Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients (Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and Diversity)
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Author: lore m. dickey
Publisher: American Psychological Association
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ISBN 10: 1433823004
ISBN 13: 978-1433823008
Fewer than 30% of psychologists report familiarity with transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) clients’ needs, which indicates a large gap in knowledge, skill, and competence in this area of practice. This timely volume provides mental health practitioners with theory-driven strategies for affirmative practice with TGNC clients of different ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and religious backgrounds. Affirmative care entails a collaborative, client-guided partnership in which clinicians advocate for the client’s needs. Chapters cover an array of complex issues, including ethical and legal concerns, working with trauma survivors, and interdisciplinary care.
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a broadly relevant, timely, and accessible resource for mental health providers (MHPs) of various disciplines, including psychology, counseling, and social work --PsycCRITIQUES
About the Author
Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, is an associate professor at The University of Georgia and cofounder of the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition and Trans Resilience Project. Her research, practice, and advocacy have centered on the resilience of transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) people, particularly TGNC people of color and youth.
She co-led the APA Task Force developing psychological practice guidelines with TGNC clients, and she helped develop the American Counseling Association Competencies for Counseling Transgender Clients.
Dr. Singh is a multiracial, South Asian, Sikh American. She identifies as gender fluid with cisgender privilege. She passionately works for and believes in justice for all sentient beings.
lore m. dickey, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. He has recently assumed a position as assistant professor and Director of Training in the Department of Educational Psychology at Northern Arizona University.
His doctorate is in counseling psychology from the University of North Dakota, and his postdoctoral health policy fellowship was at the Morehouse School of Medicine in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute.
His research has focused on understanding the transgender experience including studies on sexual identity development and non-suicidal self-injury.
Dr. dickey served as a cochair for the APA Task Force charged with developing Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People.
He identifies as a White trans man with a lesbian history.
