Queering Psychotherapy

LGBTIQ+ people are more likely than cisgender and heterosexual individuals to suffer with mental health issues, yet often have poorer therapeutic outcomes. Mainstream Eurocentric psychotherapeutic theories, developed largely by heterosexual, cisgender and white theorists, tend to see LGBTIQ+ as a singular group through this "othered" lens. Despite the undeniable value offered by many of these theories, they and those who use them - queer therapists included - can often pathologize, marginalize, misunderstand and diminish the flourishing and diversity of queer experience.

In this volume, editor and psychotherapist Jane C. Czyzselska speaks with practitioners and clients from diverse modalities and lived experiences, exploring and rethinking some of the unique challenges encountered in a world that continues to marginalize queer lives.

The contributors to Queering Psychotherapy present key insights and practical advice in a dynamic conversational format, providing intimate access to therapists' personal and professional knowledge and reflections. This book is an invaluable training in itself.

Auteur

Jane C.Czyzselska (they/she) is a relational integrative psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice, a journalist and a writer. They are a trustee of The Relational School and an editorial advisor for Therapy Today.

Contenu

Acknowledgements Introduction by Jane C. Czyzselska Glossary On working with trans and gender-expansive clients by Ellis J. Johnson Shame, a queer love letter by Robert Downes How do therapists unwittingly reinforce normativity? by MJ Barker Meaning-making with queer clients by Charles Neal Toward an intersectional therapy training by Sabah Choudrey Queering the black feminist psychoanalytic by Dr Gail Lewis Lesbian erasure from Freud's lesbian patient to the present by Jane C. Czyzselska Queer sex and relationships by Amanda Middleton Working with queer sex workers by Karen Pollock Navigating dual relationships by Dominic Davies Don't panic! Queering the child by Paul Harris, Neil Young, Anthea Benjamin Emotional diaspora by Bay de Veen Trans embodiment and desire by Jake Yearsley and Beck Thom Working with trans and gender-expansive young people by Igi Moon and Kris Black Working with intersex clients References Index