Addressing Minority Stress and Enhancing Resilience with Diverse LGBTQ+ Clients

This book brings together the work of professionals prominent in LGBTQ+ health and CBT who are on the forefront of treatment development, adaptation, and real-world implementation. This book is specifically designed for clinicians, clinician researchers, and students, with varying degrees of expertise, who are hoping to learn cutting edge approaches to assess, treat, and mitigate the negative effects of minority stress on the mental health of LGBTQ+ individuals. Primary objectives of this book are to translate the state of science into clear and practical guidance and recommendations that can be implemented today. We will accomplish this through applied case examples, clinical dialogue, and lessons learned from expert clinicians and scholars in the field. We will also prioritize increasing the visibility of under-represented topics (e.g., person-centered assessment, co-occurring trauma and minority stress, relationships and consensual non-monogamy, promoting resilience) and populationswithin the LGBTQ+ community (e.g., People of Color, Native and Two-Spirit individuals, Veterans, rural LGBTQ+ individuals). Throughout, this book highlights cultural and intersectional considerations for practice and share practical guidance for tailoring clinical care that is responsive to individual and within-community differences. The first section focuses on assessment and case formulation, minority stress interventions, and demonstrates how to provide LGBTQ+ affirming care In section two, focuses on target populations and concerns, presenting case descriptions and formulations, intervention outlines and rationale, therapeutic dialogue, and outcome(s) of the intervention. Given the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare and needs of the LGBTQ+ community, next steps and future directions are provided as a final, separate section of the book., as well as at the end of each chapter to promote ongoing innovation in clinical practice, research, and implementation and dissemination.