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Deconstructing Heterosexism in the Counseling Professions uses the personal narratives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual counseling psychologists and counselor educators to deconstruct the heterosexist discourse in the counseling professions, envision a discourse of sexual orientation equity, and make practical suggestions for addressing sexual orientation in professional life. The narrative approach encompasses a diversity of stories and experiences including an emphasis on racial and cultural contexts. These narratives and their analyses serve as a means for the individual and collective self examination that is needed to move LGB affirmative practice, training, and scholarship from the margins to the center of what it means to be a counseling professional.
Narrative Voices
The first section of this book contains narratives by counseling professionals who describe their own personal experiences with the discourse on sexual orientation in the counseling professions. We, the editors of this book, hope that the counseling and other helping professionals who read the following narratives will find them as compelling, challenging, and inspiring as we did. The storytelling that is contained in these narratives and the two narrative-based chapters in the second section on special issues are the heart of this book. These narratives are the basis upon which the three integrative chapters in the final section of the book are written. We expect that the stories of lived experiences in these narrative chapters will inspire counseling professionals toward the kinds ...
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