Zeitschrift für Suchtforschung und -therapie

Abstrakt

QTBIPOC Experiences in Substance Use Disorder Counseling

Frank Gorritz Fitz Simons

This PhotoVoice study explored the experiences of QTBIPOC in substance use disorder counseling. Furthermore, this study utilized a critical participatory action framework to discuss QTBIPOC strategies and ideas on enhancing substance use disorder counseling for QTBIPOC communities. The group dialogues in this study further explored how QTBIPOC experience minority stress and affirmative counseling experiences when seeking out counseling for substance use. Substance use disorder counselors and institutions can strongly benefit from the implications of this study as part of enhancing overall QTBIPOC counseling care.