Combining Canadian content with the quality of Gladding’s bestselling text Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession. Like it’s American predecessor, Counselling: A Comprehensive Profession, Canadian Edition covers every major topic in the counseling field, including history, theory, practice, specialties, current trends, and does so in a very readable and interesting style. The book is developmental in nature and leads you logically and smoothly from one important area to another. This Canadian edition of Gladding’s best-selling Counseling text features current Canadian research and examples.

Counselling: A Comprehensive Profession, First Canadian Edition

Education & Teaching

Gladding, Samuel T.

Alderson, Kevin

Schools & Teaching

Pearson Canada

Following on the heels of the first edition, Breaking Out II expands its coverage by including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (i.e., transsexual and cross-dressing persons), and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. While some societies have become more tolerant and accepting of sexual and gender diversity, LGBTI people continue to suffer psychological damage caused by growing up in largely heterosexist, homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic milieus. How can LGBTI individuals learn to love themselves when many or most of the signals society sends out denigrate their very being? Dr. Kevin Alderson has developed a method of building a positive LGBTI identity based on extensive research and the best of what we know about self-help psychology.

Breaking Out II: The Complete Guide to Building a Positive LGBTI Identity

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Insomniac Press

Although society is becoming more tolerant of gay people, and even accepting of them in some places, gay people continue to suffer psychological damage caused by growing up in largely homophobic societies. How can gay people learn to love themselves when most of the signals society sends out denigrate their very being? Dr. Kevin Alderson has developed a method of building a positive gay identity based on extensive research and years of successful use of self-help psychology in his own practice. Each chapter of Breaking Out begins with a compelling reality-based anecdote followed by an examination of the problem that it highlights. This is followed by an overview of what needs to change, a self-assessment, comprehensive practical exercises to help gay men and lesbian women deal with the particular problem, and a post-test. Chapters cover such topics as homophobia, low self-esteem, denial of self, dealing with stereotypes, spirituality and religion, the reaction of family, friendship and relationships. Written in a conversational, upbeat tone, Breaking Out is the first complete and systematic self-help book to assist gay men and lesbian women build and enhance positive gay identities.

Breaking Out: The Complete Guide to Building and Enhancing a Positive Gay Identity For Men and Women

Self-Help

Self-Esteem

Idiomatic

Although homosexuals are more visible and accepted in North American society than ever before, homophobia still takes an alarming toll on gay individuals. Gay male adolescents continue to run away from home, abuse drugs, turn to prostitution and attempt suicide in staggering numbers. And mature gay men with fulfilling jobs and comfortable homes still battle for self-esteem, discouraged again and again by negative attitudes and discriminatory acts. Looking at these statistics and his own experience of coming out — as a middle-aged husband and father of two — Calgary psychologist Kevin Alderson found himself wondering why some gay men manage to construct overwhelmingly positive self-images while so many others never overcome low self-esteem, or in some cases outright self-hatred. In interviews with sixteen gay men, ages 16 to 61, who have learned to celebrate their homosexuality, Alderson reveals that there are definite patterns in the development of a positive gay identity. His subjects, including a teenager with cerebral palsy, a high-ranking politician, a drag queen, a leatherman, a schoolteacher and an accountant, have very different lifestyles but have all achieved a positive image of themselves as gay men in society, despite their individual hurdles. Setting this book apart from others on the same subject, Dr. Alderson presents these men's stories, from childhood to adulthood, in their own words. These in-depth case studies pave the way for Dr. Alderson's trenchant, insightful analysis of the major themes emerging at each stage of development.

Beyond Coming Out: Experiences of Positive Gay Identity

LGBTQ+ Books

Biographies & Memoirs

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