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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 |
Lisa Connors, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC is a licensed clinical professional counselor (MD), licensed professional counselor (PA), national certified counselor, board-certified coach, master addiction counselor, certified clinical trauma professional, and certified grief-informed professional. She is also a fellow in thanatology.
Ms. Connors has been in the human services/social work/counseling/addiction fields for over 30 years. She has worked in a variety of settings providing services to the despondent and downtrodden. Ms. Connors works tirelessly to help others reach their fullest potential in life, helping and empowering others who have been oppressed, stigmatized, marginalized, and victimized. Her greatest passion is working with individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use and mental health disorders, violence/abuse/trauma, grief and loss, and racial and social injustices.
Ms. Connors has served on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and is the past co-chair of the HIV Planning Group for the state of Maryland. Currently, she serves as the interim secretary and treasurer for the Pennsylvania Association of Addiction Professionals. In addition to her clinical work, Ms. Connors is a college professor at Anne Arundel Community College. She is a member of many organizations, including ACA, NASW, NAADAC, and ADEC. Ms. Connors earned her Master of Arts in professional counseling from Liberty University, her Master of Divinity from Howard University, and her PhD in psychology at Walden University.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Connors maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Anne Arundel Community College, University of Maryland, and The Institute for Life Coach Training. She receives compensation as a consultant. Lisa Connors receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lisa Connors is a member of the Maryland Association of Addiction Professionals, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and the American Counseling Association (ACA).
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