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Breaking the Silence in the Counselor Education Classroom: A Training Seminar on Counseling Sexual Minority Clients
Author(s) -
Pearson Quinn M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2003.tb00256.x
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , counselor education , lesbian , sexual identity , psychology , silence , psychological intervention , sexual minority , counseling psychology , mental health , graduate students , affect (linguistics) , medical education , transgender , identity (music) , class (philosophy) , clinical psychology , human sexuality , psychotherapist , pedagogy , higher education , medicine , social psychology , gender studies , psychiatry , sociology , philosophy , psychoanalysis , law , acoustics , communication , political science , physics , aesthetics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals encounter internal and external barriers that affect their mental health, and they continue to be underserved by the counseling profession. A counselor training seminar on sexual orientation is presented in this article. The seminar incorporated popular songs, readings, and class discussion to increase awareness of sexual identity development, stereotypes, and counseling interventions for LGB clients. Results of evaluations from the graduate counseling students suggest that the seminar had a positive impact on knowledge, interest, and attitudes.