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Applying Social Empowerment Strategies as Tools for Self‐Advocacy in Counseling Lesbian and Gay Male Clients
Author(s) -
Savage Todd A.,
Harley Debra A.,
Nowak Theresa M.
Publication year - 2005
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.1556-6678.2005.tb00589.x
Subject(s) - lesbian , empowerment , psychology , politics , social psychology , gender studies , psychotherapist , sociology , political science , law
Social empowerment is designed to prepare individuals to reconstruct their political, economic, psychological, and social environments. Addressing empowerment for lesbian and gay male populations is critical because of the numerous stereotypical situations that result in their powerlessness. The application of social empowerment strategies as tools for self‐advocacy with lesbian and gay male populations is presented as a consideration for counseling.