Shifting the counselor role from gatekeeping to advocacy: Ten strategies for using the Competencies for Counseling with Transgender Clients for individual and social change

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-255

  Singh, Anneliese A ^a   Burnes, Theodore R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Counseling; Counseling practice; Counselor supervision and training; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650248169     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15538605.2010.525455     Document Type: Article

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