Reading for Practitioners and Interested Others
Addison, S. (2017). Queer intersectional couple therapy. In Constructivist, critical, and integrative approaches to couples counseling (pp. 150-192). Routledge.
Ashton, D. (2016). Lessons learned in queer-affirmative supervision. In Culturally Sensitive Supervision and Training (pp. 50-56). Routledge.
Bermea, A. M., van Eeden-Moorefield, B., & Bible, J. (2020). Perceived boundary negotiations with former partners among queer stepfamilies. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Berry, M. D., & Lezos, A. N. (2017). Inclusive sex therapy practices: a qualitative study of the techniques sex therapists use when working with diverse sexual populations. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 32(1), 2-21.
Bigner, J. J., & Wetchler, J. L. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of LGBT-affirmative couple and family therapy. Routledge.
Bischof, G., Stone, C., Mustafa, M. M., & Wampuszyc, T. J. (2016). Couple Relationships of Transgender Individuals and their Partners: A 2017 Update. Michigan Family Review, 20(1).
Bower, K. L. (2017). Aging and TGNC identities: Working with older adults.
Brill, S., & Pepper, R. (2008). The transgender child: A handbook for families and professionals. Cleis Press.
Browning, S., & Pasley, K. (2015). The LGBT Family. In Contemporary Families (pp. 188-250). Routledge.
Constantinides, D., Sennott, S., & Chandler, D. (2019). Sex therapy with erotically marginalized clients: Nine principles of clinical support. Routledge.
Coolhart, D., & MacKnight, V. (2015). Working with transgender youths and their families: Counselors and therapists as advocates for trans-affirmative school environments. Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, 2(1), 51-64.
Darwin, H. (2020). Navigating the religious gender binary. Sociology of Religion, 81(2), 185-205.
Dessel, A. B., Jacobsen, J., Levy, D. L., McCarty-Caplan, D., Lewis, T. O., & Kaplan, L. E. (2017). LGBTQ Topics and Christianity in Social Work: Tackling the Tough Questions. Social Work & Christianity, 44.
Edwards, L., Goodwin, A., & Neumann, M. (2019). An ecological framework for transgender inclusive family therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 41(3), 258-274.
Filmore, J. M., Baretto, D., & Ysasi, N. A. (2015). Counseling LGBTQ couples and partners. The Professional Counselor's Desk Reference, 403.
Finnerty, P., Kocet, M. M., Lutes, J., & Yates, C. (2017). Affirmative, strengths-based counseling with LGBTQI+ people. Affirmative counseling with LGBTQI+ people, 109-125.
Fisher, S. K., Poirier, J. M., & Blau, G. M. (2017). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-headed families and their children.
Fruhauf, C. A., Scherrer, K. R. I. S. T. I. N., & Orel, N. A. (2019). Grandparenthood and sexual orientation. Grandparenting: Influences on the dynamics of family relationships, 147-158.
Gabb, J. (2018). Unsettling lesbian motherhood: Critical reflections over a generation (1990–2015). Sexualities, 21(7), 1002-1020.
Gess, J. (2016). Discourse of a Mormon ally in supervision. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 10(2), 78-96.
Giammattei, S. V., & Green, R. J. (2012). LGBTQ Couple and Family Therapy: History and Future Directions. In Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy (pp. 21-42). Routledge.
Goldberg, A. E., & Allen, K. R. (Eds.). (2012). LGBT-parent families: Innovations in research and implications for practice. Springer Science & Business Media.
Grafsky, E. L., & Nguyen, H. N. (2015). Affirmative therapy with LGBTQ+ families. Contemporary families: Translating research into practice, 196-212.
Green, A. E., Price-Feeney, M., Dorison, S. H., & Pick, C. J. (2020). Self-reported conversion efforts and suicidality among US LGBTQ youths and young adults, 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 110(8), 1221-1227.
Green, R. J. (2012). Gay and lesbian family life: Risk, resilience, and rising expectations.
Grossman, A. H., Park, J. Y., Frank, J. A., & Russell, S. T. (2019). Parental responses to transgender and gender nonconforming youth: Associations with parent support, parental abuse, and youths’ psychological adjustment. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-18.
