Teaching LGBTQ Psychology

The goal of all instructional environments is to be a safe place to engage in exploration and active learning. How instructors address lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) identities is critical for all students, whether or not the primary subject matter is sexual orientation and/or gender diversity.

This book is a theoretical and practical guide for individuals who teach and train about LGBTQ psychology in diverse groups and settings.

Each chapter approaches sexual and gender diversity from a resilience, wellness-focused framework, with the overall goal of furthering social justice for LGBTQ individuals.

Balancing the conceptual literature with practical examples and case illustrations, this collection features:

• a review of ethical guidelines, laws, and practice standards related to LGBTQ rights and professionals' obligations
• innovative teaching techniques, activities, and strategies to understand and reduce minority stress and marginalization
• tips for scaffolding students' knowledge regarding identity development
• examples of how to support clinical trainees' skill development in working with LGBTQ clients
• useful tools for LGBTQ education in the community

Other specific topics covered include

• affirmative language and terminology
• coming out issues
• classroom and behavioral management strategies
• intervention and prevention efforts
• the impact of history, identity, culture, and community on various aspects of functioning for LGBTQ individuals

Contributors

List of Activities

Preface

1. Introduction
   Theodore R. Burnes and Jeanne L. Stanley
2. Teaching the History of LGBTQ Psychology
   Jeanne L. Stanley, Theodore R. Burnes, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock
3. Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives on Teaching LGBTQ Issues in Psychology
   Courtney M. Dunne
4. Teaching Ethics in Relation to LGBTQ Issues in Psychology
   Jeanne L. Stanley
5. Integrating Resilience and Social Justice Pedagogical Strategies When Teaching About Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
   Anneliese A. Singh and Kim Lee Hughes
6. Engaging Culturally Informed Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques in LGBTQ Psychology Learning Environments
   Carlton W. Parks and Theodore R. Burnes
7. Psychoeducational Groups in LGBTQ Psychology
   Theodore R. Burnes and Paul N. T. Hovanesian
8. Teaching LGBTQ Psychology in Community Settings
   Cadyn Cathers, Caroline Carter, and Susan P. Landon
9. LGBTQ-Affirmative Training in Clinical Settings
   Tiffany O'Shaughnessy and Nicholas Ladany
10. Evidence-Based Teaching of LGBTQ Issues in Psychology
    Tania Israel and Jay N. Bettergarcia

Index

About the Editors

Theodore R. Burnes, PhD, MSEd, is an associate professor and the director of the LGBT specialization of Antioch University's clinical psychology master's program.

He has constructed, facilitated, and evaluated undergraduate and graduate coursework in psychology, Black studies, writing, LGBT studies, poetry, women's studies, teacher education, and counseling in university settings for 15 years. He has been in directorial positions in both master's and doctoral programs in applied psychology for more than six years.

He is also a staff psychologist and the coordinator of continuing education for the Los Angeles Gender Center, a nonprofit organization that provides training around the country on best practices for supporting and affirming transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in clinical practice and other mental health work in mental health agencies, hospitals, schools, and university counseling centers.

Dr. Burnes is a licensed psychologist and a licensed professional clinical counselor in private practice in Los Angeles. His professional expertise focuses on teaching pedagogy, LGBTQI individuals' mental health and wellness, accreditation and licensure in professional counseling and applied psychology, sexuality and sex-positivity, and clinical supervision. He provides consultation and training for educational institutions.

Dr. Burnes's teaching evaluations consistently document his energy; high expectations of students; creativity in designing learning assignments; and skill in navigating difficult dialogues about race, sexuality, and gender.

Jeanne L. Stanley, PhD, MSEd, is the executive director of Watershed Counseling and Consultation Services, LLC.

She conducts training around the country on best practices for supporting and affirming LGBTQ individuals. She is also a licensed psychologist in private practice in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia and has been on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 20 years. There, she was the director of the master's program in psychological services at the Graduate School of Education, founded and directed the Penn Center for Continuing Education for Counseling and Psychology, and taught more than 50 graduate courses in counseling psychology.

Dr. Stanley currently holds the position of adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Outstanding Educator Award from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.

