On-Demand CE Training
ODL 442: LGBTQ+ Summit: Ethical Practice with Rural LGBTQ+ Communities: Navigating Access, Identity, Confidentiality, and Care Across Helping Professions
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.
Please note: This on-demand webinar is a replay of a live CE event. The format reflects the original presentation and may include live Q&A, transitions, and intermittent audio/visual fluctuations typical of a live recording.
5 CREDIT HOURS APPROVED FOR:
Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 5 Ethics CE credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact hours
Psychologists
APA – 5 CE credits
Counselors 5 Contact or 5 Ethics hours
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact hours
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals
NAADAC – Not eligible for NAADAC Contact hours
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact hours
Case Managers
CCMC – 5 CE Contact hours
* Some states do not require/accept ethics hours for counselors; for those cases contact hours will be awarded.
Created On: 10/01/2026
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and case managers.
Instructional Level:
Beginner
Overview:
This 5-hour training examines the ethical responsibilities involved in providing affirming, competent, and accessible care to LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and communities in rural settings. Rural LGBTQ+ clients often experience overlapping ethical vulnerabilities related to geographic isolation, limited provider choice, confidentiality concerns, stigma, dual relationships, lack of specialized services, telehealth barriers, and heightened visibility within small communities.
Using shared ethical principles across social work, counseling, and psychology, participants will explore how professional obligations related to dignity, nondiscrimination, competence, confidentiality, informed consent, boundaries, access to care, and advocacy apply in rural LGBTQ+ practice.
Participants will explore practical decision-making strategies for ethically serving rural LGBTQ+ clients while balancing client autonomy, safety, professional boundaries, legal considerations, and the responsibility to reduce barriers to care.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Identify at least three ethical challenges commonly encountered when providing services to LGBTQ+ individuals in rural communities.
- Describe shared ethical obligations across social work, counseling, and psychology related to cultural competence, nondiscrimination, confidentiality, informed consent, and access to care.
- Analyze ethical dilemmas involving privacy, visibility, dual relationships, telehealth, documentation, referral, and provider competence in rural LGBTQ+ care.
- Apply an ethical decision-making model to case scenarios involving rural LGBTQ+ clients, families, schools, healthcare systems, and community-based services.
- Develop practice strategies that support affirming, ethically sound, and culturally responsive care for rural LGBTQ+ clients while maintaining professional boundaries and managing risk.
Presenter:
Charity Muse, MS, BCC
Charity Muse, MS, BCC, provides coaching, consultation, and training in spiritual wellness, leadership, and inclusivity. Previously, she worked as a therapist in private practice in North Georgia, where she specialized in serving the LGBTQ+ community. Charity’s additional background in collegiate & community mental health included leading the counseling center at a small liberal arts college, where she also designed outreach and workshops for a variety of diversity and mental health topics.
As a sought-after speaker, Charity has a relaxed yet professional approach to teaching that combines theory, competencies, personal stories, and clinical experience as a therapist. She has written for LGBTQ+ spiritual resources and has published LGBTQ+ fiction and poetry. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her wife, kids, and friends, as well as songwriting, cooking, and hiking.