Issues to Consider for LGBT Clients Idaho Falls ID

While many programs address relapse prevention, LGBT clients may need additional help to find LGBT-specific resources, which may be scarce outside metropolitan areas.

CLUB Inc
(208) 529-4673
2001 South Woodruff Street
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients

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Family Recovery Center Foundation Inc
(208) 535-0175
1420 East 17th Avenue
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Padron Counseling Services
(208) 522-6925
1050 Memorial Drive
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Men, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

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Counseling Center of Southeast Idaho
(208) 552-7100
496 A Street
Idaho Falls, ID
Hotline
(208) 200-9171
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients

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Mental Wellness Center
(208) 542-1026
2420 25th Street
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Meyers Counseling Services
(208) 528-6853
354 West Sunnyside
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Mental Wellness Center
(208) 542-1026
2420 East 25th Circle
Idaho falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients

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Idaho Youth Ranch
(208) 529-6696
288 North Ridge Avenue
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
French, Portugese, Spanish

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Addictions Rehabilitation Association
(208) 522-6012
163 East Elva Street
Idaho Falls, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Powder Basin Associates
(208) 783-0427
204 Oregon Street
Kellogg, ID
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Issues to Consider for LGBT Clients

The following information could be included in a training or educational program.

Barriers to Treatment Access

Barriers to adequate substance abuse treatment for the LGBT community have been touched on in other chapters. In addition to the reasons any prospective client might have, the reasons LGBT individuals may avoid or delay seeking professional care include fear of disclosing their sexual orientation or gender and previous experiences with health care providers who attempted to convert them to heterosexuality, who attributed their substance abuse to their sexual or gender orientation, or who were otherwise judgmental and unsupportive.

Engagement and Retention

LGBT individuals may leave treatment prematurely for the same reasons as non-LGBT clients. But LGBT clients may have additional treatment difficulties if a facility lacks culturally specific services, if it lacks self-identified LGBT practitioners or sensitive counselors, if it has few contacts with the non-substance-abusing LGBT community, or if it fails to engage non-LGBT clients in exploring their prejudices or honoring diversity.

Relapse Prevention

While many programs address relapse prevention, LGBT clients may need additional help to find LGBT-specific resources, which may be scarce outside metropolitan areas. LGBT clients may have difficulty addressing problems with their sexual or gender orientation and may have difficulty with their families of origin, co...

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