Grove, J., Peel, E., & Owen-Pugh, V. (2013). Client discourses on the process of seeking same-sex couple counselling. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 41(5), 573-586.
Haritaworn, J., Lin, C. J., & Klesse, C. (2006). Poly/logue: A critical introduction to polyamory. Sexualities, 9(5), 515-529.
Heiden‐Rootes, K. M., Addison, S. M., & Pettinelli, J. D. (2020). Working with Queer Couples. The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, 3, 123-153.
Heiden‐Rootes, K., Ross, K., Moore, R., Hasan, S., & Gulotta, S. (2020). Freedom and struggling openly in psychotherapy: A qualitative inquiry with LGBQ young adults from religious families. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
Henrich, R., & Trawinski, C. (2016). Social and therapeutic challenges facing polyamorous clients. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 31(3), 376-390.
Howell, S., Adamson, T., Garner, A., & Hanley, M. (2020). The Global State of Conversion Therapy-A Preliminary Report and Current Evidence Brief.
Jacob, J. A. (2015). Conversion therapy ineffective and inappropriate for LGBTQ youth. JAMA, 314(20), 2121-2121.
Katz, M. I. L., & Graham, J. R. (2020). Building Competence in Practice with the Polyamorous Community: A Scoping Review. Social Work, 65(2), 188-196.
Kisler, T., & Lock, L. (2019). Honoring the Voices of Polyamorous Clients: Recommendations for Couple and Family Therapists. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 31(1), 40-58.
Klesse, C. (2019). Polyamorous parenting: Stigma, social regulation, and queer bonds of resistance. Sociological Research Online, 24(4), 625-643.
Kousteni, I., & Anagnostopoulos, F. (2020). Same-Sex Couples’ Psychological Interventions: A Systematic Review. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 19(2), 136-174.
Kuvalanka, K. A., Gardner, M., & Munroe, C. (2019). All in the family: How extended family relationships are influenced by children’s gender diverse and transgender identities. Families in transition: Parenting gender-diverse children, adolescents, and young adults, 102-117.
Lev, A. I. (2015). Resilience in lesbian and gay couples. In Couple resilience (pp. 45-61). Springer, Dordrecht.
Lev, A. I., & Gottlieb, A. R. (Eds.). (2019). Families in Transition: Parenting Gender Diverse Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. Columbia University Press.
Lev, A. I., & Nichols, M. (2015). Sex therapy with lesbian and gay male couples. Systemic sex therapy, 213-234.
Lev, A. I., & Sennott, S. L. (2020). Clinical work with LGBTQ parents and prospective parents. In LGBTQ-Parent Families (pp. 383-403). Springer, Cham.
Lord-Proia, J. A. (2017). Disparities and Intersections: An LGBTQ-Specific Depth Psychological Conversation. Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Luna, B., Heath, C., Andrews, A., Jordan, S. A. S., & Higgins, M. (2014). Exploring Perceptions of LGBTQ Individuals and Couples. Clinical Supervision Activities for Increasing Competence and Self-Awareness, 247.
Mallory, A., Brown, J., Conner, S., & Henry, U. (2017). Finding What Works: New Clinicians' Use of Standards of Care With Transgender Clients. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 45(1), 27-36.
McDowell, T., Emerick, P., & Garcia, M. (2014). Queering couple and family therapy education. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 26(2), 99-112.
McGeorge, C. R., Walsdorf, A. A., Edwards, L. L., Benson, K. E., & Coburn, K. O. (2020). Considerations for Systemic Therapists. The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, The Profession of Systemic Family Therapy, 1, 251.
Moon, D. (2016). Overcoming Shame, Practicing Love: LGBT Evangelicals’ Strategies for Social Justice.
Moore, K. L., Camacho, D., & Munson, M. R. (2020). Identity negotiation processes among Black and Latinx sexual minority young adult mental health service users. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 32(1), 21-48.
Peel, E., & Riggs, D. W. (2016). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender psychologies. The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of gender and sexuality studies, 1-6.
Phillips, J. D., & Price, A. N. (2012). Selected list of GLBT academic publications. The Serials Librarian, 63(1), 55-81.
