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Emotionally Focused Therapy with Same-Sex Couples

Emotionally Focused Therapy with Same-Sex Couples

with Sue Johnson
The therapeutic needs of same-sex couples are given some long-overdue attention in this masterful video with EFT originator Dr. Sue Johnson, who offers fresh hope to a gay and a lesbian couple using her signature framework for repairing the partners’ emotional “dance.”
Counseling Adolescents: Exploring Intersections of Race and Sexuality

Counseling Adolescents: Exploring Intersections of Race and Sexuality

with Sam Steen
How can you work effectively with a young client who is no longer a child but not yet a teenager, especially when complex issues of sexuality and race arise? Learn how to build effective therapeutic alliances with your adolescent clients that will create a safe space for exploration, insight, and growth.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 1: Historical Perspectives

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 1: Historical Perspectives

with Ron Scott
This first video in the Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients Series, explores the history of mental health practice with gay, lesbian and bisexual people.
Counseling African American Men, 3-video Series

Counseling African American Men, 3-video Series

with Darrick Tovar-Murray
Effective therapy with African American men requires an in-depth understanding of their current and historical struggles, and a willingness to confront topics which may require both therapists and clients to be uncomfortable. This groundbreaking online course combines numerous sessions and expert commentary that will increase your confidence and efficacy in working with Black men.
Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Health Behavior

Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Health Behavior

with Cathy Cole
Learn how to effectively support and empower adolescents dealing with health concerns using Motivational Interviewing skills and techniques.

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 2: Individual Assessment and Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 2: Individual Assessment and Psychotherapy

with Ron Scott
The second video in the Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients Series focuses some of the most salient assessment and treatment issues that clinicians should know.
Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak

Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak

with Photosynthesis Productions
In this sometimes heartbreaking, but always life-affirming, video you’ll take a journey with gay and lesbian men and women who became adoptive parents. You’ll hear their struggles of maneuvering systems along with their joy in creating a family.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 6: Diversity and Multiple Identities

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 6: Diversity and Multiple Identities

with Ron Scott
The sixth video in this series highlights personal accounts by GLB individuals from diverse ethnic groups, and includes a compelling cross-cultural therapy session by Dr. Christine Padesky with a Korean lesbian client.

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 3: Relationships, Families and Couples Counseling

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 3: Relationships, Families and Couples Counseling

with Ron Scott
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual couples and families are different from heterosexual couples and families in issues related to their social context and societal stigmatization. 
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 4: The Coming Out Process

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 4: The Coming Out Process

with Ron Scott
This program features three diverse personal coming out stories and commentary is provided by Dr. Eli Coleman, Dr. Sari Dworkin, and Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams, noted experts and researchers in the field.
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 5: The Bisexual Experience

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 5: The Bisexual Experience

with Ron Scott
The first educational program on the psychology of bisexuality, this video features cutting-edge research presented by some of the leading scholars in the field. 
Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 7: Sexual Minority Adolescents

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients 7: Sexual Minority Adolescents

with Ron Scott
Combining the voices of gay and lesbian youth with leading professionals, this program provides an insightful look at the GLB adolescent experience. 

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients: 7-Video Series

Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients: 7-Video Series

with Ron Scott
A comprehensive series dealing with the multitude and complexity of factors that arise in psychotherapy with gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals, couples and families. 
Coming Out: Voices of Gay and Lesbian Teens and their Families

Coming Out: Voices of Gay and Lesbian Teens and their Families

with Karin Heller
Thought provoking and accessible, this video is invaluable for all parents, teachers, and professionals working with teenagers.
Strategic Couples Therapy

Strategic Couples Therapy

with James Coyne
James Coyne demonstrates Strategic Couples Therapy in an actual session with a gay couple. 
Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Clients Volume 3

Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Clients Volume 3

with John Sommers-Flanagan
In this, the third in an absorbing three-volume series, John Sommers-Flanagan and colleagues teach you to effectively assess and intervene with suicidal clients of varying beliefs, cultures and worldviews. He works with a suicidal gay male, and supplemental expert interviews discuss suicide in Asian-American and other cultures and coping strategies for families that have lost a loved one to suicide.
Rick Miller on the Clinical Challenges of Working with Gay Sons, Mothers, and Families

Rick Miller on the Clinical Challenges of Working with Gay Sons, Mothers, and Families

with Rick Miller
Psychotherapist Rick Miller discusses the challenges and benefits of working with gay men and their mothers.
David Nylund on Narrative Therapy, Curiosity and Queertopia

David Nylund on Narrative Therapy, Curiosity and Queertopia

David Nylund takes us to the intersection of Narrative Therapy, subversion and a vision of queertopia.
Should Transgender Youth Care be Guided by Beliefs or Science?

Should Transgender Youth Care be Guided by Beliefs or Science?

with Stephen B. Levine
In the volatile domain of transgender care, science often clashes with beliefs and values, leaving mental health professionals with many unanswered questions.
Mommy Liked Me Best (And Why It Matters as a Gay Son)

Mommy Liked Me Best (And Why It Matters as a Gay Son)

with Rick Miller
What psychotherapists and counselors should know about the bond between gay sons and their mothers, and why it’s critical to healthy identity development.
Erica Anderson on Working Therapeutically Across the Gender Spectrum

Erica Anderson on Working Therapeutically Across the Gender Spectrum

Transgender psychotherapist Erica Anderson shares her personal wisdom and clinical experience with therapists interested in working with clients across the gender spectrum.
Psychotherapy with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients

Psychotherapy with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients

with Karisa Barrow
With attempted suicide rates greater than 40% in the transgender community, it's important for clinicians to be aware of the issues gender nonconforming clients bring to therapy, and to be knowledgeable about how best to support them. Karisa Barrow challenges therapists to deconstruct the gender binary, identify and work through prejudices, and seek guidance from gender specialists to ensure that we "do no harm."
Queer Couch for the Straight Girl

Queer Couch for the Straight Girl

with Mark O'Connell
Queer therapist, Mark O'Connell, describes therapy with a heterosexual woman client, and how claiming his queerness, rather than playing a role of "expert," helped his client create a new story for her life.
Don Clark on Psychotherapy with Gay Clients

Don Clark on Psychotherapy with Gay Clients

Don Clark, the first openly gay psychologist provides thoughtful pointers on what all psychotherapists should know when working gays clients.
Straight Life Cycle/Queer Life

Straight Life Cycle/Queer Life

with Mark O'Connell
Queer therapist and writer Mark O'Connell shares a psychotherapy vignette about navigating traditional heterosexual milestones as a gay man.
Janelle Johnson on College Counseling

Janelle Johnson on College Counseling

Janelle Johnson helps us to understand the complexities and challenges of counseling college students.