Counseling Across Cultures
Seventh Edition
Learning Objectives
Primary Objective
To contribute to the development of awareness, knowledge, and skills of mental health professionals around issues surrounding the marginalization of people whose sexual identities defy heteronormative norms
Secondary Objectives
To analyze historical, contextual, societal, and conceptual issues that are relevant to counselors’ work with people of marginalized sexual identities
To present and critically analyze the intersections of privilege and oppression around heteronormativity, heterosexism, and sexism as they relate to counseling with people of marginalized sexual identities
To present and discuss several guidelines for reflective practice with this client population