Initial Assessment and Screening with LGBTQ Clients: A Critical Perspective
Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key
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Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key
Higher Ed Strategist l Leadership Expert l Structural Change Agent l Researcher l Storyteller I AGB Leadership & Governance Fellow I Tedx Speaker I MSI Aspiring Leader I HERS Network
Counseling with people that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, queer (LGBTQ), or who are otherwise nonheterosexual or cisgender identified, should be based on a critical approach to assessment. Although general competencies have been articulated, further guidance is needed to help counselors avoid heteronormative and cisgender biases in their assessment practice. The authors provide recommendations, based on critical review of the literature, for how counselors can address biases in assessment and screening tools in work with LGBTQ clients.
KEYWORDS LGBTQ issues, prejudice, queer theory, social justice, treatment