<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/course-spotlight-interventions-when-working-with-lgbtqia-people-and-their-families.html" dsn="news"><title>Course Spotlight: Interventions When Working With LGBTQIA+ People and Their Families</title><item_date>09/30/2025 09:19:50 AM</item_date><author>Hannah Van Sickle</author><image><img src="/news/images/sarah-vanmattson-spotlight.jpg" alt="woman smiling sitting at desk with colorful pride banner behind her"/></image><image_caption/><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/sarah-vanmattson-spotlight.jpg" alt="woman smiling sitting at desk with colorful pride banner behind her"/></thumbnail><summary>Over the summer, an impressive turnout for COU CN632—Interventions When Working With LGBTQIA+ People and Their Families reassured Sarah VanMattson, PhD that mental health clinicians-in-training understand this population has unique needs and crave the expertise to adequately meet them. Given the growing need for mental health leaders who can create, direct, and deliver high-quality services—in an effort to eliminate social disparities that exist in relation to access and quality of mental health care—this course is more timely than ever. </summary><category>Around Campus</category><featured/><tags><tag>Around Campus</tag></tags></item>