40. Exploring Bad LGBTQ+ Therapy (with Dr. Joe Kort)

Today’s guest Danny shares his outrageous experience of being told to urinate in a cup so his therapist could test if he was really gay. And that’s just the beginning of the story. We also speak with Dr. Joe Kort to explore best practices for working with the LGBTQ+ community, the need for humility and curiosity in a time of rapidly changing relationships to identity, and the diagnoses that stigmatize and marginalize members of this population.

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Show Notes:

• Donate to Teen Line
• Exploratory study on the role of emotion regulation in perceived valence, humour, and beneficial use of depressive internet memes in depression
• Conversion therapy (Wikipedia)
• Award-Winning Social Worker Caitlin Ryan Discusses Her Groundbreaking Research On Family Acceptance of LGBTQ Children
• Modern Sex Therapy Institutes
• LGBTQ Clients in Therapy: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies
• Dr. Joe Kort's website
• Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Tell Us Your Story