therapeutic setting. Gain practical tools including motivational interviewing, sexual history-taking, and the SBIRT model to support clients in navigating risk, ambivalence, and behavior change.
Featuring Lisa Connors, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC, this training offers real-world strategies and interactive case-based learning to prepare you for today’s most pressing clinical realities.
You’ll explore the intersection of HIV, STIs, and substance use in diverse populations, and learn how a collaborative, transdisciplinary approach can transform treatment planning and client engagement.
Leave prepared to have honest conversations with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
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Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 3.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Handout - Handouts & Resources (7.4 MB) | 95 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - HIV/AIDS, Sexual Health, and Substance Use (9.3 MB) | 53 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Handouts & Resources - French (7.4 MB) | 95 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - HIV/AIDS, Sexual Health, and Substance Use - French (9.3 MB) | 53 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Handouts & Resources - Italian (7.4 MB) | 95 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - HIV/AIDS, Sexual Health, and Substance Use - Italian (9.3 MB) | 53 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Handouts & Resources - German (7.4 MB) | 95 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - HIV/AIDS, Sexual Health, and Substance Use - German (9.3 MB) | 53 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Handouts & Resources - Spanish (7.4 MB) | 95 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - HIV/AIDS, Sexual Health, and Substance Use - Spanish (9.3 MB) | 53 Pages | Available after Purchase |
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