A presenter draws on personal experience with chemsex to understand the community's language and dynamics. They argue that therapists need cultural competence and familiarity with chemsex terminology to effectively help clients seeking support, otherwise the gap in understanding becomes a barrier to care.
But my experience with chemsex, straight to the point, I wouldn't be where I am today talking to you without all of the experiences that I have experienced. I call it now and I joke, I say I've done enough market research to really, really talk about the subject matter. And more importantly, really understand my clients, or potential clients, or people, just generally people that reach out to me, because the language is understood without having to explain it on their side in detail, or really the intricacies involved in the scene as we know it. It's another world. So going into a space, a safe space, a therapeutic space where someone doesn't really genuinely understand the nuances and the jargon and the wording could be really a real barrier for those seeking support, I have found.
