Understanding and addressing issues of gender identity and sexuality when working with trauma survivors through trauma-informed care approaches
Presented by: Jillian Scheer.
This Webinar was presented and recorded on November 30, 2021.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and its health consequences occur among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals at rates equal to or higher than cisgender, heterosexual individuals. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is one service approach with emerging empirical support for use with IPV survivors, with emerging support among LGBTQ survivors. This presentation discussed LGBTQ IPV survivors’ perceptions of trauma-informed care in their services related to IPV as well as help-seeking barriers in this population. These findings are also reviewed alongside implications for clinical practice, with a focus on enhancing applications of existing evidence-based practices, namely cognitive-behavioral therapies, to best respond to the unique needs of this population.
Webinar Recording
Related Resources
- Webinar Recording: 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusive Trauma-Informed Care
- Research Briefing Recording: TransFormed: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence from Two-Spirit, Nonbinary, and Trans Perspectives
Learning Objectives
After viewing this recording, participants will be able to:
- Determine patterns of help-seeking and associated barriers among trauma-exposed LGBTQ populations.
- Identify ways to improve the mental and behavioral health of LGBTQ trauma survivors, particularly among those exposed to intimate partner violence.
- Understand LGBTQ trauma survivors’ perceptions of trauma-informed care in their trauma-related services.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Jillian Scheer is a licensed counseling psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Syracuse University. Dr. Scheer received a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and subsequently completed a T32 postdoctoral research fellowship at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale School of Public Health as well as a predoctoral clinical internship at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. Dr. Scheer’s NIH-funded research is interdisciplinary. Their work seeks to inform epidemiological, etiological, and clinical treatment models of sexual and gender minorities’ alcohol use and related morbidities through the specification of psychosocial stressors and trauma.
