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Applying Person‐Centered Counseling to Sexual Minority Adolescents
Author(s) -
Lemoire S. Jim,
Chen Charles P.
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.tb00591.x
Subject(s) - transgender , lesbian , sexual minority , sexual identity , psychology , sexual orientation , context (archaeology) , identity (music) , gender identity , psychotherapist , human sexuality , clinical psychology , social psychology , gender studies , sociology , paleontology , physics , acoustics , psychoanalysis , biology
Drawing attention to the very unique and complex needs of stigmatized sexual minority youth, the authors explore the therapeutic potential of person‐centered counseling in helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/sexual (LGBT) adolescents who are working toward the acceptance and disclosure of their sexual identity. They suggest that person‐centered counseling embodies 6 aspects that are particularly helpful to LGBT adolescent clients and propose 3 additional methods that compensate for the limitations of the person‐centered approach in this particular helping context.