The LGBTQIA+ community faces a unique array of everyday and long-term factors that can render them more vulnerable to substance use, addiction, and mental health issues. Between anxiety and depression over not fitting in or being accepted by their families; rampant discrimination in the workplace; disproportionate quality of healthcare, and other significant barriers, this group is significantly more likely to self-medicate using alcohol or other drugs. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that individuals who identify in the “sexual minority” are twice as likely to develop substance use disorder than heterosexual individuals or cisgender men and women.
What Does Effective LGBTQIA+ Offer?
Quality LGBTQIA+ rehab provides a compassionate, supportive, identity-affirming environment combined with quality clinical care that helps you or your loved one explore the role of sexuality in the onset and continuation of substance use. These programs are staffed with LGBTQIA+-friendly therapists who understand the unique association between sexual identity and mental health. Many LGBTQIA+ rehabs also offer non-gendered housing for trans patients. Group therapy and individualized counseling provide support and solidarity and create a safe space for patients to open up, exchange insights, and support one another. Most of all, these programs offer a sense of community and belonging in a situation when it’s often needed most.
What Types Of Therapy Are Offered In LGBTQIA+ Rehab?
LGBTQIA+ rehab helps you or your loved one address the unique and specific factors associated with your addiction through a variety of therapies, including but not limited to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, and others. Many facilities may offer family therapy programs to help you heal and rebuild your relationships between with your loved ones. If you’re struggling with addiction and feel it’s tied to your sexual or gender identity, you don’t have to struggle alone anymore.
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Transgender, Queer, Asexual, & Allies
Transgender, Queer, Asexual, & Allies.” The acronym is often expanded to variations of LGBTQIA to inclusively represent identities which include intersex and questioning people.
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