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Croteau, James M.; Bieschke, Kathleen J.; Phillips, Julia C.; Lark, Julianne S. – Counseling Psychologist, 1998
States that the literature to date has broken the silence on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues and has affirmed the field of psychology as being affirmative toward these issues. Proposes that research should move toward a greater understanding of LGB affirmative professional training by focusing on training from theoretical and empirical…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Counselor Training, Higher Education, Homosexuality

Crouteau, James M.; Bieschke, Kathleen J.; Phillips, Julia C.; Lark, Julianne S.; Fischer, Ann R.; Eberz, Amy B. – Counseling Psychologist, 1998
A rejoinder to criticism of earlier articles on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues in regard to affirmative counselor training. Discusses the role mentoring has played in the authors' professional development. Offers four suggestions for including the study of bisexuality in LGB research. (MKA)
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Counselor Training, Criticism, Homosexuality

Matthews, Connie R.; Bieschke, Kathleen J. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2001
Applies the concept of the Ethnocultural Assessment to the areas of sexual orientation. Offers a model for assessing how gay and lesbian clients have integrated their sexual orientation into their lives, a means for counselors to assess their own status with respect to working with this population, and a useful tool for training graduate students.…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Training, Cultural Context, Homosexuality

Bieschke, Kathleen J.; Matthews, Connie – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1996
Survey responses from 106 of 194 university career counselors identified factors predicting higher levels of affirmative behavior with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients and with all clients: nonheterosexist organizational climate and counselor's sexual orientation. Degree to which counselors defined cultural minorities broadly also influenced the…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Career Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship

Bieschke, Kathleen J.; Eberz, Amy B.; Bard, Christine C.; Croteau, James M. – Counseling Psychologist, 1998
Examines social-cognitive career theory to generate recommendations for creating research-training environments that are affirming of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues. Offers suggestions to influence aspects of the research-training environment: distal and proximal environmental influences, individual variables, students' research…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Careers, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Bieschke, Kathleen J.; Matthews, Connie R. – 2003
The research literature suggests that the mental health professionals serving lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people may not be prepared to adequately address the unique needs of the population. There is a need to study the factors that influence the degree to which therapists attitudes and behaviors are affirmative toward their gay, lesbian, and…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Eberz, Amy Bowers; Bieschke, Kathleen J. – 2002
Empirical evidence suggests that client gender, client sexual orientation, counselor gender, and counselor sexual orientation are factors that influence counselors attitudes and treatment practices with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients. However, it is unclear how these factors may interact to affect attitudes and treatment practices.…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques