Social Justice and Advocacy for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Clients.
This article explores the role of mental health providers and advocacy for transgender people. It begins with a history of the mental health provider's relationship with transgender and gender-diverse people. The article explores the ways that major mental health professional organizations have called for providers to serve in advocacy roles. The article ends with recommendations about how to serve in an advocacy role.
Department of Educational Psychology, Northern Arizona University, 801 South Knoles Drive, Building 27A, Room 110, PO Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774, USA. Electronic address: lore.dickey@nau.edu.
Lore M
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Dickey
Department of Counseling & Human Development Services, The University of Georgia, 402 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602-7142, USA.
Anneliese A
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Singh
D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012935:Social Justice; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D005260:Female
Advocacy; Gender diverse; Social justice; Transgender