Affirmative Approach to Counseling Transgender Individuals Pursuing Gender Transition
Affirmative Approach to Counseling Transgender Individuals Pursuing Gender Transition
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Description
Grounded in an affirmative approach to counseling, this book offers different layers of knowledge and skills specific to working with transgender individuals pursuing gender transition.
Coming from a depathologizing standpoint, author Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich walks readers through diagnosis, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, and treatment of gender dysphoria/gender incongruence by utilizing affirmative and empowering practices with transgender individuals across the lifespan.
It covers the multifaceted nature of counseling and psychotherapy, including counselor self, client worldview, therapeutic relationship, and counseling interventions in the context of affirmative care. It encompasses ethical, professional, social, and cultural aspects within the client, the counselor, and the therapeutic context.
This book is atheoretical when it comes to clinical presentation, conceptualization, and implementation, which allows clinicians and readers from diverse theoretical backgrounds to learn how to utilize affirmative and empowering practice within their clinical and theoretical orientation.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
PART I
Chapter 1: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals
Terminology
Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
Chapter Closure
Chapter 2: Gender Dysphoria/Incongruence
History of Gender Dysphoria
Diagnosis and treatment of gender dysphoria
Current Trends and Issues
Chapter Closure
Chapter 3: Transgender Health
Current Transgender Care
Informed Consent Model to Transgender Care
Chapter Closure
PART II
Chapter 4: Transgender Affirmative Practice
Caring for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
Trans Competent Care
Trans Affirmative Practice
Professional Standards and Competencies in Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals
Chapter Closure
PART III
Chapter 5: Gender Transition
Definition of Gender Transition
Types of Gender Transition
Counseling and Gender Transition
Chapter Closure
Chapter 6: Counseling Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Children
Gender Development
Gender Nonconformity in Childhood
Counseling Children Experiencing Gender Nonconformity (content and case vignettes)
Childhood Interventions
Consultation and Collaboration
Chapter Closure
Chapter 7: Counseling Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adolescents
Gender Identity and Adolescence Development
Gender Dysphoria in Adolescence
Counseling Adolescents Experiencing Gender Nonconformity (content and case vignettes)
Psychological Interventions
Medical Interventions
Consultation and Collaboration
Chapter Closure
Chapter 8: Counseling Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults
Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults
Gender Dysphoria in Adults
Counseling Transgender Adults (content and case vignettes)
Interventions
Consultation and Collaboration
Chapter Closure
Chapter 9: Counseling Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults
Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults
Gender Dysphoria in Older Adults
Counseling Transgender Older Adults (content and case vignettes)
Interventions
Consultation and Collaboration
Chapter Closure
References
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | Jul 10 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781538136522 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 30 b/w illustrations |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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