APA’s Guil for Psychotherapy Wh Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients: The Fundamentals for Practice

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The missn of CLGC's Task Force on Bias Psychotherapy wh Lbians and Gay Men was to scribe the range of problems that gay male and lbian clients n face psychotherapy and to provi an empiril basis for the velopment of guil and suggtns for practice.

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APA’S GUIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY WH LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL CLIENTS: THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR PRACTICE

Developg cultural petency is key to bt reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons, says Angie Martell, founr and managg partner of Iglia Martell Law Firm, PLLC. * format for gay client *

January 20, 2006 — Most psychologists are likely to enunter a lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) client at some pot their practic (Gars, Hanck, Cochran, Goodchilds, & Pepl, 1991).

WORKG WH GAY MALE CLIENTS

In this DVD, Douglas C. Halman monstrat his eclectic, relatnship-foced approach to therapy wh gay men. * format for gay client *

This article foc on the APA’s “Guil for psychotherapy wh lbian, gay and bisexual clients, ” begng wh a brief discsn of signifint effects of stigma and “mory strs" on LGB dividuals.

ISSU PSYCHOTHERAPY WH LBIAN AND GAY MEN: A SURVEY OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

The LGB Guil at a Glance The “Guil for psychotherapy wh lbian, gay and bisexual clients” (APA, 2000) were created to help psychologists intify the fundamental issu unique to the asssment and treatment of LGB dividuals, upl, and fai.

Homosexualy and bisexualy are not ditive of mental illns although (as scribed above) stigma and prejudice may ntribute to an creased need for psychologil servic this muny. A health profsnal’s prejudice and accurate or outdated rmatn about homosexualy and bisexualy on the provir’s part may affect a client’s prentatn and the procs of psychotherapy.

MEETG THE NEEDS OF LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CLIENTS SUBSTANCE ABE TREATMENT

The “Guil for Psychotherapy wh Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients” provi practners wh a ncise overview of the most fundamental issu relevant to clil practice wh LGB clients.

Developg cultural petency is key to bt reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons, says Angie Martell, founr and managg partner of Iglia Martell Law Firm, PLLC. Therapists workg wh gay men are enuraged to nsir the psychologil effects of livg a world where the client is tght that he is ls "mascule" than non-gay men, that his primary relatnships are of lser value than those of heterosexual men, and where he may have suffered abe, harassment, or discrimatn as the effect of a prejudiced fay, church, or social world.

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