Affirmative LGBT psychotherapy: Outcomes of a therapist training protocol.

Pepping, Christopher A.; Lyons, Anthony; Morris, Eric

doi:10.1037/pst0000149

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“…One way to do this would be to increase and improve training of mental health practitioners to ensure they were LGBTQ-friendly. Such training has been shown to be beneficial for therapists and LGBT clients (Pepping et al, 2018 ).…”

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The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges

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Background Research shows that LGBTQ communities experience high levels of suicidality and mental ill health. They also face significant barriers to accessing adequate mental health treatment in service settings. In response to these factors, it is likely that LGBTQ community members turn to their peers for informal mental health-related support. Such support, however, is largely undefined, the extent of it poorly understood and its impacts on those who perform it underexplored. Methods We explored the nature and impact of informal mental health-related support provided by peers in LGBTQ communities in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 25 LGBTQ adults in 2020, we explored how and why peers provided mental health support to friends, partners, housemates and even strangers and the impact this had on them. Results We found that participants performed support roles as extensions of their existing relationships. We demonstrate that the support roles of the safe friend, housemate and partner, among others, represent everyday relationships stretched—even to breaking point—to incorporate informal mental health support. Each of these support roles is distinct, but they can all potentially result in similar impacts on those performing them. One of the more significant of these is burnout. Conclusions LGBTQ community members face a diverse range of challenges when they support peers with their mental health. Informal peer-support roles are a significant responsibility for those performing them. LGBTQ community members stepping up to support others should be better supported to help manage their roles and the impacts of performing them. Policy Implications Findings can contribute to policy that not only addresses high levels of mental ill health in LGBTQ communities, but also seeks to help peers in support roles to prevent them from being negatively impacted.

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“…In addition, it may be possible to intervene in ways that directly reduce the presence of minority stress in couples' lives. It is also possible that training therapists to deliver LGB-affirmative therapy for same-sex couples could enhance awareness and advocacy among therapists (Pepping, Lyons, & Morris, 2018), which could ultimately contribute to broader societal change. Therapists might therefore include family members in interventions to facilitate acceptance of their family members' sexual orientation or relationship, and facilitate supportive and noncombative communication (e.g., LaSala, 2000).…”

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“…Therapists might therefore include family members in interventions to facilitate acceptance of their family members' sexual orientation or relationship, and facilitate supportive and noncombative communication (e.g., LaSala, 2000). It is also possible that training therapists to deliver LGB-affirmative therapy for same-sex couples could enhance awareness and advocacy among therapists (Pepping, Lyons, & Morris, 2018), which could ultimately contribute to broader societal change.…”

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Minority Stress and Same‐Sex Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Concealment Motivation

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Most lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people want a stable, satisfying romantic relationship. Although many of the predictors of relationship outcomes are similar to those of heterosexual couples, same-sex couples face some additional challenges associated with minority stress that also impact upon relationship quality. Here, we investigate the association between minority stressors and relationship quality in a sample of 363 adults (M age = 30.37, SD = 10.78) currently in a same-sex romantic relationship. Internalized homophobia and difficulties accepting one's LGB identity were each negatively associated with relationship satisfaction via heightened concealment motivation. We also examined the protective role of identity affirmation on relationship quality, finding a direct positive relationship between the two variables. Minority stressors were negatively associated with couple relationship satisfaction via heightened concealment motivation. The finding that identity affirmation directly predicted increased couple satisfaction also highlights the important role of protective factors in same-sex couple relationships.

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“…In the U.S. some efforts have been made to educate students about transgender care (see, for example, [48]). The results from this study should be used when developing such training programs, taking into account previously conducted training that proved to be successful [24,25,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. Future research should focus on the development, as well as long-term follow-up, evaluation and adaptation, of a training program, taking into account the intersections of, among others, sexual orientation, race and class.…”

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“…A few educational efforts to increase competence, knowledge and skills in working with transgender people (or the broader LGBT population) have been successful [24,25,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. However, each study examines a different type of training, and overall very little followup research is available.…”

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The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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All studies to date demonstrate a lack of access to care for transgender people. A few educational efforts in providing care to transgender people have been successful. However, one challenge in administering training is that there is almost no research on the need of healthcare providers (HCP) to acquire knowledge, as well as on the effect of training on their level of competence and confidence in working with transgender people. Results from an online survey of a convenience sample of HCP across four different European countries (N = 810) showed that 52.7% reported experiences with some form of training on transgender people. The mean confidence level for all HCP (with or without training) in working with transgender people was 2.63, with a significant effect of training on confidence. 92.4% of HCP believed that training would raise their competence, and this belief was significantly higher among HCP with training experience, HCP working in Serbia and Sweden and/or among those HCP who belong to a sexual minority group. General practitioners had the lowest confidence levels of all professions involved. The study provided strong support for the use of training in improving healthcare conditions for transgender people, not only to raise awareness among HCP, but also to increase knowledge, competence and confidence levels of HCP in working with transgender people.

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Affirmative LGBT psychotherapy: Outcomes of a therapist training protocol.

Cited by 79 publications

References 65 publications

The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges

The Nature and Impact of Informal Mental Health Support in an LGBTQ Context: Exploring Peer Roles and Their Challenges

Minority Stress and Same‐Sex Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Concealment Motivation

The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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