Department of Psychology, University of Washington, USA.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2010 Jun;47(2):177-85. doi: 10.1037/a0019757.
Issues of diversity and multiculturalism are typically framed and conceptualized in terms of client characteristics. This is reflected in the literature on competent and ethical treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. However, when it comes to personal characteristics of the therapists involved, little has been written, save the obvious proscriptions against personal bias and misinformation in conducting psychotherapy. This article represents the personal reflections and feelings of a European American gay male psychologist with 30 years' experience working with the LGBT community. Intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity with race/ethnicity, age, health factors, and socioeconomic status are explored as the effects of therapist characteristics on the therapeutic process are considered. Observations about client differences, as well as therapist differences, are made in such a way that the reader might extrapolate to his or her own practice.
多样性和文化多元性问题通常是根据客户特征来构建和概念化的。这反映在关于有能力和道德地对待女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别（LGBT）个体的文献中。然而，当涉及到治疗师相关的个人特征时，除了在进行心理治疗时明显禁止个人偏见和错误信息之外，几乎没有什么可写的。本文代表了一位拥有 30 年为 LGBT 社区服务经验的欧洲裔美国男同性恋心理学家的个人反思和感受。本文探讨了性取向和性别认同与种族/民族、年龄、健康因素和社会经济地位的交叉，同时考虑了治疗师特征对治疗过程的影响。本文以一种读者可以推断出自己实践的方式，对客户差异和治疗师差异进行了观察。
