Full Description
This clinical guide reviews theory-based strategies for affirmative, competent practice with transgender and gender nonconforming clients of different ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and religious backgrounds. Readers will learn how to develop collaborative, client-driven partnerships to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes.
Less than 3 % of psychologists report familiarity with transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) clients' needs. The clients, in turn, report a lack of support in their gender journeys. There is clearly a large gap in knowledge, skill, and competence in this area of practice. This clinical guide aims to fill that gap by providing mental health practitioners with an affirmative approach that emphasizes a collaborative partnership guided by client-driven goals. An expert panel of contributors teaches readers strategies for working with a diverse array of TGNC clients, including adolescents, older adults, parents, and people of color. Client factors, including sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, and traumatic experiences, are also given special attention.
Readers will learn how to address the impact of the injustices TGNC people face in everyday life, work with clients' strengths to enhance their resilience and coping skills, and advocate for their rights to obtain mental and physical health services. Readers will also learn how to negotiate complex issues, such as interdisciplinary care, ethical and legal obligations, and gender-affirming surgeries and medications. Contributors draw from evidence-based theories and APA's Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People to help readers meet the latest standards of care.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Gender and Sexual Orientation Diversity Within the TGNC Community by Sand C. Chang, Anneliese A. Singh, and Kinton Rossman
Affirmative Counseling With Trans/Gender-Variant People of Color by Anneliese A. Singh, Sel J. Hwahng, Sand C. Chang, and Bali White
TGNC-Affirmative Interdisciplinary Collaborative Care by Kelly Ducheny, Michael L. Hendricks, and Colton L. Keo-Meier
Ethical and Legal Concerns for Mental Health Professionals by Linda F. Campbell and Gabriel Arkles
Affirmative Care of TGNC Children and Adolescents by Laura Edwards-Leeper
Working With TGNC Primary Caregivers and Family Concerns Across the Lifespan by Sand C. Chang, Jessie R. Cohen, and Anneliese A. Singh
Aging and TGNC Identities: Working With Older Adults by lore m. dickey and Kyle L. Bower
Clinical Supervision With TGNC Clients in Health Service Psychology by Theodore R. Burnes, Stacie Fishell Rowan, and Parrish L. Paul
Assessment and Treatment of Trauma With TGNC Clients: A Feminist Approach by Katherine Richmond, Theodore R. Burnes, Anneliese A. Singh, and Mel Ferrara
Spirituality, Faith, and Religion: The TGNC Experience by Ruben A. Hopwood and Tarynn M. Witten
Engaging in TGNC-Affirmative Research by Jae Sevelius, lore m. dickey, and Anneliese A. Singh
Advocacy and Social Justice: The Next Generation of Counseling and Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Clients by lore m. dickey, Anneliese A. Singh, Sand C. Chang, and Mick Rehrig
Index
About the Editors
