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It's Complicated: Navigating Multiple Identities in Small Town America
Author(s) -
Ferguson Angela D.,
Miville Marie L.
Publication year - 2017
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.22507
Subject(s) - lesbian , transgender , psychology , white (mutation) , sexual identity , transgender people , gender studies , population , sexual orientation , people of color , social psychology , psychological intervention , male homosexuality , homosexuality , human sexuality , psychotherapist , sociology , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , medicine , race (biology) , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biochemistry , chemistry , demography , gene , syphilis , family medicine
During the past few years, research focused on individuals who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) have increased. However, much of this literature focuses on White LGBT individuals, and less on individuals who have intersected identities, such as being both gay/lesbian and a person of color. Consequently, this population becomes obscured in scholarly discourses, thus being made “invisible” with regard to theory, research, and clinical interventions, with the result that clinicians are provided little or no knowledge of theories or best practices when working with individuals who are both sexual minority and people of color. This article discusses an integrated theoretical and treatment process when working with clients who are navigating multiple oppressed identities.