Contemporary Mental Health With Queer Women

Catalog description

This workshop is designed to acquaint students with current psychological theory and research related to lived experiences of queer women in the United States. Students will consider the clinical implications of their own and societal views on intersections of gender and sexuality through readings, self-reflective exercises, classroom dialogue, and lecture. Specific topics will include identity development, heterosexism and homo/biphobia, internalized oppression, substance use, intersecting aspects of diversity, and feminist and multicultural theories.