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Providing Culturally-Informed Relationship Interventions to Sexual Minority Relationships: Clinical and Ethical Considerations

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Sexual minority relationships encompass a diverse range of gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship structures that challenge heteronormative assumptions. This continuing education course provides clinicians with foundational knowledge and practical tools for delivering culturally informed and ethically sound relationship interventions for these populations.

Grounded in sexual minority theory, queer theory, and affirmative practice frameworks, the course presents clinical strategies to improve cultural competence, increase bias awareness, and uphold ethical standards while navigating legal and sociopolitical contexts. Participants will learn strategies to support partners in navigating stigma, discrimination, and unique relationship dynamics, while also enhancing cultural strengths.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Providing Culturally-Informed Relationship Interventions to Sexual Minority Relationships: Clinical and Ethical Considerations created by Shelby Scott in 2026.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Originally presented as a live event Jun 26th, 2026

Presenter and Course Creator

Shelby Scott, PhD

Dr. Shelby Scott is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver and previously served as the Women’s Mental Health Psychologist and LGBT Care Coordinator at the Denver VA. Dr. Scott’s clinical and research interests focus on building the basic science of sexual and gender minority relationships and integrating this information into culturally informed interventions and clinical guidelines. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and brings extensive clinical experience working with sexual minority women, same-gender couples, and couples with transgender or nonbinary partners.

Shelby Scott authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Target Audience

This webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe common challenges, strengths, and ethical considerations relevant to sexual minority relationships.
  2. 2 Apply culturally informed and ethically grounded strategies to address minority stress and enhance relational strengths.
  3. 3 Evaluate ethical dilemmas in clinical work with sexual minority relationships and apply professional codes of ethics to guide decision-making.

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Module 1
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  • Providing Culturally-Informed Relationship Interventions to Sexual Minority Relationships: Clinical and Ethical Considerations - Part 1

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