Obasi Sharon N, Myers Robyn King, Holt Natalie, Mocarski Richard, Hope Debra A, Woodruff Nathan
Department of Counseling, School Psychology and Family Science, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
J Gay Lesbian Soc Serv. 2023;35(2):204-217. doi: 10.1080/10538720.2022.2056782. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
Ensuring that mental health professionals are appropriately trained to provide affirming and sensitive care to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults is one mechanism that may reduce the marginalization sometimes experienced by TGD adults in mental health contexts. In this study, mental health professionals (n=142) completed an online survey documenting the sources and types of training received to provide TGD-sensitive care; and, shared a self-assessment of their comfort, competence, and ability to provide TGD-sensitive care. Findings revealed that the majority of the mental health professionals in the study (approximately 81%) received specific training to work with TGD clients from a variety of sources. These mental health professionals also self-reported high levels of comfort, competence, and ability to offer TGD-sensitive care which were statistically significantly associated with the number of hours of TGD-specific training they had received.
确保心理健康专业人员接受适当培训，以便为跨性别和性别多样化（TGD）成年人提供肯定性和体贴入微的护理，是一种可能减少TGD成年人在心理健康环境中有时会经历的边缘化的机制。在本研究中，心理健康专业人员（n = 142）完成了一项在线调查，记录了为提供对TGD敏感护理而接受的培训来源和类型；并分享了他们对提供TGD敏感护理的舒适度、能力和水平的自我评估。研究结果显示，参与研究的大多数心理健康专业人员（约81%）从各种来源接受了与TGD客户合作的特定培训。这些心理健康专业人员还自我报告称，他们在提供对TGD敏感护理方面的舒适度、能力和水平较高，且这些与他们接受的TGD特定培训时长在统计学上显著相关。
