Group Counseling With LGBTQI Persons

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This unique resource provides strengths-based, group counseling strategies designed to meet the needs of LGBTQI clients in a variety of settings. Drs. Goodrich and Luke capture the developmental concerns of LGBTQI individuals throughout the life cycle as they establish and maintain intimate relationships, create families, encounter career concerns, and navigate other milestones and transitions. Illustrative case examples and interventions throughout the text, as well as warnings and recommendations, make this an ideal resource for practice and group-work courses.

After a discussion of the history of group work with the LGBTQI community, the planning and process issues that group leaders should consider in their work, and relevant ethical and legal concerns, the authors explore a range of group types and pertinent issues. Individual chapters focus on the following types of counseling: child and adolescent; same-gender adult; intersex and transgender; coming out/disclosure; school, community outpatient, and residential; couples and family; substance abuse; grief and loss; and advocacy. Chapters on group-work supervision and the importance of allies round out the book.

Author Bio

Kristopher M. Goodrich, PhD, is the program coordinator and assistant professor of counselor education at the University of New Mexico. He is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the State of New Mexico. Dr. Goodrich is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA); the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC); the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW); and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). He currently serves as the President-Elect of ALGBTIC as well as the President-Elect-Elect of the Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Goodrich has numerous publications focused on increasing the effectiveness of counselor preparation and counselor practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) persons and group work. Melissa Luke, PhD, is an associate professor of counseling and human services and is the coordinator of school counseling at Syracuse University. She is a NCC, an ACS, and a LMHC in the State of New York. Dr. Luke has worked as a teacher, school counselor, and counselor educator for more than 20 years. She currently serves as the Treasurer of Chi Sigma Iota and as the President-Elect of the North Eastern Region of Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Luke is a member of ACA, ALGBTIC, ASGW, ACES, the American School Counselor Association, and the Counselors for Social Justice and has numerous publications focused on increasing the effectiveness of counselor preparation and counselor practice with LGBTQIA persons.