She was also the director of the Bryson Institute of the Attic Youth Center, where she provided hundreds of trainings on the best practices for supporting LGBTQI youth in schools, universities, and religious communities.

Her clinical, training, and research specialties focus on the intersection of individuals' sociocultural identities (including gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, religion, and disability), supporting and affirming LGBTQI individuals, expanding individuals' talents and strengths in work teams, procuring accreditation and licensure in counseling, and group dynamics in academic and business systems. She also provides consultation and training for companies and educational institutions as well as jury consulting for law firms.

Dr. Stanley is also the founder and executive director of Grad School Coaching, LLC, where she assists students in applying and gaining admittance to, as well as completing, graduate programs.

The book closes with a call to action that should be heard by an audience that is much broader than those who instruct and train mental health professionals. Regardless of the context, if you are an educator who teachers about LGBTQ issues, you may be in a position to gather data, do research, and disseminate your results…Let this book be your inspiration and your guide!
—PsycCRITIQUES

This accessible text serves to reorient our default mode of thinking about education and retread our habit-sodden pedagogies so that we may discover more critical and creative ways to teach about LGBTQ issues. Informed by a social justice orientation, this book offers a major contribution to critical pedagogy and will be indispensable for educators and cultural workers in universities, colleges, mental health clinics, hospitals, community outreach programs, and teacher education programs. Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better text for teaching on the topics of sexual orientation and gender identity.
—Peter McLaren, PhD
Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, International Ambassador for Global Ethics and Social Justice, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University, Orange, CA; author of Pedagogy of Insurrection.

Welcome to the instructor resources for Teaching LGBTQ Psychology: Queering Innovative Pedagogy and Practice. These teaching activities contain downloadable material to aid in the understanding and instruction of the concepts presented in the book. These documents are offered for your personal use. If you reprint or adapt them for publication, permission is required from the publisher. © 2017 American Psychological Association.

• Activity 2.1. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measurement Tools: Then and Now (PDF, 409KB)opens in new window
• Activity 2.2. Historical Beginnings of Our Messages About Sexual and Gender Identity (PDF, 396KB)opens in new window
• Activity 2.3. “Treating” Homosexuality: Then and Now (PDF, 398KB)opens in new window
• Activity 3.1. Digital Storytelling (PDF, 400KB)opens in new window
• Activity 3.2. Institutional Scavenger Hunt (PDF, 398KB)opens in new window
• Activity 3.3. I-dentify! (PDF, 405KB)opens in new window
• Activity 4.1. Ethical Conundrums and Decision-Making Group Presentation in Context (PDF, 396KB)opens in new window
• Activity 4.2. Mock Trial (PDF, 402KB)opens in new window
• Activity 4.3. Policies and Processes Consultant (PDF, 398KB)opens in new window
• Activity 5.1. My Resilience Journey: Exploring Supports and Barriers (PDF, 399KB)opens in new window
• Activity 5.2. Developing Resilience Plans with LGBTQ Clients (PDF, 397KB)opens in new window
• Activity 7.1. The Gender Unicorn (PDF, 542KB)opens in new window
• Activity 7.2. Gender Versus Sexual Orientation Worksheet (PDF, 411KB)opens in new window
• Activity 7.3. Internalized Oppression Outline (PDF, 462KB)opens in new window
• Figure 8.1. Spectrums Model of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality (PDF, 32KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.1. Exploring the Limitations of the Binary Model (PDF, 397KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.2. Spectrums Model of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality (PDF, 397KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.3. Sample Name Tag (PDF, 404KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.4. LGBTQ Language Quiz (PDF, 414KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.5. Ten Assumptions About Males and Females (PDF, 399KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.6. Heteronormativity and Cissexism Bingo (PDF, 402KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.7. Heterosexual and Monosexual Privilege (PDF, 398KB)opens in new window
• Activity 8.8. Cisgender Privilege (PDF, 404KB)opens in new window
• Activity 9.1. Process Note Template for LGBTQ Affirmative Supervision (PDF, 395KB)opens in new window
• Activity 9.2. Key Resources for LGBTQ-Affirmative Therapy (PDF, 408KB)opens in new window
• Activity 10.1. Design a Study about Teaching LGBTQ Psychology (PDF, 399KB)opens in new window