Working Toward Family Attunement

Coolhart, Deborah; Shipman, Daran

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2016.10.002

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“…Not only can family therapy interventions promote family acceptance and support the transgender family member, they can be helpful for the entire family, as all family members are influenced when a member comes out as transgender (Zamboni, 2006). Published case studies on family therapy (Coolhart & Shipman, 2017; MacNish & Gold-Peifer, 2014) and couple therapy (Giammattei, 2015) with transgender clients demonstrate the benefits of these interventions, especially for transgender youth. These case studies can help guide clinicians who wish to conduct family or couple therapy with transgender clients.…”

Section: Trimmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Matsuno

Israel

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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Transgender people experience disproportionately high mental and physical health risks. Minority stress theory identifies distal and proximal stressors that contribute to negative mental health outcomes for transgender people, and suggests that resilience factors can buffer the negative influence of these stressors. In this article, we aim to synthesize the psychological literature on resilience strategies among transgender people and position it within the minority stress framework and introduce an adapted model called the transgender resilience intervention model (TRIM). The TRIM suggests that social support, community belonging, family acceptance, participating in activism, having positive role models, and being a positive role model are group-level resilience factors. Self-worth, self-acceptance and/or pride, self-definition, hope, and transition are individual-level factors that promote resilience. Community, group, and individual interventions and their potential influence on resilience are discussed. The model calls for the development of additional interventions aimed at increasing resilience for transgender people.

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Section: Trimmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Matsuno

Israel

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…A majority of treatments for TGNC youth focus on working primarily with the TGNC youth rather than including the entire family (Coolhart & Shipman, 2017). When a TGNC youth presents to therapy with suicidality, treatment approaches often begin with transgender affirmative practice and a comprehensive psychological exam followed by behavioral interventions that may progress to the steps for gender reassignment surgery (Shumer & Spack, 2013).…”

Section: Intervention Of Tgnc Youth With Suicidal Ideationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, Satir experiential therapy has been widely utilized with the LGBTQ-IA population (Gehart, 2016), as this approach acknowledges the ever so present societal discrimination and helps clients find safe people and places to express their authentic selves (Pachankis & Bernstein, 2012). For example, a therapist may begin as a safe and gender-affirming person for the TGNC youth to help other family members learn how to provide a gender-affirming environment at home (Coolhart & Shipman, 2017). This is crucial as research has shown that when TGNC youth experience constant rejection, then they are more likely to report suicidal ideation (Russell & Fish, 2016).…”

Section: Intervention Of Tgnc Youth With Suicidal Ideationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Conformity and Suicide: A Case Study Integrating Structural Family Therapy and Satir Experiential Therapy

Romney

Hawkins

Soloski

2020

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Recent studies have shown that suicidality among transgender youth are 3.6 times more likely to report suicidal ideation and 3.2 times more likely to attempt suicide compared with cisgender youth. To alleviate the suicide rates among transgender youth, research suggests the need for family-based interventions. This case study explores the integration of structural family therapy and the Satir growth model to increase connection and support within the family, while also creating clear boundaries that are protective and growth-enhancing. This study provides a session by session overview of how the therapist integrated the models while working with the entire family unit.

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“…The parent may also feel they can relate with the therapist because of this shared cisgender identity, which could benefit the therapeutic alliance. Additionally, they may feel more at ease discussing their own feelings of loss, guilt, and anger about their child's gender identity (Coolhart & Shipman, 2017) with a cisgender therapist. It is possible that these concerns may not be processed with a transgender therapist.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the field of marriage and family therapy (MFT), there is extensive research regarding cisgender men and women in the therapy room from a heteronormative, binary perspective (Rock, Carlson, & McGeorge, 2010). Despite emerging literature on affirmative therapy for lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients (LGB) clients (McGeorge, Carlson, & Toomey, 2014) and transgender clients (Coolhart, Provancher, Hager, & Wang, 2008;Coolhart & Shipman, 2017), there continues to be limited resources regarding the care of clients with diverse gender identities (Benson, 2013). Additionally, there are no known articles in the field of MFT about the relational dynamic in the therapy room when the therapist is transgender identified.…”

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Clinical and Supervisory Considerations for Transgender Therapists: Implications for Working with Clients

Shipman

Martin

2017

J Marital Family Therapy

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Transgender therapists have unique and valuable perspectives into how gender organizes the therapeutic process. Currently, in the MFT field, there is discussion of the cisgender therapist's experience in the therapy room, but no known articles on the transgender therapist's experience. This article provides insight into the experiences of transgender therapists around issues of self-disclosure, social locations of both therapist and client, and clinical supervision. Drawing from our clinical experiences as transmen, we highlight special considerations for working with cisgender, queer, and transgender clients. Implications for supervision of transgender therapists are also discussed. As more gender diverse students seek MFT training, there is an urgent need to acknowledge their perspectives. This article is a call for beginning conversations in this direction.

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Working Toward Family Attunement

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Psychological Interventions Promoting Resilience Among Transgender Individuals: Transgender Resilience Intervention Model (TRIM)

Gender Conformity and Suicide: A Case Study Integrating Structural Family Therapy and Satir Experiential Therapy

Clinical and Supervisory Considerations for Transgender Therapists: Implications for Working with Clients

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