Non-binary Gender in ‘The Room Where It Happens’: Towards a phenomenological approach to clinical existential practice with non-binary and gender-expansive patients
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https://doi.org/10.65828/qg49b075Keywords:
Gender, non-binary, existential therapy, phenomenology, psychotherapyAbstract
While cultural competency and gender-affirming psychotherapy are important concepts within the praxis of psychotherapy, this article argues that these benchmarks are nevertheless insufficient as they concern the practice of psychotherapy with non-binary and gender-expansive individuals. I then discuss the implications this exploration for the practice of existential psychotherapy.
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