LGBTQ+ Summit: Ethical Practice with Rural LGBTQ+ Communities – Navigating Access, Identity, Confidentiality, and Care Across Helping Professions 9/24/26
Date/Time
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: LIVESTREAM
Cost: $99.99
Credits: 5 CE Credits
Webinars open 15 minutes before the hour, except for 3-hour courses, which open 30 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the webinar opens.
Presenter(s)
CEU Creations presents:
LGBTQ+ Summit: Ethical Practice with Rural LGBTQ+ Communities – Navigating Access, Identity, Confidentiality, and Care Across Helping Professions 9/24/26
FEATURING:
- Explore practical decision-making strategies for ethically serving rural LGBTQ+ clients
- Ethics CEs for social workers, counselors, and case managers
EVENT INFO:
8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Webinars open 15 minutes before the hour, except for 3-hour courses, which open 30 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the webinar opens.
COST:
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
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
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals:
NAADAC – This course is not eligible for NAADAC Contact hours.
Nurses:
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact hours
Case Managers:
CCMC – 5 Ethics CE Contact hours
Long-Term Care Administrators:
This course is not approved for NAB/NCERS participant hours.
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Counselors: If this course awards Ethics hours, please note that some states do not recognize Ethics hours; in those cases, Contact hours will be awarded.
Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses, and case managers
Counseling Skill Group:
N/A
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.
OBJECTIVES:
By attending this training, you will be able to:
1. Identify at least three ethical challenges commonly encountered when providing services to LGBTQ+ individuals in rural communities.
2. Describe shared ethical obligations across social work, counseling, and psychology related to cultural competence, nondiscrimination, confidentiality, informed consent, and access to care.
3. Analyze ethical dilemmas involving privacy, visibility, dual relationships, telehealth, documentation, referral, and provider competence in rural LGBTQ+ care.
4. Apply an ethical decision-making model to case scenarios involving rural LGBTQ+ clients, families, schools, healthcare systems, and community-based services.
5. Develop practice strategies that support affirming, ethically sound, and culturally responsive care for rural LGBTQ+ clients while maintaining professional boundaries and managing risk.
AGENDA (all times are Eastern):
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ethical Practice with Rural LGBTQ+ Communities (includes a 10-minute break)
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Midway Reset
12:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ethical Practice with Rural LGBTQ+ Communities (includes a 10-minute break)
PRESENTER BIO:
Charity 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.
COURSE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:
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This live webinar is fully interactive; a computer is required. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions. Zoom account is not required.
You will receive a reminder email approximately 24 hours prior to the start of the training and a link to join the webinar will be in your CEU Creations account under Member Profile.
To receive credit, you must log in on time, attend the entire presentation, and interact.
POST EVENT: When the training ends, your attendance will be processed using Zoom analytics. Once processed, the evaluation link will be available in your account and we ask that you complete it within 3 days of the training. Once your evaluation is complete, your certificate will be available in your CEU Creations account within 24-72 hours.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
FINE PRINT
SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU Creations, #1239, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/24-11/22/27. Social workers completing this course receive 5 Ethics CE credits.
CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0616. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: 5 CE credits. CEU Creations is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CEU Creations maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
COUNSELORS: 5 Contact or 5 Ethics hours 
CEU Creations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6941. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEU Creations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0199. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS: This event is not eligible for NAADAC Contact hours.
NURSES: 5 Contact hours. CEU Creations is an approved provider of nursing CEs through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number: CEP17905. All states retain their own licensing authority through their own boards. Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of the CE credits.
Cancellation Policy: Registrants must cancel their registration in their CEU Creations account. No email, faxes, or mail cancellations will be accepted. Cancellation fee: $25. Refunds will not be given for cancellations within five (5) business days prior to the workshop date.
Accessibility Accommodations: At CEU Creations, we are dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all individuals. We strive to ensure our continuing education content, website, and services are usable by everyone, regardless of ability. We are continually working to enhance accessibility and user experience for all of our users. If you encounter any barriers, have questions, or wish to request accommodations, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You can contact us at [email protected] and a member of our team will review your message and respond promptly.
Event Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy: In the event that CEU Creations cancels or reschedules an event, registered participants will be given the option to receive a full refund, a credit toward a different event of the same value, or to transfer their registration to the rescheduled date.