Little is known about romantic relationship adjustment or perceptions of relationship quality (e.g., commitment and trust) among sexual minority persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore if collective self-esteem, disability adjustment, attachment styles, and cultural humility served as unique correlates and predictors of relationship adjustment and relationship quality among sexual minority persons (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer) with disabilities. Method: Ninety-two participants identifying as sexual minority persons living with a variety of disabilities (e.g., physical, psychiatric, medical, neurological), and who were partnered with sexual minority persons not living with a disability, were recruited using Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete an electronic questionnaire. Results: Responses of 92 participants were analyzed using bivariate correlations and 3 separate blockwise hierarchical regression models. To varying degrees, collective self-esteem, attachment styles, and cultural humility served as significant correlates and predictors of dyadic adjustment, commitment, and trust. Implications: Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed. Rehabilitation psychologists and other health care providers are encouraged to consider collective self-esteem, attachment styles, and cultural humility when working with sexual minority persons with disabilities in romantic relationships. Impact and ImplicationsSexual minority persons are a highly marginalized and neglected facet of the broader disability community, despite prevalence rates of disability being high among sexual minority persons (Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014). This study is one of the very first to examine perceptions of relationship functioning (e.g., dyadic adjustment, dyadic trust, and relationship commitment) among a small sample of sexual minority persons living with a variety of disabilities (e.g., physical, psychiatric, medical, neurological). Rehabilitation Psychologists and other rehabilitation professionals should attend to collective self-esteem, attachment styles, and cultural humility when providing clinical or couples counseling services to sexual minority persons with disabilities in romantic relationships.

Counseling skills courses serve as a foundation upon which counselors-in-training (CITs) build their professional skills and identity. However, basic skills courses also often ignite pervasive anxiety in CITs, which can hinder skill development. The present manuscript presents experiential tools to use in counseling skills courses to effectively combat CIT anxiety: setting the groundwork with clear expectations of CIT performance, anxiety-reducing activities, and facilitating experiential role play activities. An accompanying figure and sample class schedule demonstrate a conceptual framework for intentionally infusing each of these three components into counseling skills courses to reduce pervasive anxiety in CITs.