Cisgenderism in family therapy: How everyday clinical practices can delegitimize people's gender self-designations

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 267-285

  Blumer, Markie L C ^a   Gavriel Ansara, Y ^b   Watson, Courtney M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cisgenderism; family therapy; family therapy supervision; gender; gender affirmative family therapy; intersex; misgendering; transaffirmative; transgender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CISGENDERISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TRANSGENDERISM;

EID: 84891366469     PISSN: 08975353     EISSN: 15404080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08975353.2013.849551     Document Type: Article

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