@article{83dd2c668c3f451383fe10e25870bef8,
title = "Mental Health Clinicians' Perceived Competence for Affirmative Practice with Bisexual Clients in Comparison to Lesbian and Gay Clients",
abstract = "There is limited research on working affirmatively with bisexual clients in psychotherapy. The present study contrasted mental health clinicians' perceived affirmative counseling competence with bisexual clients to lesbian and gay (LG) clients. A sample of 312 heterosexual-identified mental health clinicians was recruited via an Internet-based survey. Participants were randomly assigned to either receive measures that referred to LG clients only or bisexual clients only. Path modeling was used to test whether LG group participants would report greater affirmative counseling knowledge, skills, and attitudes competencies compared to those in the bisexual group. Participants assigned to the bisexual client condition group reported less perceived affirmative counseling skills and knowledge but not attitudes compared to participants assigned to the LG client group. Implications, including the need for greater representation of bisexuality in psychotherapy education, training, and research, are discussed.",
keywords = "LGB-affirmative counseling competence, LGB-affirmative psychotherapy, bisexuality, competence, psychotherapy",
author = "Ebersole, {Ryan C.} and Dillon, {Frank R.} and Eklund, {Austin C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Frank R. Dillon, PhD, is an associate professor of counseling psychology in the Department of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. His research addresses health disparities and mental health issues affecting racial, ethnic, and sexual minority groups in the United States. His principal research interests are (1) studying cultural and social determinants of health including substance use disorders and HIV risk behaviors and (2) promoting multicultural competent counseling research and practice. He has published on these topics in outlets such as the Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Research, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and Counselor Education and Supervision among others. He also has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health to study cultural and social determinants of health among Latinos in the United States. He also has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, and The Counseling Psychologist. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1080/15299716.2018.1428711",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
pages = "127--144",
journal = "Journal of Bisexuality",
issn = "1529-9716",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "2",
}