Factors Impacting Counselor Competency with Sexual Minority Intimate Partner Violence Victims |
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Authors: | Ryan Hancock Garrett McAuliffe Kathleen Levingston |
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Institution: | 1. Teacher Education Center , Northwestern State University of Louisiana , Natchitoches , Louisiana , USA;2. Department of Counseling and Human Services , Old Dominion University , Norfolk , Virginia , USA |
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Abstract: | Grounded theory procedures were combined with a queer theory perspective to examine what factors promote counselor competency with sexual minority intimate partner violence victims. Ten counselors participated in two rounds of individual interviews. Results indicated that counselor competency building for work with this population occurred during and after graduate counseling programs. Analysis of the data identified specific desirable counselor traits, and useful training activities were identified to assist with developing counselor competency. The authors also discuss implications for clinical practice, counseling supervision, professional associations, service seminars, and counselor educators. |
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Keywords: | competency counseling intimate partner violence LGBT queer theory |
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