Engaging Mental Health Service Providers to Recognize and Support Conversion Practice Survivors Through Their Journey to Recovery

IF 2.9 3区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Joel R. Anderson, Timothy W. Jones, Jennifer Power, Tiffany M. Jones, Nathan Despott, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Percy Gurtler
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Abstract

Conversion practices include a range of efforts that attempt to change or suppress LGBTQA+ individuals’ sexual or gender identity. Formal versions of these practices are occurring less frequently in Western settings, yet informal versions and the ideology underpinning them continue to cause psychological and spiritual harm to people who are subjected to them. As evidence for the harmful nature of conversion practices increases, and some governments and professional bodies are responding with measures that restrict their use, there is a growing need for the mental health sector to be engaged with these issues so that practitioners are appropriately prepared to recognize and support survivors in ways that are effective and affirming of sexual and gender diversity. In this paper, we review the state of the evidence concerning associated harms and their lack of efficacy in changing sexuality or gender identity, and highlight the changing nature of research in this space to focus on the negative impacts of conversion practices on survivors. We then discuss the evidence around mental health practitioners’ knowledge and support capacity for conversion practices survivors. We close by commenting on specific features of therapeutic practices that can guide practitioners as they support survivors through the recovery process.

让心理健康服务提供者认识到并支持转换实践幸存者的康复之旅
转化习俗包括一系列试图改变或压制 LGBTQA+ 个人的性认同或性别认同的行为。这些做法的正式版本在西方环境中出现的频率较低,但非正式版本及其所依据的意识形态却继续对遭受这些做法的人造成心理和精神伤害。随着越来越多的证据表明改变宗教信仰的做法是有害的,一些政府和专业机构也采取了限制使用这些做法的措施,因此心理健康部门越来越有必要关注这些问题,以便从业人员做好适当的准备,以有效和肯定性与性别多样性的方式识别和支持幸存者。在本文中,我们回顾了与相关危害有关的证据现状,以及这些证据在改变性取向或性别认同方面缺乏有效性的情况,并强调了该领域研究性质的变化,即重点关注转换行为对幸存者的负面影响。然后,我们讨论了心理健康从业者对改变性行为幸存者的知识和支持能力方面的证据。最后,我们对治疗实践的具体特点进行了评论,这些特点可以指导从业者在康复过程中为幸存者提供支持。
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Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
CiteScore
4.80
自引率
3.40%
发文量
118
审稿时长
84 days
期刊介绍: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice is a quarterly international journal that serves an enduring resource for empirically informed methods of clinical practice. Its mission is to bridge the gap between published research and the actual clinical practice of cognitive behavior therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice publishes clinically rich accounts of innovative assessment and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are clearly grounded in empirical research. A focus on application and implementation of procedures is maintained.
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