Affirmative Approach to Counseling Transgender Individuals Pursuing Gender Transition

Author: Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich

Grounded in an affirmative approach to counseling, this book offers different layers of knowledge and skills specific to working with transgender individuals pursuing gender transition.

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Grounded in an affirmative approach to counseling, this book offers different layers of knowledge and skills specific to working with transgender individuals pursuing gender transition.

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Grounded in an affirmative approach to counseling, this book offers different layers of knowledge and skills specific to working with transgender individuals pursuing gender transition.

Coming from a depathologizing standpoint, author Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich walks readers through diagnosis, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, and treatment of gender dysphoria/gender incongruence by utilizing affirmative and empowering practices with transgender individuals across the lifespan.

It covers the multifaceted nature of counseling and psychotherapy, including counselor self, client worldview, therapeutic relationship, and counseling interventions in the context of affirmative care. It encompasses ethical, professional, social, and cultural aspects within the client, the counselor, and the therapeutic context.

This book is atheoretical when it comes to clinical presentation, conceptualization, and implementation, which allows clinicians and readers from diverse theoretical backgrounds to learn how to utilize affirmative and empowering practice within their clinical and theoretical orientation.

About the Author

Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich is a Professor and Department Chair in Counseling at the University of Akron and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a supervisor designation. As a clinician, Sangganjanavanich has worked with gender nonconforming and transgender individuals pursuing gender transition. As a scholar, Sangganjanavanich has authored and coauthored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on gender identity, gender transition, and transgender issues in counseling. In addition, Sangganjanavanich has served in leadership positions on the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health Executive Board and has participated in multiple taskforces of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.