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Title: Counselors should target discrimination and be advocates for transgender clients
Post by: Shana A on March 20, 2008, 01:45:15 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 20, 2008, 01:45:15 PM
Counselors should target discrimination and be advocates for transgender clients
University of Oregon doctoral students address workplace and psychological issues for overlooked population
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoo-cst032008.php (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoo-cst032008.php)
Two University of Oregon doctoral students dove into issues of transgender identities -- in the workplace and professional counseling -- and surfaced with a call for psychologists and vocational counselors to not only treat but to act as advocates for their clients -- and to help end discrimination in the workplace.
"One of the main points of our paper is that not only do we need to be, as vocational psychologists or career counselors, working with transgender people at an individual level to help them get hired, but we also need to be doing a lot of social advocacy work -- working with employers and workplaces -- improving antidiscrimination policies and doing legal advocacy," said lead author Maya Elin O'Neil.
University of Oregon doctoral students address workplace and psychological issues for overlooked population
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoo-cst032008.php (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoo-cst032008.php)
Two University of Oregon doctoral students dove into issues of transgender identities -- in the workplace and professional counseling -- and surfaced with a call for psychologists and vocational counselors to not only treat but to act as advocates for their clients -- and to help end discrimination in the workplace.
"One of the main points of our paper is that not only do we need to be, as vocational psychologists or career counselors, working with transgender people at an individual level to help them get hired, but we also need to be doing a lot of social advocacy work -- working with employers and workplaces -- improving antidiscrimination policies and doing legal advocacy," said lead author Maya Elin O'Neil.