61st Annual Conference

Workshop 34
Tomboys, Sissies and Other Outsiders: Working with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth

Chair:           

Marti Kranzberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Dallas, Texas

Work with lesbian, gay and bisexual (LBG) adolescents demands sensitivity and flexibility to address ways they are similar to other adolescents, ways they are not, and the wisdom to know the difference.  Stressor particular to LBGs will be identified and participants will have the opportunity to explore assumptions about LBG adolescent sexuality.

sharing of work experiences-experiential-didactic

Course References:

1. Hershberger, S. & E’Augelli, A. (2002). Issues in Counseling Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adolescents

    in Perez, R.M., DeBord, K. A. & Bieschke, K. J. (Eds). Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy

    with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients, 225-248. Washington DC: American Psychological

    Association. 

2. D’Augelli, A., Hershberger, S. & Pilkington, N. (1998). Lesbian, gay and Bisexual youths and their

    families: Disclosure of sexual orientation and its consequences. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68,

    361-371.

3. Sears, J. (1991). Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and the Journeys of the Spirit . New York: Haworth Press.