Supervising with a Feminist Lens: Improving Transgender Competency

Although the AAMFT Code of Ethics encourages therapists to become competent in working with gender identity, transgender care is an area that often receives little attention in traditional therapy education and training programs. Consequently, it is essential that supervisors are competent and skill...

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Published in:Contemporary family therapy 2022-12, Vol.44 (4), p.397-407
Main Authors: Dalton, Michelle R., Veasey, Ashton West, Norton, Aaron M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Codes of conduct
Competence
Educational programs
Ethics
Family
Family therapy
Feminism
Gender identity
Intersectionality
Marginality
Marriage
Original Paper
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Social Work
Socialization
Sociology
Supervision
Supervisors
Therapists
Trainees
Transgender persons
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Summary:Although the AAMFT Code of Ethics encourages therapists to become competent in working with gender identity, transgender care is an area that often receives little attention in traditional therapy education and training programs. Consequently, it is essential that supervisors are competent and skilled in helping supervisees navigate, process, and increase their own competencies in working with transgender populations. A framework would help supervisors to navigate transgender competency development with supervisees. Feminist models of supervision have been shown to provide frameworks, guidance, and language for facilitating the exploration of critical issues for marginalized and diverse populations. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a feminist approach to supervision can empower supervisors to help marriage and family therapy trainees develop competency in transgender care. Domains of intersectionality, power, gender, diversity, emotion, and socialization are discussed, along with a vignette that demonstrates the application of the proposed model to transgender care.
ISSN:0892-2764
1573-3335
DOI:10.1007/s10591-021-09611-8