Featuring over 70 affirming interventions in the form of homework assignments, handouts, and activities, this comprehensive volume helps novice and experienced counselors support LGBTQ+ community members and their allies. The book’s social justice perspective encourages counselors to hone their skills in creating change in their communities while helping their clients learn effective coping strategies in the face of stress, bullying, microaggressions, and other life challenges.
Key Features
- Includes over 70 affirming interventions.
- Provides a large section on training allies and promoting greater cohesion within LGBTQ+ communities.
- Contains objectives, indications and contraindications, case studies, and professional resources in each chapter.
- Offers practical tools used by clinicians worldwide, suitable for courses in clinical and community counseling, social work, and psychology.
Additional Information
Counseling and mental health services for LGBTQ+ clients require between-session activities that are clinically focused, evidence-based, and specifically designed for one or more LGBTQ+ sub-populations. This handbook gathers together the best of such LGBTQ+ clinically focused material. It will appeal both to students learning affirmative LGBTQ+ psychotherapy/counseling and to experienced practitioners. Those new to working with LGBTQ+ clients will appreciate the book’s accessible foundation to guide interventions.
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