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Presenting problems among treatment‐seeking gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth
Author(s) -
Hart Trevor A.,
Heimberg Richard G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.1032
Subject(s) - lesbian , psychology , anxiety , psychotherapist , intervention (counseling) , population , variety (cybernetics) , homosexuality , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , demography
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are at risk for a variety of clinical problems amenable to psychotherapeutic intervention. However, many psychotherapists may be unaware of the difficulties faced by this population. The purpose of this article is to familiarize therapists with presenting complaints common to psychotherapy‐seeking gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. Some of these problems include homophobia among family, peers, and authority figures (often expressed at school or at work), depression, suicidality, social anxiety, and body image disturbance. We illustrate these important issues via four case examples. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 57: 615–627, 2001.