Training Considerations and Suggested Counseling Interventions for LGBT Individuals

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A review of scholarship focusing on counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals reveals a dearth of information regarding counseling interventions, particularly with bisexual and transgender individuals. Influences such as religious and political affiliation, as well as institutional heterosexism, can create obstacles to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender affirmative counseling. Models of sexual minority development can guide counselors in providing affirmative lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender counseling, but some express ambivalence about these models. Suggestions for counselor and counselor preparation training are provided, along with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender affirmative counseling and training scenarios and interventions.View full textDownload full textKEYWORDSLGBT affirmative counseling, counselor preparation and trainingRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15538600903552756