Committee Reports
- Bisexual issues committee update
The Bisexual Issues Committee has had a successful set of APA convention programming and begun planning programs for the 2020 convention.
- Public policy committee
Updates and news from the Public Policy Committee.
Book Review
- LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice
Citation: Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Harrington Park Press, New York, 2017, 250 pp.
- Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer: From Diagnosis to Recovery
Citation: Jane M. Ussher, Janette Perz, & B. R. Simon Rosser, (Eds). Harrington Park Press, New York, 2018, 353 pp.
- Social Work Practice with the LGBTQ Community
Editor: Michael Dentato Review author: Bryson-Higgins Kelpe - Sexual Identity and Faith: Helping Clients Achieve Congruence
Citation: Mark A. Yarhouse (2019). Templeton Press. - Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men
Citation: Carla Pfeffer. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Student Contributions
- The case for a tailored group therapy approach for treating depression and anxiety among emerging identities
Minority stress theory has been used to explain the higher rates of anxiety and depression among lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) persons (Meyer, 2003). There is a lack of research on facilitating groups specific to emerging identities (pansexual, demisexual, asexual, queer, questioning and transgender/gender nonconforming), however.
Honoring Our History
- From the newsletter ten, 20 and 30 years ago
A glance back at the history of Div. 44.
Awards and Other Announcements
- Apply for awards, comment on practice guidelines
Awards with upcoming deadlines of interest to Div. 44: Transgender Research Award, Children, Adolescents and Families (CAF) Student Travel Award and the Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund. Don't forget to comment on Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons.