Mental Health Professionals – Traversing Gender

Resources For Mental Health Professionals

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Casebook for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients and Their Families, edited by Sari H. Doworkin and Mark Pope

Casebook for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients and Their Families, edited by Sari H. Doworkin and Mark Pope. American Counseling Association, 2012.
http://www.counseling.org/Publications/FrontMatter/72917-FM.PDF

Counseling LGBTI Clients, by Kevin G. Alderson

Counseling LGBTI Clients, by Kevin G. Alderson. Sage Publications, 2012.
Available on Amazon.com.

Gender Variant Children and Transgender Adolescents, an Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, by Richard R. Pleak, MD

Gender Variant Children and Transgender Adolescents, an Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, by Richard R. Pleak, MD. Saunders, 2011.
Available on Amazon.com.

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients, edited by Kathleen J. Bieschke, Ruperto M. Perez, and Kurt A. DeBord

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients, edited by Kathleen J. Bieschke, Ruperto M. Perez, and Kurt A. DeBord. American Psychological Association, 2006.
Available on Amazon.com.

Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy, by Jerry J. Bigner and Joseph J. Wetchler

Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy, by Jerry J. Bigner and Joseph J. Wetchler. Routledge, 2012.
Available on Amazon.com.

The LGBT Casebook, edited by Petros Levounis MD, Jack Drescher MD, and Mary E. Barber MD

The LGBT Casebook, edited by Petros Levounis MD, Jack Drescher MD, and Mary E. Barber MD. American Psychiatric Publishing, 2012.
Available on Amazon.com.

“Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance,” American Psychological Association

“Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance.” American Psychological Association, 2008.
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/policy/gender-identity-report.pdf

Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, by Arlene Istar Lev

Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, by Arlene Istar Lev. Routledge, 2004.
Available on Amazon.com.

Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity, by Reid Vanderburgh

Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity, by Reid Vanderburgh. Odin Ink, 2011.
Available on Amazon.com.

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) - http://www.wpath.org/

Membership organization for professionals working with transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, whose site includes rich and extensive resources, including the opportunity to download their Standards of Care (SOC).
http://www.wpath.org/