The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orie

Description: The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese Singh, Diane Ehrensaft This book teaches readers to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, embrace who they are, remove obstacles from their life, and ultimately build a life that matters in a world still filled with micro-aggressions and discrimination. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self.Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness. It s what gives people the psychological strength to cope with everyday stress, as well as major setbacks. For many people, stressful events may include job loss, financial problems, illness, natural disasters, medical emergencies, divorce, or the death of a loved one. But if you are queer or gender non-conforming, life stresses may also include discrimination in housing and health care, employment barriers, homelessness, family rejection, physical attacks or threats, and general unfair treatment and oppression all of which lead to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness. So, how can you gain resilience in a society that is so often toxic and unwelcoming?In this important workbook, you ll discover how to cultivate the key components of resilience: holding a positive view of yourself and your abilities; knowing your worth and cultivating a strong sense of self-esteem; effectively utilizing resources; being assertive and creating a support community; fostering hope and growth within yourself, and finding the strength to help others. Once you know how to tap into your personal resilience, you ll have an unlimited well you can draw from to navigate everyday challenges.By learning to challenge internalized negative messages and remove obstacles from your life, you can build the resilience you need to embrace your truest self in an imperfect world. Author Biography Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC, is associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the College of Education at the University of Georgia, and associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services. She received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Georgia State University in 2007. Her clinical, research, and advocacy interests include: LGBTQQ counseling, resilience of historically marginalized groups (e.g., LGBTQ, people of color, immigrants), social justice and multicultural counseling and training, feminist theory and practice, and empowerment interventions with survivors of trauma. Singh is a cofounder of the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition, an organization that works at the intersection of heterosexism, racism, sexism, and other oppressions to create safe school environments in Georgia, and she founded the Trans Resilience Project to translate findings from her 15 years of research on the resilience that transgender people develop to navigate societal oppression. Table of Contents Foreword by Diane Ehrensaft vii Introduction: Why Resilience Is Important for Queer and Trans People 1 1. Getting Real: Defining Your LGBTQ Self in a World That Demands Conformity 7 2. You Are More Than Your Gender and Sexual Orientation 29 3. Further Identifying Negative Messages 53 4. Knowing Your Self-Worth 71 5. Standing Up for Yourself 93 6. Affirming and Enjoying Your Body 109 7. Building Relationships and Creating Community 125 8. Getting Support and Knowing Your Resources 141 9. Getting Inspired 165 10. Making Change and Giving Back 177 11. Growing and Thriving 191 Acknowledgments 205 Resources 207 References 209 Review "In these times, where queer and trans people are continually the targets of violence, discrimination, and archaic public accommodation policies, it is hopeful and necessary that we focus on power and resilience. The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook is a useful and refreshing guide to the possibilities of restoration and transformation for queer and transgender people." --Holiday Simmons, MSW, social justice advocate, facilitator, public speaker, and healer--Holiday Simmons, MSW"We each have an opportunity to explore ourselves profoundly as we evolve in our lives as queer and trans people, and this workbook provides unique and engaging guidance. Enjoy exploring your resilient self!" --Danielle Castro, MA, MFT, director of research for the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at the University of California, San Francisco--Danielle Castro, MA, MFT Review Quote "We each have an opportunity to explore ourselves profoundly as we evolve in our lives as queer and trans people, and this workbook provides unique and engaging guidance. Enjoy exploring your resilient self!" -- Danielle Castro, MA, MFT , director of research for the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at the University of California, San Francisco Promotional "Headline" This book teaches readers to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, embrace who they are, remove obstacles from their life, and ultimately build a life that matters in a world still filled with micro-aggressions and discrimination. Details ISBN1626259461 Author Diane Ehrensaft Pages 216 Publisher New Harbinger Publications Series A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook ISBN-10 1626259461 ISBN-13 9781626259461 Format Paperback Imprint New Harbinger Publications Subtitle Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression Place of Publication Oakland, CA Country of Publication United States DEWEY 306.76 Short Title The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook Language English Year 2018 Edited by Jeffrey Wermann Birth 1951 Affiliation Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany. Position Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies Qualifications OBE Publication Date 2018-03-29 AU Release Date 2018-03-29 NZ Release Date 2018-03-29 US Release Date 2018-03-29 UK Release Date 2018-03-29 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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