Introduction: Grad school didn't prepare you for this -- From bad to mad to civil rights : a history of deviance and acceptance of same sex attracted people -- The roads converge again : how the 'T' got added to the LBG -- The big tent and intersectionality -- Exactly what are we studying, anyway, and what does it mean? -- Who is gay? -- The twentieth century gay and lesbian client -- Today's gay and lesbian client -- Issues of gay men and boys -- Gay male couples -- Counseling lesbians -- Lesbian couples -- Bi any other name- science grapples with multiple gender attractions -- Clinical issues of bisexually identified clients -- Aces and Aros -- Pansexuals, mono vs. Multisexuals, sexual fluidity -- From two genders to many -- Working with adult transgender clients -- Working with the transgender adolescent -- The gender expansive child -- Non-binary identities and gender fluidity -- BDSM comes out of the shadows -- Working with kinky clients -- Introduction to consensual nonmonogamy -- Working with clients who are non-monogamous -- and those who want to be -- Conclusion: The tangled path forward.
Summary:
"The Modern Clinician's Guide to Working with LGBTQ Clients is a ground-breaking resource for therapists working with LGBTQ clients whose identity expressions span all gender, sex, and relationship diverse groups. With a wealth of therapeutic strategies and case studies, this resource helps professionals respond to this 'big tent' community in an informed and empathetic way"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.