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career development practitioners as advocates for transgender individuals: understanding gender transition
Author(s) -
Sangganjanavanich Varunee Faii
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2009.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - transgender , career development , career counseling , psychology , multiculturalism , transition (genetics) , population , medical education , medicine , pedagogy , biochemistry , chemistry , psychoanalysis , gene , environmental health
Assisting transgender individuals is a concern for career development practitioners because there is a lack of knowledge on this topic. The complexity of gender reassignment surgery brings challenges and unique needs to this population, throughout gender transition, and requires career development practitioners to understand these challenges and needs to provide appropriate services to transgender individuals. The author conducted a comprehensive review of the literature in the areas of transgender issues in career development and counseling, counseling transgender individuals, gender transition, and multicultural counseling competencies. The role of career development practitioners as advocates for transgender individuals who experience gender transition is discussed.