Gay lesbian counseling

We believe that all individuals should be free to develop their full potential regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity, and that professional counselors must understand the unique ways gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered individuals experience inequality and injustice resulting from discrimination and prejudice. Connect with us:. Provide continuing education about GLBT issues for professional counselors. Provide resource information and consultation on sexual diversity and identity to counselors, counselor educators, teachers, and other mental health providers. Promote and disseminate research on mental health issues related to GLBT individuals.

School counselors are directed to provide services to all students in schools including gay, lesbian, and questioning students. Often school counselors are reluctant to work with sexual minority students because they are unaware of the issues or lack experience with Gay, Lesbian and Questioning GLQ students. It also provides specific topics of discussion to assist school counselors in their work with GLQ students. The ethical codes of ASCA hold school counselors to nondiscrimination relative to several factors, including sexual orientation.

COVID information and resources. Visit our Coronavirus website. Results: Individual begins to make adjustments and view self in an atypical manner. Movement to Next Stage: If individual is unable to maintain or reclaim a congruent identity at this stage, movement to the next stage occurs.

Finding a counselor, therapist, or psychologist who truly understands, cares for, and is capable of working with the LGBTQ community is a highly challenging task. The ability to effectively provide counseling and therapy for this community is among the rarest specialties in the mental healthcare community. Amy Kite, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 28 years of experience providing care to the people of Charlottesville, VA and the surrounding area, is highly experienced in working alongside LQBTQ clients and excels in her ability to understand, empathize with, and help her clients process the many issues that both the Transgender and Questioning communities are specifically faced with. It is undeniable that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning communities face many unique challenges:.