Hey everyone.
I am working on my masters in clinical mental health counseling, and I want to be multiculturally sensitive, including regarding the LGBTQ+ community.
I am a straight, cisgender male, and I have only had a handful of gay and trans friends/acquaintances. Multicultural awareness is certainly part of my education, but I don't believe it is close to enough. I want to hear from communities themselves, not just textbooks.
If you feel comfortable, I would really appreciate your feedback to make me a more effective counselor working with people in your demographic.
How can I best serve you?
What have you wished a past counselor could have understood?
What really pissed you off in a therapy session?
What is the most important thing for me to try to understand?
I hope this is received well. I genuinely want to be able to effectively serve all people.
I'm gay, but I don't really have much of an input in this. I've only had one therapist n she's been amazing.
I just wanted to say thank you for being such a cool person. I so so wish the world had more people like you. I'm sure you'll be a great therapist/councillor!!!
Thanks for the encouragement!
I had such bad imposter syndrome as a caseworker, so I know I'm going to have it as a counselor as well haha.
I want to be as prepared as I can be.