Platt, L. F., & Bolland, K. S. (2018). Relationship partners of transgender individuals: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(9), 1251-1272.
Porter, K. E., Brennan-Ing, M., Chang, S. C., Dickey, L. M., Singh, A. A., Bower, K. L., & Witten, T. M. (2016). Providing competent and affirming services for transgender and gender nonconforming older adults. Clinical Gerontologist, 39(5), 366-388.
Ramirez, H., & Bloeser, K. (2018). Creating Safe Spaces: Best Practices for Clinicians Working with Sexual and Gender Minority Military Service Members and Veterans. In Gay Mental Healthcare Providers and Patients in the Military (pp. 105-123). Springer, Cham.
Ranahan, M. E. (2013). Planning for the social, community and housing needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer older adults. State University of New York at Buffalo.
Rostosky, S. S., Abreu, R. L., Mahoney, A., & Riggle, E. D. (2017). A qualitative study of parenting and religiosity/spirituality in LBGTQ families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(4), 437.
Schwartz, A., Yarbrough, E., & McIntosh, C. A. (2020). Sex and Relationship Issues in Work with the LGBTQ Community. Focus, 18(3), 277-284.
Shipman, D., & Martin, T. (2019). Clinical and Supervisory Considerations for Transgender Therapists: Implications for Working with Clients. Journal of marital and family therapy, 45(1), 92-105.
Suprina, J. S., Matthews, C. H., Kakkar, S., Harrell, D., Brace, A., Sadler-Gerhardt, C., ... & Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC). (2019). Best Practices in Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Intersection of Spiritual/Religious Identity and Affectional/Sexual Identity. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 13(4), 293-325.
Tasker, F., & Lavender-Stott, E. S. (2020). LGBTQ Parenting Post-Heterosexual Relationship Dissolution. In LGBTQ-Parent Families (pp. 3-23). Springer, Cham.
Tasker, F., & Rensten, K. (2018). Relationship Dissolution and Divorce. LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice, 173.
Tasker, F., Malley, M., & Costa, P. A. (2018). Family mapping exercises (FMEs) for adults and children in LGBTQ-parented families. Homework Assignments and Handouts for LGBTQ+ Clients: A Mental Health and Counseling Handbook.
Tobin, T. W., & Moon, D. (2019). The politics of shame in the motivation to virtue: Lessons from the shame, pride, and humility experiences of LGBT conservative Christians and their allies. Journal of Moral Education, 48(1), 109-125.
Tobin, T. W., & Moon, D. (2020). How Racism and Respectability Politics Shape the Experiences of Black LGBTQ and Same-Gender-Loving Christians. Voices from the Edge: Centering Marginalized Perspectives in Analytic Theology, 141.
Torres, J. G. (2019). A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Bisexuality: A Review for Marriage and Family Therapists. Journal of Bisexuality, 19(1), 51-66.
Turban, J. L., Beckwith, N., Reisner, S. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2020). Association between recalled exposure to gender identity conversion efforts and psychological distress and suicide attempts among transgender adults. Jama Psychiatry, 77(1), 68-76.
Ussher, J. M. (2009). Heterocentric practices in health research and health care: Implications for mental health and subjectivity of LGBTQ individuals. Feminism & Psychology, 19(4), 561-567.
Vaccaro, A., & Koob, R. M. (2019). A critical and intersectional model of LGBTQ microaggressions: Toward a more comprehensive understanding. Journal of homosexuality, 66(10), 1317-1344.
Walker, M. D., & Hernandez, A. M. (2014). Challenging heterosexual and cisgender privilege in clinical supervision. Clinical supervision activities for increasing competence and self-awareness, 239-246.
Weed, J., & Hernandez, B. C. (2018). A Light in the Closet: Spiritually Informed Conceptual Model for Religiously Derived Mixed-Orientation Marriages. In Socially Just Religious and Spiritual Interventions (pp. 63-73). Springer, Cham.
Weiler, L. M., Lyness, K. P., Haddock, S. A., & Zimmerman, T. S. (2015). Contextual issues in couple and family therapy: Gender, sexual orientation, culture, and spirituality.
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