Handbook of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Counseling and Psychotherapy
ISBN: 978-1-4338-2306-0Scholarship on sexual minority (SM) and transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) psychology has exploded in recent years, with unprecedented impact on practitioners and researchers, as well as the social and political compass of the nation. At the same time, best practices for mental health professionals who work with SM and TGNC clients continue to evolve.
This volume builds on the editors' 2007 Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients to explore the challenges faced by SM and TGNC clients today. Experts in the field examine how the concepts of gender and sexual orientation are both socioculturally constructed and can be informed by biologically focused research, thus setting the stage for flexible, affirmative mental health services.
Chapters cover a range of practice-focused, theoretical, and empirically based contemporary perspectives, while highlighting themes that include an appreciation for complexity in identity, minority stress, and stigma management. With concise summaries of research findings and detailed case studies, contributors provide an intersectional understanding of how practitioners can work within rapidly changing political and legal contexts to uncover and affirm clients' multiple social identities, and build resilience.
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Pace of Change and the Challenge to Keep Up
Kurt A. DeBord, Ann R. Fischer, Kathleen J. Bieschke, and Ruperto M. Perez
I. Foundational Information for Practitioners
- Considering Constructions: A New Model of Affirmative Therapy
Ruth E. Fassinger - Essentialist Views on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Francisco J. Sánchez and Tyson Pankey - Context, Stigma, and Therapeutic Practice
Glenda M. Russell and Christopher G. Hawkey - (Re)Focusing Intersectionality: From Social Identities Back to Systems of Oppression and Privilege
Bonnie Moradi
II. Affirmative Counseling With Sexual Minority, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Clients
- Affirmative Counseling With Sexual Minority Clients
Parrish L. Paul - Affirmative Counseling With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients
Anneliese A. Singh and lore m. dickey - Working With Survivors of Trauma in the Sexual Minority and Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Populations
David W. Pantalone, Sarah E. Valentine, and Jillian C. Shipherd - Conflicting Identities: Sexual Minority, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Individuals Navigating Between Religion and Gender–Sexual Orientation Identity
Susan Kashubeck-West, Amber M. Whiteley, Tara Vossenkemper, Carol Robinson, and Cori Deitz - Special Issues in Psychotherapy With Sexual Minority and Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adolescents
Tyrel J. Starks and Brett M. Millar - Special Issues Related to Aging Adults
Tammi Vacha-Haase and Weston V. Donaldson
III. Essential Areas for Practice, Research, Training, and Health
- Psychotherapy With Clients Who Have Been Through Sexual Orientation Change Interventions or Request to Change Their Sexual Orientation
Ariel Shidlo and John C. Gonsiorek - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family Issues in the Context of Changing Legal and Social Policy Environments
Charlotte J. Patterson - Addressing the Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Clients: An Analysis of Recent Research and Scholarship
Roger L. Worthington and Jennah N. Strathausen - Beyond Competencies and Guidelines: Training Considerations Regarding Sexual Minority and Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
Julia C. Phillips and Brian R. Fitts - Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Health Issues: Policy and Practice
Douglas C. Haldeman and Kristin A. Hancock - Physical Health Concerns Related to Medical Transitions for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients
lore m. dickey and Anneliese A. Singh
Afterword
Kurt A. DeBord, Ann R. Fischer, Kathleen J. Bieschke, and Ruperto M. Perez
Appendix: Resource List
Index
About the Editors
\Kurt A. DeBord, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Jefferson City, Missouri. He conducts and presents research with students on topics that are of primary interest to his students. He has earned the Governor's Award for Outstanding Teaching at Lincoln.
In addition, he conducts a private counseling practice in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. DeBord works with a diverse set of clients, including many from the sexual minority, transgender, and gender nonconforming communities. He is a member of the Transgender Health Network in Mid-Missouri.
Ann R. Fischer, PhD, spent two decades as a faculty member in APA-accredited graduate programs in counseling psychology, most recently in the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University. Over the years, she and her students have published a number of studies involving core questions about how gender, sexuality, and culture are infused with issues of power and identity.
A fellow of APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), she has taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in both psychology and women, gender, and sexuality studies. As she transitions out of academia, Dr. Fischer enjoys freelance writing and editing, as well as creative work in photography and music.
Kathleen J. Bieschke, PhD, is a professor of education (counseling psychology) at Pennsylvania State University, head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, and a licensed psychologist. She earned her PhD in counseling psychology from Michigan State University.
Dr. Bieschke's research focuses on the provision of services to members of underrepresented populations, particularly those who identify as members of sexual or gender minorities. Dr. Bieschke is also actively involved with the Center for Collegiate Mental Health. She recently served as the associate editor of the journal Training and Education in Professional Psychology, and she is currently a commissioner and chair of APA's Commission on Accreditation.
Dr. Bieschke was named a fellow for two divisions of APA (Division 17 — Society of Counseling Psychology; and Division 44 — Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues).
Ruperto M. Perez, PhD, is director of the Counseling Center and adjunct assistant professor in the School of Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a licensed psychologist in Georgia and Florida and is credentialed with the National Register Health Service Providers in Psychology. He has authored various publications and programs and provided consultation in the areas of diversity and inclusion and counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients.
Dr. Perez is a fellow of APA (Division 17 — Society of Counseling Psychology; and Division 44 — Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues), a Diamond Honoree Award Recipient of the American College Personnel Association, and a member of the Asian American Psychological Association and the Georgia Psychological Association.
This work provides readers with a greater understanding of ways to improve counseling for LGBTQ individuals.
—Choice
It's hard to imagine improving on previous works by these editors, yet they have done so in this volume. It will be an invaluable guide for those who work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex communities, but even more importantly, for the average practitioner who has infrequent contact with sexual minority and gender nonconforming clients. The science and scholarship of the field is brilliantly represented here.
—Laura S. Brown, PhD, ABPP
independent practice, Seattle, WA
The dramatic social changes such as same-sex marriage, the emergence of transgender identities, and the greater openness of sexual minority and transgender people make competent counseling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations increasingly challenging. This book combines discussions of important conceptual perspectives, reviews of the rapidly accumulating research findings, and guidelines for competent, ethical practice. No other volume prepares practitioners so comprehensively, whether they are experienced or beginning professionals.
—Anthony R. D'Augelli, PhD
professor of human development and family studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
The editors have brought together a compilation of well-researched, carefully crafted chapters addressing the newest developments in understanding and working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. By moving to a broader conceptualization of sexual minority and gender nonconforming identities, theory and practice are changing to make sure that no individual "falls through the cracks," regardless of the complexity of their identity. This volume follows in the highly esteemed footsteps of the other works on the topic by these editors and provides the next logical extension of evolving theory and clinical practice in working with sexual minority and gender diverse individuals.
—Beth Firestein, PhD
independent practice, Inner Source Psychotherapy, Loveland, CO
