Issues to Consider for LGBT Clients Siler City NC

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

Turn Key Family Therapy Research
(919) 545-9833
5089 Highway 64 West
Pittsboro, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women

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Chatham Counseling Center
(919) 542-4422
40 Camp Drive
Pittsboro, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Carolina Counseling and
(919) 938-0046
1662 Booker Dairy Road
Smithfield, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Insights in Recovery
(704) 868-8644
359 West Main Avenue
Gastonia, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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New Visions Program
(910) 251-8930
1390 South 16th Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Family Wellness and Recovery Services
(919) 968-8680
263 Penny Lane
Pittsboro, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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Carolina Psych Group
(704) 873-1697
515 Brookdale Drive
Statesville, NC
Hotline
(707) 838-5273
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Friendship Vision House
(336) 722-9709
533 Summit Street
Winston Salem, NC
Services Provided
Halfway house

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Counseling Center of Iredell
(704) 872-7638
503 Brookdale Drive
Statesville, NC
Hotline
(704) 872-7638
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Pope Air Force Base
(910) 394-4700
43 MDOS/SGOHA
Pope AFB, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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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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