Relational safety and liberating training spaces: an application with a focus on sexual orientation issues.
This article describes and discusses a teaching case of a clinical training situation involving a gay marriage and family therapy student working with a same-sex affectional couple. The conceptual pillars of this teaching case, relational safety and liberating spaces, are advanced as illustrations of how the student developed his voice in the training process. Pivotal moments in this process are discussed, as are implications for training and personal and professional growth.
Hernández
Pilar
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Department of Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2692, USA. pilarhw@jhu.edu
Rankin
Pressley
P
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012731:Sex Counseling / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical