Female Student Perspectives on Training in Lesbian and Gay Issues
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Counseling Psychologist
- Vol. 17 (4) , 629-636
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000089174006
Abstract
This study examined female counseling psychology doctoral students' perceptions of the type and extent of training they had received concerning lesbian and gay people. Participants, 213 female students from at least 31 counseling psychology programs, completed a 33-item survey designed to examine their perceptions of the frequency and manner in which lesbian and gay issues were addressed in their training. Results of the analyses indicated that female students receive little exposure to lesbian- or gay-related issues or to lesbian or gay clients and thus are not trained to work with these clients. Further results and implications are presented and discussedKeywords
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