LibGuides: MFT-6540: Week 7 Resources

Week 7 Required Resources

Articles

Deconstructing Cissexism: The Journey of Becoming an Affirmative Family Therapist for Transgender and Nonbinary Clients
McGeorge, C. R., Coburn, K. O., & Walsdorf, A. A., (2021). Deconstructing cissexism: The journey of becoming an affirmative family therapist for transgender and nonbinary clients. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47(3), 785-802.
The authors present research on building on affirmative care in a way that embraces transgender and nonbinary experiences. This research adds a resource that builds on therapist knowledge and tools for providing affirmative care.
Supervising with a Feminist Lens: Improving Transgender Competency
Dalton, M. R., Veasey, A. W., & Norton, A. M. (2022). Supervising with a feminist lens: Improving transgender competency. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 44(4), 397–407.
Dalton et al discuss the role of therapy supervision in the development of cultural competency with gender-diverse clients. This resource provides education on gender diversity and tools for therapy.

Videos

Temko, S. (2019, May) What it means to be intersex. Ted Talk.

In this Ted Talk, Temko shares experiences of being intersex and how social expectations led to barriers and identity challenges. This talk provides information on intersex identity adds to the cultural competency of this identity.