Integrating Identities for Same-Sex Attracted Clients: Using Developmental Counseling and Therapy to Address Sexual Orientation Conflicts

Pope, Amber L.; Mobley, A. Keith; Myers, Jane E.

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“…However, the question of exactly how these religious and homophobic attitudes influenced the counseling process was not explored. In addition, the extant literature that does include clinical perspectives is often limited to case studies (e.g., Glassgold, 2008;Haldeman, 2004;Tan & Yarhouse, 2010), individual therapists' perspectives (e.g., Mark, 2008;Paul, 2008), discussions of non-empirically tested methods of intervention (e.g., Bozard & Sanders, 2011;McGrady & McDonnell, 2006), and clinical populations of a single faith (e.g., Mark, 2008;Pope, Mobley, & Myers, 2010). Indeed, most studies on religion and psychotherapy in general, as well as in terms of the sexual minority population specifically, focus exclusively on issues of Christian religiosity (Worthington, Kurusu, McCullough, & Sandage, 1996;Rodriguez, 2010).…”

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Clinicians’ Perspective of the Relational Processes for Family and Individual Development During the Mediation of Religious and Sexual Identity Disclosure

Etengoff

Daiute

2014

Journal of Homosexuality

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Although the psychological literature regarding gay men from religious families is continually expanding, it is also limited in that few studies focus on the use of therapy in the negotiation of the interrelated systems of religion, sexuality, and family. Utilizing a cultural historical activity theory-based process of analysis, this study focuses on the narratives of 12 clinicians discussing 230 conflicts and how those conflicts are mediated in both productive (e.g., seeking secular support) and unproductive ways (e.g., bringing one's son to an exorcist) by gay men and their religious families independent of and at the advice of their therapists.

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Section: A Critical Review Of Prior Clinical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Clinicians’ Perspective of the Relational Processes for Family and Individual Development During the Mediation of Religious and Sexual Identity Disclosure

Etengoff

Daiute

2014

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…(p. 408) Kort (2008) added that clinicians should not only work with clients to address internalized homophobia but, to limit potential bias, clinicians must also address their own heterosexual privilege. Pope, mobley, and myers (2010) reminded practitioners that a therapist's value for affirmation of sexual minorities is vital in counseling but that value is not to be applied in such a way that clients' other cultural and social identities should be missed or lessened in some way.…”

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Affirmative counseling with sexual minority clients.

Paul¹

2017

Handbook of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Counseling and Psychotherapy.

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parrish l. paul couples. Affirmation of sexual minority persons is not consistent or necessarily commonplace, however. in the last several years, some trainees in mental health fields have argued that because of their religious beliefs, they should not be required to provide clinical services to sexual minority clients or they should not provide services that are affirmative of sexual minority identity (Bieschke & mintz, 2012). i see these recent events as examples of a societal tension that includes growing social support for sexual minority persons alongside the continued existence of an oppressive heteronormative system. this is the context and experience of sexual minority individuals today.A brief clinical example illustrates this point. (details have been changed to protect confidentiality, but the spirit of the case has been maintained.) A client once told me about how she carried a great stone on her back. she could explain in detail about the size and weight of the stone, the meaning it held for her, and the pain she felt with this burden. At first i thought the psychotherapeutic work would be focused primarily on releasing this weight. later i realized that as heavy as the stone was to bear, as difficult as it was for her to be reminded of what it meant, and as many times as it dragged my client into self-doubt, the stone also served a valuable purpose for her. this client wanted to remember, every day, that she should not allow herself to "just relax." she guarded against trusting relationships, and she had tired of hoping for her life to change. over the years, it had become more painful to forget that the world she lived in was not a safe and trusting place, so the pain of the burden became easier to bear than the pain of losing faith in the world all over again. for this client, the heterosexist social system not only was oppressive, but it also weighed her down and made her doubt and accuse herself severely. What i had not understood at first was how she would use this burden to guard herself. Because she had a fundamental fear that she could never be truly accepted and loved as a "gay woman," the stone served as a protector and reminder. Carrying this weight seemed easier to her than feeling disappointed and hurt once again when experiencing the heterosexism or homophobia that she encountered.i tell this story as an example of the ways in which systems of oppression live in the experiences of our clients and can coalesce into mental health concerns over time. Clinicians can help clients to see the ways these systems of power and privilege may label the client as pathological or somehow broken, when perhaps it would be more appropriate to name oppression as the real issue. Because we as clinicians grow up in these same systems and can also be blind to how they have shaped or wounded us, we may also bring heterosexist biases into our work and potentially recreate the wounding that brought clients to our doors in the first place. in this chapter, i review the ways in which minority stress delivered t...

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Counseling Lesbian Clients

Anderton¹,

Woodbridge²

2017

Affimative Counseling With LGBTQI+ People

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Integrating Identities for Same-Sex Attracted Clients: Using Developmental Counseling and Therapy to Address Sexual Orientation Conflicts

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Clinicians’ Perspective of the Relational Processes for Family and Individual Development During the Mediation of Religious and Sexual Identity Disclosure

Clinicians’ Perspective of the Relational Processes for Family and Individual Development During the Mediation of Religious and Sexual Identity Disclosure

Affirmative counseling with sexual minority clients.

Counseling Lesbian Clients

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