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Avoiding unhelpful statements: A proposed theoretical measure of readiness to work with transgender clients

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2019, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch Seattle: Clinical Psychology.
When transgender people most need help, many face hostility and inadequate care from their health providers, including psychologists. This hostility is not surprising given widespread lack of familiarity with transgender issues or perspectives amongst clinicians. Even amongst those who hold the stance of openness to the other, most still have considerable difficulty working with transgender clients. Transgender training efforts vary in quality; some even appear to worsen attitudes towards transgender clients. Given these risks, it is crucial that clinical training directors and supervisors evaluate trainees’ abilities to facilitate respectful initial conversations with transgender clients. This project proposed an objective instrument for assessing a mental health clinician, or clinical trainee’s ability to discriminate between helpful and unhelpful responses commonly made in the initial clinical encounters with transgender clients. Development of the instrument is grounded in a combination of theoretical and empirical literature on the topic and is synthesized with the personal and professional experiences of the primary researcher as a transgender person and emerging clinician. This study utilized systematic expert review to examine the validity of this proposed instrument.
Dana Waters, Psy.D. (Committee Chair)
Christopher Heffner, Ph.D., Psy.D. (Committee Member)
Jessye Cohen-Filipic, Ph.D., Ph.D. (Committee Member)
237 p.

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  • West, A. I. I. (2019). Avoiding unhelpful statements: A proposed theoretical measure of readiness to work with transgender clients [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1550511427516331

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • West, A. Ianto. Avoiding unhelpful statements: A proposed theoretical measure of readiness to work with transgender clients. 2019. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1550511427516331.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • West, A. Ianto. "Avoiding unhelpful statements: A proposed theoretical measure of readiness to work with transgender clients." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1550511427516331

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)