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WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR CLIENTS: OCCUPATNAL THERAPY PRACTNERS' KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTUS
Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC4276565NIHMSID: NIHMS632438AbstractThis paper exam how posive psychology prcipl n be rporated to clil trag and practice to work wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) clients.
As discsed earlier this seri, lerature the past on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT)1 dividuals and their muni have monstrated a broad number of strengths (Vghan, Mil, Parent, Lee, Tilghman & Prokhorets, this issue), particularly wh the past five years. The APA “Guil for Psychologil Practice wh Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients” (APA, 2012) is a good place for trae to start learng about the bt practic for workg wh sexual mory clients a manner that is nsistent wh a strength-based addn to the above-mentned guil, perspectiv such as Schrier and Lasser’s (2010) posive levels of attu n be rporated wh trag programs to promote posive subjective experienc ssn wh LGBT clients.
Readgs on heterosexual inty velopment (Worthgton, Savoy, Dillon, & Vernaglia, 2002) as well as homosexual inty velopment and the g out procs (Bellonci, 1997; Cass, 1996; Troin, 1989) would serve as an important supplement to foster open-mdns and social telligence heterosexual and LGBT trae. G., Pri ftivals, LGBT advocy anizatns, muny centers and Gay Straight Allianc [GSAs]; e.