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- On February 24, 2024, APA adopted a policy statement (PDF, 90KB) that supports the appropriateness of evidence-based, gender-affirming care, including psychological services, for youth and adults, opposes policies and legislations that block access to care, and opposes the dissemination of false information used to attack trans, gender diverse, and nonbinary people as well as the care they need.
sexual minority persons. Previous guidelines on psychological prac-tice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients have been used nationally and internationally in practice, training, and to inform public policy. APA’s Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity have trans - lated previous versions of guidelines into Arabic, Chinese, Czech,
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This article provides an executive summary of the American Psychological Association (APA)-approved Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Sexual Minority Persons (American Psychological Association, APA Task Force on Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons, 2021).
On February 24, 2024, APA adopted a policy statement (PDF, 90KB) that supports the appropriateness of evidence-based, gender-affirming care, including psychological services, for youth and adults, opposes policies and legislations that block access to care, and opposes the dissemination of false information used to attack trans, gender diverse ...
Officially released during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons replaced the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients (APA, 2011) in February 2021.
59 These guidelines build upon APA's Ethics Code (APA, 2002b) and are consistent with preexisting APA 60 policy pertaining to lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues. These policies include but are not limited to the
Knowledge of these guidelines—what they are and what they are not—is vital to their appropriate use. This chapter provides important information about the history of professional practice guidelines and the history of the original Guidelines for Psychotherapy With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients.
Sexual minority persons are a diverse population inclusive of lesbian, gay, bi+ (e.g., bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid), and asexual sexual orientations. The Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons provide psychologists with: (1) a frame of reference for affirmative psychological practice (e.g., intervention ...
