By creating an inclusive and trauma-informed environment, schools can serve as a source of support and safety for LGBTQ+ students.
Tag: LGBTQ Issues
LGBTQ Issues
With more anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being introduced every day, counselors can take steps to advocate on behalf of their clients.
Advocates and allies say counselors can take additional steps to offer support, both professionally and politically.
Intimate partner violence among LGBTQ+ individuals often goes unacknowledged and untreated, despite occurring at rates equal to or greater than those experienced by heterosexual couples.
One counselor’s story of conversion therapy sparks others to reach out for support and guidance.
Counselors can use their position and power to better serve transgender and gender-expansive youth whose mental health and well-being are threatened by oppressive policies.
Harms to sexual and gender minority youth are increasing because of an apparent lack of clinical competence and awareness on the part of professional counselors. Discovering what counselors are thinking about ethical consideration for serving SGMY might help clinicians and educators overcome inadequacies and increase therapeutic progress for SGMY clientele.
We must all become queer-competent counselors and the agents of change in our increasingly progressive field.
Those who are part of communities across the BIPOC spectrum face increased oppression and unique challenges because of the intersection of their cultural and LGBTQ+ identities.
The issue of counselor self-disclosure is always tricky, but it can be especially so for clinicians who must determine how — or whether — to come out to clients.