Lesbian & Gay Psychotherapy Association

24th Annual LGBTQI Psychotherapy Conference

Keynote Speaker: David Fawcett PhD, LCSW

Date: November 17, 2019
Mount St. Mary's University

The Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California, Inc. (LAGPA) announces its Twenty-Fourth Annual LGBTQI Psychotherapy Conference. The conference is a one-day event co-hosted and co-sponsored by Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles. The conference is being held Sunday November 17, 2019 in Los Angeles and presents academic research and expertise on LGBTQI issues and concerns to professionals working with these clients in their counseling practices. The conference is designed to meet the educational needs of psychiatrists, psychologists, LCSW, LMFT, MSW, interns, and students of psychology, and earns continuing education credits from APA. Approximately 100 professionals are expected to attend.

We are honored to have David Fawcett PhD, LCSW as our keynote speaker. He is a social worker and sex therapist specializing in gay men’s health. He is the author of Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery (Healing Path Press 2015) which explores the intersection of gay men, drug use, and high-risk sexual behavior. The book was named “2016 Best Nonfiction Literature” by POZ magazine. He is also Vice President for Clinical Programming at Seeking Integrity LLC (seekingintegrity.com) which develops and operates treatment programs for fused drug and sex behaviors (chemsex), sex addiction and other intimacy disorders. His work with crystal meth has led to invited presentations and consultations in France, the Netherlands and the UK. In 2018 he was instrumental in advocating for the creation of a methamphetamine forum co-sponsored by the NYC Health Department and ACT UP NY which highlighted concerns about chemsex in minority MSM communities. He frequently presents workshops on LGBT health, addiction, HIV, and co-occurring disorders both in the US and internationally and is well-known for his work with persons living with HIV, especially mental health concerns of aging long-term survivors. He is a regular contributor to TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com, writing about HIV, mental health and substance abuse and he has been published in Huffington Post, Positively Aware, and other journals. Most recently he co-produced Crystal City, a 90-minute documentary that follows the struggles and successes of eight gay men in recovery from crystal meth in New York and which is currently premiering at film festivals around the US before general distribution.

2019 Press Release

• 2019 Press Release

2019 Call For Papers/Presenters

LAGPA is accepting proposals for our Annual LGBTQI Psychotherapy Conference. The topics should focus on LGBT clients and the knowledge needed by therapists to better serve this population. Click here to download descriptive document.

• 2019 "Call for Papers/Presenters"

2019 Conference Brochure & Registration

The 2019 Conference Brochure and Registration form is now available. Please use the links below. The brochure is a large file and may take several minutes to download. For a quick reference guide, download the 1-page flyer. Being a LAGPA member saves you over 25% on entry fees. If you are not a member, please consider becoming one before the Conference to gain these savings.

• 2019 PDF Brochure (allow 20-30 seconds for the very large document to download to your computer)
• 2019 PDF 1-Page Flyer
• 2019 PDF Registration Form
• 2019 Online Registration Form

2019 Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities

Approximately 100 professionals attend our conference. What better way to reach this targeted audience than to sponsor or advertise? Attached are the appropriate sponsorship and advertising forms. We can still accommodate booths. Please see the attached Sponsorship Form for more information..

• 2019 Sponsorship
• 2019 Advertising

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