Impact of the course ‘considerations on psychotherapy for LGBTQIAP+ people’ on the behaviour of psychologists

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of a course called ‘Considerations on psychotherapy for LGBTQIAP+ people’ on the behaviour of psychologists who treat people from this population. Eighteen participating psychologists were divided into an intervention and a control group. The intervention group received 5 2-hour classes on psychotherapeutic intervention strategies for the LGBTQIAP+ population, while controls answered 3 questionnaires and the Prejudice Against Sexual and Gender Diversity Scale on two occasions. The same course was subsequently given to the control group. After the course, both the groups began to more frequently identify and apply its specific psychotherapeutic interventions for the LGBTQIAP+ population, and gender and sexual orientation prejudice decreased according to one instrument, but not the Prejudice Against Sexual and Gender Diversity Scale