Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity

Providing a nuanced and authoritative understanding of the fields of gender variance, gender identity and gender dysphoria, this book provides the ideal starting point for the knowledge and skills that you need. Emphasising the need for affirmative practice in gender care, it provides an overview of the subject areas, as well as the process issues which commonly arise in counselling, bringing together theoretical with practical perspectives. It explores the diverse range of identities including masculinity, femininity, non-binary, gender dysphoria, trans and cisgender. It also addresses challenges which many clients experience in their daily lives - in the workplace, when coming out, when transitioning and in intimate relationships. Education and reflection are at the heart of good practice, and this book features case studies, vignettes and reflective exercises throughout the text, making it a useful tool for professional development as well as suitable as a text for students.