APA has finalized its new Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People.
The document lays out 16 guidelines aimed at helping professionals better understand the life-span development, stigma, discrimination and barriers to care faced by this population, as well as the state of research surrounding transgender and gender nonconforming people.
The guidelines were drafted by an APA task force in the wake of an association survey in 2009 that found less than 30 percent of psychologist and graduate student respondents were familiar with the issues that transgender and gender nonconforming people face. The guidelines were adopted by APA’s Council of Representatives at its meeting Aug. 5.
For a copy, visit Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Peopleopens in new window.
