Nonfiction Other Social Sciences

Risking It Anyway: An Adolescent Case Study of Trauma, Sexual and Gender Identities, and Relationality

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By Elizabeth A. McConnell, 2018

This article presents the case of a Chinese–American adolescent with a significant trauma history who was questioning her sexual and gender identities. The implications of the client’s intersecting identities for case conceptualization and treatment are considered within the framework of affirmative practices for sexual and genderminority (SGM) clients. The impacts of stress and trauma on this client’s experiences—and SGM clients more broadly—are also considered, particularlywith respect to howthis client understood and negotiated her experiences of relational trauma. This case is intended to illustrate some best practices with SGMclients within an intersectional framework which underscores the importance of multiple salient cultural identities.

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