American Counseling Association<i>Competencies for Counseling with Transgender Clients</i>

Burnes, Theodore R.; Singh, Anneliese A.; Harper, Amney J.; Harper, Brandon; Maxon-Kann, William; Pickering, Denise L.; Moundas, Sean; Scofield, Thomas R.; Roan, Alex; Hosea, Julia

doi:10.1080/15538605.2010.524839

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“…However, the database now includes a 2013 video by Nadal that may do so (Counseling Transgender People: Three Demonstrations). A major concern of transgender scholaractivists has been the conflation of trans issues with LGB and sexual orientation issues that are related but nevertheless distinct ( Fassinger and Arseneau 2007;Burnes et al 2010;Byne et al 2012). Our sample of videos reinforces this concern, but future…”

Section: Limitations and Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Problem with the Phrase “Intersecting Identities”: LGBT Affirmative Therapy, Intersectionality, and Neoliberalism

Grzanka

Miles

2016

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973, psychology has transformed the way it approaches sexual orientation and gender identity issues in scientific research and clinical practice. The paradigmatic shift from psychopathology to identity has corresponded with the introduction of BLGBT affirmative therapy,^which suggests that therapists should affirm clients' sexual orientations rather than reinforce sexual minorities' experiences of stigma and marginalization. This qualitative study used a subset of psychotherapy training videos about LGBT issues to explore the form of content of LGBT affirmative therapy in the context of increased attention to identity and multiculturalism in applied psychology. The videos suggest that multiculturally competent therapists should understand sexuality and gender issues in terms of what psychologists call Bmultiple^or Bintersecting^identities, namely race and ethnicity. While the multicultural turn in psychotherapy may signal a transformation in mental health service provision, our analysis questions whether these videos may unintentionally reflect a neoliberal logic of inclusion that obscures the structural dimensions of social inequality. We suggest that the uptake of intersectionality-like identitarian discourse in psychotherapy in particular offers opportunities for challenging and reinforcing neoliberalism.

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Section: Limitations and Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Problem with the Phrase “Intersecting Identities”: LGBT Affirmative Therapy, Intersectionality, and Neoliberalism

Grzanka

Miles

2016

Sex Res Soc Policy

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“…The Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) created 14 competencies for counselors that cover such areas as culture, counselor self-awareness, development, and diagnosis (Cashwell & Watts, 2010). In addition the American Counseling Association, in cooperation with the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) Board, adopted competencies for counselors who work with transgender clients (Burnes et al, 2009). Counselors are encouraged to understand how the helping relationship can allow the transgender person to work through issues of human growth and development, social, and cultural factors.…”

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“…Counselors are encouraged to understand how the helping relationship can allow the transgender person to work through issues of human growth and development, social, and cultural factors. Understanding how these factors can influence the integration of sexuality into the personhood of a transgender person can increase the effectiveness of the multicultural counselor (Burnes et al, 2009). Counseling LGBTQ clients requires a counselor to be attentive of the social, spiritual, and religious implications for sexual minorities.…”

Section: The Multicultural Counselormentioning

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Peculiar and Queer: Spiritual and Emotional Salvation for the LGBTQ Mormon

Johns

Hanna

2011

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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Clients who are lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgendered, or queer (LBGTQ) and members or former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes referred to as the Mormon or LDS Church) face a distinctive spiritual conundrum. Often people see LDS members as having "peculiar" beliefs. These "peculiar" beliefs and the social system of the Latter-day Saints distinguish them from other forms of Christianity, and create a paradigm of conflict for those who do not fit in the mold of the Mormon doctrine. In this article the authors examine issues of spirituality and religiosity, examine the literature with regard to effective counseling for LGBTQ Mormons, and review LDS Church doctrines, extracted from seminal works of the LDS Church. These are examined to better explore the difficulties of LGBTQ people and explore the meanings of peculiar and queer and their relevance to the issues of LGBTQ Mormons. Finally the authors address how oppression relates to spirituality and orientation as well as examine the similarities of spiritual formation and sexual identity formation. Understanding these complex spiritual issues will offer a possible solution for counselors who work with this "peculiar and queer" population. As multicultural competence includes addressing issues of spirituality, clinicians will benefit from an increased understanding of the spiritual and religious dilemmas for members of the LDS Church who question a dichotomous view of sexuality.

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“…Activists identifying as LGBTQQI, and their allies within and outside of the mental health professions, successfully challenged the view that homosexuality was an ipso facto mental disorder (Whitman & Bidell, 2014). The current standard of care for counseling LGBTQQI clients is to be open, affirming, and inclusive relative to gender and sexuality diversity issues (ALGBTIC LGBQQIA Competencies Task Force, 2013; American Counseling Association [ACA], 2014; Burnes et al, 2010). Counselors and other supporters of LGBTQQI rights who evince an open and affirming perspective, and who may also identify as heterosexual or cisgender, are often referred to as "allies" (Washington & Evans, 1991).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Supervision is recognized as a key intervention for fostering counselors' awareness of their own biases and values, a necessary (but not sufficient) process in terms of developing competence with LGBTQQI clients (ALGBTIC LGBQQIA Competencies Task Force, 2013;Dillon et al, 2004). Although competencies for the provision of open and affirming counseling with LGBTQQI clients have been articulated (ALGBTIC LGBQQIA Competencies Task Force, 2013; Burnes et al, 2010), the role of supervision in fostering ally development for counselors has received less attention in the literature base.…”

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confidence: 98%

Beyond Competence: Fostering LGBTQQI Ally Development Through Supervision

Moe

Perera-Diltz

Sepulveda

2014

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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In this critical literature review, the authors examine how counseling supervisors can ethically and effectively foster supervisees ' lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex (LGBTQQI) ally development. Synthesis of the integrated developmental model of supervision with a framework for affirming LGBTQQI case conceptualization is described. Practical examples are provided for each component of the proposed model, and a case study is provided to illustrate application of LGBTQQI ally supervision.

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American Counseling AssociationCompetencies for Counseling with Transgender Clients

Abstract: This document contains suggested competencies for use in counseling with transgender clients. These competencies are geared toward professionally trained counselors who work with transgender individuals, families, groups, or communities. These competencies are based on a wellness

Cited by 147 publications

References 29 publications

The Problem with the Phrase “Intersecting Identities”: LGBT Affirmative Therapy, Intersectionality, and Neoliberalism

The Problem with the Phrase “Intersecting Identities”: LGBT Affirmative Therapy, Intersectionality, and Neoliberalism

Peculiar and Queer: Spiritual and Emotional Salvation for the LGBTQ Mormon

Beyond Competence: Fostering LGBTQQI Ally Development Through Supervision

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